Panel Report Mutidisciplinary Levels 1 and 2

Memorandum

The Mutidisciplinary Levels 1 and 2 grant panel meeting was held via teleconference on August 31, 2015. Thirty-three (33) eligible applications were reviewed and thirty-two (32) applications were recommended for funding.

A complete list of all reviewed applications, with the request amounts and final scores, is provided in the following sections.

Panel comment was as follows:

A panel member suggested that applicants be required to give detailed information on their plans for any budget surplus, and that they show how they will evaluate their programs in addition to what they will do with the information.

Public comment was as follows:

There were no public comments.

Panel Biographies

Zac Alfson

Orange County

• Patron Engagement Manager, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Orlando, Florida
• Previously Marketing and Grants Manger, Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando and held Internship at United Arts of Central Florida in grant administration and government affairs
• He was part of the design/build/opening team for Mad Cow’s new 2 theatre complex in downtown Orlando
• Received Emerging Leader award from American for the Arts and the National Arts Marketing Project and invited to write a feature article for their February 2012 e-newsletter
• B.F.A, Stage Management, University of Central Florida

Jerry Bickel

Hillsborough County

• Founder and Executive Director, Bits N Pieces Puppet Theatre, Tampa
• Co-director and jurist for the 2011 International Puppet Carnival in Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Received Florida Theatre Conference's 1998 Distinguished Career In Children's/Youth Theatre Award
• North American Councilor to the International Festival of Puppet Arts, Prague, CZ as well as past president of the 2008 Performance Jury, and also the 2009 and 2010 festival's promotions director and web master
• Produced a new marionette production of "Petrushka" in May 2011, commissioned by the Guatemala Arts Council

Maggie Ciadella

Hillsborough County

• Director of Annual Giving, Tampa Theatre
• Previously Annual Giving Manager and Manager of Social Memberships, Ruth Eckerd Hall and Public Affairs Associate, Carnegie Hall
• Served as Art Harvest Committee Member 2014-2015 and Angels Committee Co-Chair 2013-2014, Junior League of Clearwater-Dunedin; Communications Chair, Association of Fundraising Professionals Suncoast Chapter
• M.S. Public Relations and Corporate Communication, New York University; B.S., Public Relations, University of Florida

Antonio C. Cuyler

Leon County

• Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Internships at Florida State University (FSU) in the Department of Art Education, Arts Administration Master’s and Doctoral students
• Research interests include Arts Administration Education, Arts Administration Theory and Practice, and Cultural Policy, and social justice in the arts
• Published in the American Journal of Arts Management, the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, the Music Entertainment and Industry Educator’s Association Journal, and the Professional Artist Magazine
• Previously on the faculty at Purchase College, SUNY, American University, and Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)
• B.M./E.S., Voice & Foreign Languages, Stetson University; M.A, Arts Administration in the College of Music, and PhD, Art Education and Arts Administration, Florida State University

Daryl DeBerry

Pinellas County

• Development Director, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Pete
• Previously Major Gifts Officer, Bayfront Health Foundation; Director of Development, Great Explorations Children’s Museum; and Director Admissions and Communications, Canterbury School
• B.A., Art History, Hollins University

Deborah Fahmie

Osceola County

• Fine and Performing Arts Resource Specialist, School District of Osceola County and Adjunct Professor, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
• Previously, elementary music teacher for twenty years
• Serving on the boards of Florida Music Educators Association, United Arts, The Education Foundation-Osceola County, Osceola Arts, and the Florida Alliance of Arts Education and the Steering Task Force, RTTT Florida Performing Fine Arts Assessment Project
• Past President of the Osceola Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Florida Elementary Music Educators Association and the Central Florida Orff Chapter and served on the boards of Osceola Arts for a Complete Education Coalition, and Osceola Center for the Arts
• Received 2006 Osceola Arts Teacher of the Year and the 2007 Florida Music Educator of the Year
• B.A., Music Education, Trenton State College; M.A., Music Education, University of Central Florida         

Christine Nottage

Monroe County

• Christine has a lengthy background in nonprofits and the arts. She has worked with such organizations as the Cleveland Museum of Art, High Museum of Art in Atlanta and most recently the Key West Art & Historical Society
• Also she served on the Board of the Goldwell Open Air Museum in Nevada. She currently sits on the Board of the Key West Business Guild
• Christine has an undergraduate in art history, a master's in nonprofit management and is currently working on a marine environmental technology degree
• Currently she is a development consultant working with arts and cultural organizations in the Keys and she is adjunct faculty at the Florida Keys Community College

Chana Sheldon

Miami-Dade County

• Executive Director, Locust Projects
• Previously Director/Sales, represented emerging and established artists, Casey Kaplan, New York
• B.F.A, University of Massachusetts

Panel Recommendations

This list contains the panel recommendations to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. This is not a final funding recommendation. Panel review is step 2 in a 4 step review process.