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Edward Villella

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Edward Villella is generally regarded as America's most celebrated male dancer. During his career with the New York City Ballet, his supreme artistry–marked by grace, athleticism and virility–helped popularize the role of men in dance. The great…

Hiram D. Williams

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Hiram D. Williams was a painter best known for his powerful, impressionistic figurative images that evoke the spectrum of human emotions ranging from the tragic to the comic. While serving as a faculty member of the University of Florida's art…

Tennessee Williams

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Tennessee Williams, whose name has been synonymous with American Theater almost since the production of The Glass Menagerie in 1945, adopted Key West as his home in the 1940s and lived off and on there for more than 30 years. Williams won many of…

Laura Woodward

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Laura Woodward was Florida's most important nineteenth-century woman artist, one of its greatest publicists, and integral to the development of Palm Beach County. She was born in Mount Hope in Orange County, New York, on March 18, 1834, and by the…

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

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In 1983, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in music. Today, she is widely acknowledged as one of the most acclaimed American composers, writing largely in the post-modernist, neo-romantic style. A graduate of…

Coordinates of Florida

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by Rafael Picon

White Mangrove Island

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by Patricia Cummins

Calls to Artists

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ASB Call to Artists project descriptions are issued individually by the state agencies and universities that have building projects.

Campaign Finance Database

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By Florida law, campaigns and committees are required to disclose detailed financial records of campaign contributions and expenditures. This page explains Who must file reports; What must be disclosed; and what limits apply.

Terms and Definitions

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A general glossary that applies to most programs the Division offers. For program specific definitions, check the guidelines for that grant program.

Accessibility

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The Florida Division of Arts and Culture works to ensure that meaningful arts experiences are available to all of its state's citizens, including people with disabilities, patients and caregivers in healthcare settings, and older adults.

Advocacy

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The Division has created a toolkit that provides information to help you advocate for arts and culture in the state of Florida.

Arts in Education

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Arts In Education cultivates learning and artistic development for all students and teachers by promoting, encouraging, and supporting arts and culture as an integral part of education and lifelong learning for residents and visitors.

Arts in Health

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Arts in healthcare is a diverse, multidisciplinary field dedicated to transforming the healthcare experience by connecting people with the power of the arts at key moments in their lives. This rapidly growing field integrates the arts, including…

Department of State Featured on C-SPAN Cities Tour this Weekend

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Secretary of State Ken Detzner is pleased to announce that the Florida Department of State will be featured as part of special programing for the C-SPAN Cities Tour of Tallahassee this weekend, March 15-16.