SMOA Inaugural Bash

Chairwomen Dottie Baer Garner and Brooke Callanen

Salena Wilhoit, Lois Stulberg and Wendy Surkis

Susan Borozan and Stacey Corley

Richard LaBrie, Susan Scholz and Lisa Kates

Barbara Miller, B.J. Creighton and Flora Major

Alan Gravley, Sherry Koski and Stan Writesel

Patrick Dougherty

Patrick Dougherty with Wendy Surkis and Dr. Larry Thompson in front of the stick sculpture.

Lynn and Dr. Arthur Guilford

Sarah Pappas and Randy Finch have fun in the stick sculpture.

The inside of part of the stick sculpture. The sculpture has not been named yet, however it is expected to stay up for three to five years.

George Schofield and Linda DeMello found a place to hide inside the stick sculpture.

Jean Martin, Doc Werlin, Mike and Karen Valentino and Lynn and Rick Heckel

Robert and Shannon Warren with Linda and Patrick Dougherty

Elisabeth and Gil Waters

Lenny and Susan Landau

Eleanor Merritt Darlington, Chris Darlington and Jane Buckman

Judy Zuckerberg, Scott Anderson with Bob and Pat Baer

Tom Ross and Sally Trout

Judy Cahn, Hillary Steele with Larry and Debbie Haspel

Craig and Sandi Szamania

Teresa Simmons, Jill Colton, Rifka Glatz, Susan Coyne and Holly Ross pose in the colorful and artistic bathroom inside the Historic Sarasota High School.

Gloria Biberman writes her name and her husband’s name on one of the stall doors in the bathroom.

Amanda Marie Mason wore sticks in her hair at the SMOA gala.

Amanda Marie Mason wore sticks in her hair at the SMOA gala.

Tom McGuire and David Ellwanger

Eleanor Schweigaard-Olsen, Carol Nicolai, Lynn Wallace and Linda Brink

Dennis Stover, Linda Joffe, Lowell LaKritz and Phil King

Susan and Joe Boston

Flori Roberts, Dr. Sidney Katz and Elaine Keating

Dan Denton, Noreen Delaney and Ramses Serrano

Tally Harris and Tatiana Hudson

Tatiana Hudson wore her own homemade outfit to the gala.

Beverly and Bob Bartner with Chris and John Currie

Susan Dabney and Laurie Jenkins

Truman Adams painted a 3D piece on the concrete floor inside the Historic Sarasota High School of Paul Ruebens dressed as Pee Wee Herman addressing the Class of 1970.

Lawrence Wild and Penny Hill

Dean Eisner with Jackie and Angus Rogers

Tom and Ann Charters

Pam Daniel and George Augustin

Mary Lou Johnson with her daughter, Randi Mackintosh

Carol Camiener, Lisa Rubinstein and Bruce Rodgers

Anthony and Sarah Frangioni

Chris and Kirk Voelker

Chris and Aimee Cogan

Amy and Ken Sussman

Valerie Leatherwood with Robert and Shannon Warren

Diane Zorn, Elizabeth Mahler and Peppi Elona

Wendy Feinstein, David Wyant and Sarah Price

Darrell and Lynn Turner

Javier Suarez, Jr. and Javier Suarez, Sr. will be the architects for SMOA.

Chairwomen Dottie Baer Garner and Brooke Callanen addressed the sold-out crowd Sunday night.

Steven and Lisa High

Grace Betts with her mom, Jane Buckman

The SMOA Inaugural Bash was a sold-out event with 700 people in attendance.

Bernard and Marion Levine

Ace Factor

People had fun dancing to music performed by Ace Factor.

People signed their names on a sign by the stick sculpture out in front of the Historic Sarasota High School.

A view of the stick sculpture at night.