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Florida Artists Hall of Fame recognizes artists who have made significant contributions to art in Florida. It was established by the Florida Legislature in 1986. There is a Florida Artists Hall of Fame Wall on the Plaza Level in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol. The Florida Council on Arts and Culture reviews nominations annually and makes recommendations to the Florida Secretary of State. No more than two inductees are selected in any year[1] until 2012 when four inductees were added. In 2013 folk singer Frank J. Thomas, a longtime Lake Wales, Florida resident; Latin pop superstar Gloria Estefan and painter Laura Woodward were inducted.
2012 inductees
2012 Jacqueline Brice Jupiter, Florida 1935 –
2012 Robert C. Broward Jacksonville 1926 –
2012 Ricou Browning Tallahassee 1930 –
2012 Louis Roney Winter Park 1921 –
Alphabetical list of inductees
Year
|
Name
|
City
|
Lifetime
|
Artform
|
2004 |
Alfred Hair and the Florida Highwaymen |
Fort Pierce, Florida |
n/a |
Folk artists
|
1993 |
George Abbott |
Miami Beach, Florida |
1887 – 1995 |
Thespian and theater impresario
|
1993 |
A. E. "Bean" Backus |
Fort Pierce, Florida |
1906 – 1990 |
Artist
|
2000 |
Jimmy Buffett |
Key West, Florida |
1946 – |
Musician
|
2002 |
Fernando Bujones |
Miami, Florida |
1955 – 2005 |
Dancer
|
1998 |
Clyde Butcher |
Ochopee, Florida |
1942 – |
Photographer
|
1992 |
Ray Charles |
Greenville, Florida |
1930 – 2004 |
Musician
|
2009 |
Harry Crews |
Gainesville, Florida |
1935 – 2012 |
Writer
|
2003 |
Earl Cunningham |
St. Augustine, Florida |
1893 – 1977 |
Folk artist
|
2010 |
Bo Diddley |
Archer, Florida |
1928 – 2008 |
Blues musician
|
1993 |
Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
Coconut Grove, Florida |
1890 – 1998 |
Author
|
1988 |
George Firestone |
Miami, Florida |
1931 – |
Politician who supported arts
|
2003 |
William P. Foster |
Tallahassee, Florida |
1919 – 2010 |
Marching band director and innovator
|
1992 |
Duane Hanson |
Davie, Florida |
1925 – 1996 |
Artist/ sculptor of human figures
|
1995 |
Martin Johnson Heade |
St. Augustine, Florida |
1819 – 1904 |
Painter of nature
|
1987 |
Ernest Hemingway |
Key West, Florida |
1899 – 1961 |
Author
|
1990 |
Zora Neale Hurston |
Eatonville, Florida |
1891 – 1960 |
Folklorise, historian and novelist
|
2011 |
James F. Hutchinson |
Stuart, Florida |
1932 – |
Painter
|
2002 |
Lou Jacobs |
Sarasota, Florida |
1903 – 1992 |
Circus clown
|
2000 |
James Weldon Johnson |
Jacksonville, Florida |
1871 – 1938 |
Writer
|
2006 |
John Rosamond Johnson |
Jacksonville, Florida |
1873 – 1954 |
Harlem Renaissance composer and singer
|
2005 |
Stetson Kennedy |
Beluthahatchee, Florida |
1916 – 2011 |
Journalist
|
2000 |
Elaine L. Konigsburg |
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
1930 – |
Author and illutrator
|
1999 |
Doris Leeper |
New Smyrna Beach, Florida |
1929 – 2000 |
Painter, Sculptor
|
2007 |
Lawrence Hankins "Hank" Locklin |
McLellan, Florida |
1918 – 2009 |
Songwriter
|
1991 |
John D. MacDonald |
Sarasota, Florida |
1916 – 1986 |
Writer
|
1996 |
Will McLean |
Chipley, Florida |
1919 – 1990 |
|
2001 |
Addison Mizner |
Boca Raton, Florida |
1872 – 1933 |
Architect
|
1994 |
Ralph Hubbard Norton |
West Palm Beach, Florida |
1875 – 1953 |
|
2008 |
Victor Nunez |
Tallahassee, Florida |
1945 – |
|
2004 |
Albin Polasek |
Winter Park, Florida |
1879 – 1965 |
|
2006 |
W. Stanley "Sandy" Proctor |
Tallahassee, Florida |
1939 – |
|
1991 |
Robert Rauschenberg |
Captiva, Florida |
1925 – 2008 |
Painter
|
1987 |
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Cross Creek, Florida |
1896 – 1953 |
Author
|
1993 |
Burt Reynolds |
Jupiter, Florida |
1936 – |
Actor
|
1987 |
John N. Ringling |
Sarasota, Florida |
1866 – 1936 |
|
1998 |
Gamble Rogers |
St. Augustine, Florida |
1937 – 1991 |
|
2001 |
James Rosenquist |
Aripeka, Florida |
1933 – |
|
2008 |
Augusta Savage |
Green Cove Springs, Florida |
1892 – 1962 |
|
1999 |
Patrick D. Smith |
Merritt Island, Florida |
1927 – |
|
2010 |
Christopher M. Still |
Tarpon Springs, Florida |
1961 – Painter |
|
2009 |
Mel Tillis |
Silver Springs, Florida |
1932 – |
Musician
|
2011 |
Johnny Tillotson |
Jacksonville, Florida |
1939 – |
|
1994 |
Jerry N. Uelsmann |
Gainesville, Florida |
1934 |
|
1997 |
Edward Villella |
Miami, Florida |
1936 - |
|
1994 |
Hiram D. Williams |
Gainesville, Florida |
1917 – 2003 |
|
1989 |
Tennessee Williams |
Key West, Florida |
1911 – 1983 |
Author
|
1994 |
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich |
Miami, Florida |
1939 – |
|
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