PHOTO GALLERY: Annual Arts Celebration, Pt. 1

Iain Webb dedicates his 2013 Arts Leadership Award to Ulla Searing’s memory

Angela Hartvigsen and Laura Spencer

Brian Hersh, Leymis Bolaños-Wilmott, Mary Richardson and Joey Panek

Jinny and Ron Johnson

Angela Massaro Fain, Greg Leaming, John Fain and Danny Bileu

Jen Rust, Anna Turner and Danae DeShazer

Delia Smith and Linda Chenoweth

Michele Strauss, Tami Prince and Monica VanBuskirk

Dr. Larry Thompson, Steven High, Michelle Bianchi Pingel, Kumar Mahadevan and Paul Mattison

Ricardo Graziano, Sam Lowry, and Richard Russell

Sarasota ballet dancers with Hillary Steele

Leona Collesano, Marvin Albert and Gerri Aaron

Mary J. Kelly wins the performance arts John Ringling Towers Fund

Alexis Ortega wins the literary arts John Ringling Towers Fund

Joey Panek emcees the evening’s event

Executive Director of the Arts and Cultural Alliance Jim Shirley, Lucia and Steve Almquist, and Paul G. Hudson

Beverly Arias, Mike Rosario and Pam Marenghi. Rosario received a 2013 Arts Leadership Award for his volunteer service to Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

Mary Bensel, Joe McKenna, and Mary Anne Servian

Veronica Brady, Eva Slane, Peggy Abt and Michael Baughen

Lyn Wiley with Michelle Bianchi Pingel