Seekers by Grady Kimsey
Artists--Florida
Art--Southern States
Painters--Southern States
Painting--Florida
<em>Seekers</em>, an oil painting created by Grady Kimsey in 2014. Kimsey enjoys critical and popular success as a sculptor, potter, painter and instructor, with eight decades of life experiences to draw upon for inspiration. Kimsey was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1928. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1950, and then completed his master’s In Education from Rollins College in Winter Park in 1969.<br /><br />Kimsey remains modest about his many accomplishments, which began in his high school days and have continued throughout his career. He has received the Council of Arts and Sciences for Central Florida Award for "Outstanding Achievement in the Arts" in 1982, the Richard A. Florsheim Art Grant in 1992, and a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in 1990 and again in 1996.<br /><br />Kimsey's influence was extensive on budding artists in the community, having served as a professor of art for 20 years at Seminole Community College (present-day Seminole State College of Florida). Among his many other contributions to that institution, Kimsey founded the Fine Arts Gallery in 1980. As an instructor, he was known to guide his students to explore all media and styles. When ready, his students had the confidence to stand behind their work, and many are still creating and exhibiting with the same devotion as their mentor.
Kimsey, Grady
Original 24 x 48 inch painting: Kimsey, Grady. <em>Seekers</em>, 2014: <a href="http://www.crealde.org/" target="_blank">Crealdé School of Art</a>, Winter Park, Florida.
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Winter Park, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Grady Kimsey
Artists--Florida
Art--Southern States
Painters--Southern States
Painting--Florida
Sculptors--United States
Pottery--Southern States
Potters--Florida
Educators--Florida
Teachers--Florida
Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Seminole Community College
Sanford (Fla.)
The venerable Grady Kimsey enjoys critical and popular success as a sculptor, potter, painter and instructor, with eight decades of life experiences to draw upon for inspiration. Kimsey was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1928. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee in 1950, and then completed his master's In Education from Rollins College in Winter Park in 1969. <br /><br />Kimsey remains modest about his many accomplishments, which began in his high school days and have continued throughout his career. He has received the Council of Arts and Sciences for Central Florida Award for "Outstanding Achievement in the Arts" in 1982, the Richard A. Florsheim Art Grant in 1992, and a State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in 1990 and again in 1996. <br /><br />Kimsey's influence was extensive on budding artists in the community, having served as a professor of art for 20 years at Seminole Community College (present-day Seminole State College of Florida). Among his many other contributions to that institution, Kimsey founded the Fine Arts Gallery in 1980. As an instructor, he was known to guide his students to explore all media and styles. When ready, his students had the confidence to stand behind their work, and many are still creating and exhibiting with the same devotion as their mentor.
Original color photograph: <a href="http://www.crealde.org/" target="_blank">Crealdé School of Art</a>, Winter Park, Florida.
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
Seminole Community College, Sanford, Florida
A Side Walk with the Art Festival, 1960-1979
Winter Park (Fla.)
Artists--Florida
Art--Southern States
Festivals--Florida
<em>A Side Walk with the Art Festival</em> by Elizabeth Bradley Bentley. The book celebrates two decades of the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival in Winter Park, Florida. Bentley documents the festival's history using newspaper articles, oral history interviews, personal experiences, scrapbooks, programs and minutes. Each chapter in Section One represents one year of the festival. Several photographs of prize winning displays are included. Section Two is an appendix of winners, judges, officers, committees, commission and associates.<br /><br />Debuting in 1960, the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is one of the nation's oldest, largest, and most prestigious outdoor art festivals. By 2018, after 60 years, the festival attracted more than 350,000 visitors a year. 225 artists are selected from over 1,000 applicants by a panel of three independent judges. Arts and crafts categories include clay, digital art, drawings and pastels, fiber, glass, graphics and printmaking, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media 2D, mixed media 3D, painting, photography, sculpture, watercolor and wood. The festival incorporates hands-on activities for young children and students to encourage participation in and appreciation of the arts.
Bentley, Elizabeth Bradley
Original 160-page book: Bentley, Elizabeth Bradley. <em>A Side Walk with the Art Festival</em>. Winter Park, Florida: Cody Publications, 1979.
Cody Publications, Kissimmee, Florida
Shepp, James G.
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Winter Park, Florida