Arts Alive! A Celebration of the Arts PROGRAM

President, Del Couch Music Education Foundation, to receive the Kelly Woodland Community Arts Education Award.

Retired Dance Educator, School District of Manatee County and Coordinator, Yes We Can DANCE" Festival, to receive the LINDA BOONE DANCE EDUCATION AWARD.

Director, Manatee County Convention and Visitors Bureau, to receive the VERNON DESEAR ARTS CHAMPION AWARD.

Worldwide leader in producing and presenting live touring family entertainment experiences that bring people together and uplift the human spirit, to receive the HERBIE ROSE ARTS INNOVATION AWARD.

Regional Chancellor, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, to receive the Dr. Larry Thompson Arts Education Advancement Award.

Retired Music Educator, School District of Manatee County, to receive DALE JENSEN MUSIC EDUCATION AWARD.

Retired Theatre Educator, Manatee School for the Arts and Lakewood Ranch High School, to receive the DR. SHERRY LAWRENCE THEATRE EDUCATION AWARD

Principal, Braden River High School, to receive the DUDLEY LEIGH ARTS LEADERSHIP AWARD.

Professional Dancer and graduate of Manatee School for the Arts. Peter currently lives in LA and travels the world dancing with some of the biggest names in modern entertainment.

Art Teacher at Blackburn and Tillman Elementary Schools to receive the Barbara Turner-Grace Visual Art Education Award. Presented posthumously.

Victoria Helton, Director

Nicole Messner, Director

Jason Schiessl, Director

Ricardo Robinson-Shinall, Director

Ron Lambert, Director

Tess Chawi / Angela Babroski, Directors