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Artists & Education Foundation of NW Florida Inc. 501(c)3 Charitable status applied for.
"The state and County due, to budget shortfalls, have all but gutted funding for the arts in our community schools, and for grants to local talent. Lets stem the tide, and help replace and even exceed the support formerly enjoyed by our local schools and artists! Enrich Lives, Revitalize Communities, Build the Local Arts Brand, Grow Art/Education Related Tourism, - Support the Local Arts". Jeffrey Blake Adams

• Our primary objective is to collectively promote local artists, & grow new talent, to provide a venue for LOCAL talent to develop, show their work to both learn and share their skills.
• To involve, educate and inform the the public about art, Eden State Park, our local area artists, and all the gulfcoast arts community has to offer, to pass on the history and teaching of local artists, to foster community spirit and growth in the arts and crafts
• We want to see more community based opportunities for kids, families artists and aspiring artists to share, learn show and sell.

• An invitational "Arts Bazaar," Collectors will discover rising talent while still affordable. Booths tables and tents for artists of all media and vendors to share their vision with the attendees.
• Interactive Workshops for artists, kids and families offering arts and crafts, watercolor, photography, Feng Shui, reclaiming materials for art and more.
• Participation sessions featuring artists in Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi and more.
• Contests for children in Coloring, photography, watercolor etc.
• "Best of class" contests for participating artists in many mediums. Cash awards, specific grants to artists, scholarships to art immersion workshops and artist led expeditions.
• Opportunities for people of all ages and skill levels to participate, grow, learn, love the arts and enjoy!

If you or someone you know, would like to help organize, sponsor, teach, participate, volunteer or otherwise be a part of this community effort, please contact;

Jeffrey Blake Adams, prophoto@adamsimages.com POB 4861 Seaside FL 32459, and share your vision for a thriving artist community here on the NW FL gulf coast. Thank you! Together we are making it happen.

"As you may Know, ArtsQuest has moved from the wonderful Eden State Park, to Baytowne Wharf in Destin. I know I share in the disappointment of many locals that loved an arts festival at the Historic Eden.

This change has brought together many people and opened an opportunity for us to create a Non-Profit Foundation to benefit the community as a whole, and local artists and families in particular. Our local family oriented Focus is not to replace but to supplement the many fantastic existing arts organizations, and provide additional funding for many of them.

If you feel as I do that our community is important enough to warrant a grass roots local Arts Foundation Promoting, sharing, teaching and celebrating the arts along the Gulf Coast, Join us in building such an organization. Thank you." Jeffrey Blake Adams

©2003 Artists & Education Foundation of NW FL Inc. and Jeffrey Blake Adams all rights reserved.

©2003 Artists & Education Foundation of NW FL Inc. and Jeffrey Blake Adams all rights reserved.