Celebrating the Completion of the Art for Always Master Plan Project
The Art for Always capital campaign achieved resounding success thanks to LeMoyne Arts’ place in the hearts and minds of those it serves — artists, arts lovers and advocates, educators, students and friends from all walks of life.
As of 2025, over $4,00,000 has been raised -- $1,865,000 in grant funding from the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) – Tourist Development Council (TDC) and $2,500,000 from DONORS LIKE YOU.
The African American Tribute Garden Campaign is an active campaign, launched in April 2024, with a fundraising goal of $20,000 to recognize those who were at the forefront of desegregation and the exercise of civil rights in Tallahassee. The centerpiece of the African American Tribute garden is the sculpture PLUS — created in 1969 by Florida State University professor and internationally renowned sculptor Fred Holschuh to honor and memorialize Irene Olivia Colbert Edmonds (1908-1968), a prominent Florida A&M University humanities and theatre professor. The garden theme is " 'Together in the Struggle for Social Justice" which will be reflected on the recognition plaque, to be installed in the garden, which will carry the names of the people and families who engaged in the early days of the struggle and those who, in present day, have contributed to the garden project.
To read more about the African American Tribute Garden, please visit LeMoyne's Newsroom article here.
LeMoyne's newly renovated campus presents many beautiful opportunities to recognize and honor loved ones.
For a complete list of naming recognition opportunities, please click here.
To make donation inquiries, please call LeMoyne Arts at 850-222-8800 or email,
text or call Paula Fortunas at 850-933-2770 or PaulaFortunas@gmail.com
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
Donations may be made securely online below.
Contributions by check should be mailed to:
LeMoyne Arts
125 N. Gadsden Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Please make your check payable to LeMoyne Arts and enter Art for Always on your check's memo line.
Art for Always Dedications
The Carmel "Kelly" Simmons Dozier Garden | $350,000.00 |
The Studios of LeMoyne/XOJ Salon & Courtyard | $250,000.00 |
The Rockwood Ceramics Pavilion | $150,000.00 |
The Block Family Entrance Hall | $120,000.00 |
The Thomas A. Guilday Celebration Gazebo | $100,000.00 |
Rededication of Magnificata Sculpture - The Persis & Charles Rockwood Tribute to George & Hila Holschuh | $100,000.00 |
The Kathy & Ray Bye Grand Plaza | $100,000.00 |
The Ron Yrabedra Drawing & Painting Studio | $50,000.00 |
The Charlotte Williams Fiber Arts Studio | $50,000.00 |
The Charles & Cynthia Tunnicliff Grand Entrance Gate | $50,000.00 |
Nancy Jefferson Pottery Studio | $50,000.00 |
Fortunas Family Suite | $50,000.00 |
James "Jake" & Adina Simmons Garden & Jewish Community Tribute - by Sharon Simmons, Carmel “Kelly” Simmons Dozier, & Laurie Dozier, III | $30,000.00 |
The Julian Dozier Garden Patio | $25,000.00 |
Terrie's Festival Cottage (in Memory of Terrie Brooks) | $25,000.00 |
Esposito's Garden Cottage | $25,000.00 |
McLuckie Celebration Cottage | $25,000.00 |
The Lee & Ann D. Williams Pathway ("Ann D's Path") | $20,000.00 |
The African American Tribute Garden - by Jane & John Marks, Alexis Roberts McMillan, Carol Neyland, Shauna Smith, Edwin Thorpe, Sandra Close Turnquest, Celeste Brickler Hart, & Anonymous Donors | $20,000.00 |
The Unity Bridge - by Bernadette & Roger Luca | $20,000.00 |
The Sherraden-Breland Path & Garden | $20,000.00 |
The Japanese Garden - by Kathy & Ray Bye | $20,000.00 |
The Linda Van Beck Permanent Collection Vault | $15,000.00 |
The Pamala Doffek Permanent Collection Archive & Repository | $15,000.00 |
Augustus B. Turnbull, III Art Supply Room | $15,000.00 |
Baldwin-Saunders Mise en Place Kitchen | $15,000.00 |
The Helen Lind Memorial Garden | $10,000.00 |
Anneliese Oppenheim Bench at Lower Garden Patio | $5,000.00 |
John L & Linda Munroe Williams Education Center Plaza Entrance | $5,000.00 |
"Serenity" by Sandy Proctor - donated by Sandy and Melinda Proctor | $20,000.00 |
"Lillies" by Sandy Proctor - Donated by the Artist | $15,000.00 |
"Rock My World" by Benjamin Peterson - Donated by the Artist | $7,500.00 |
"Lullaby" by Sandy Proctor - donated by Kelly Simmons Dozier | $4,000.00 |
"Let's Listen" by Mikiko Tanaka - Donated by the Artist | $2,500.00 |
"Rain Fountain" by Karen B. Robertson - Donated by the Artist | $1,500.00 |
"Traveling Man" by Byington Sims - Donated by the Artist | $1,500.00 |
Art Education, Studios, and Gallery Recognition Opportunities
Open Studio - Lower Level | $75,000.00 |
Warming Kitchen at The Studios of LeMoyne | $50,000.00 |
Oil Painting Studio | $50,000.00 |
Ceramic Studio (Hand Building) | $50,000.00 |
Ceramic Studio (Wheel Throwing) | $50,000.00 |
Lower Plaza | $30,000.00 |
Glass Studio | $25,000.00 |
Mixed Media Studio | $25,000.00 |
Education/Ceramics Cottage | $25,000.00 |
The Mika Fowler Letterpress Studio | $25,000.00 |
The Cottage Deck | $25,000.00 |
The Dogwood/Azalea Garden | $20,000.00 |
The Sentinels Fountain Garden | $15,000.00 |
Education Directors' Office | $15,000.00 |
Driftwood Garden (behind The Studios) | $15,000.00 |
South Stair | $10,000.00 |
Gadsden Entry | $5,000.00 |
East Entry - Lower Level | $5,000.00 |
Art Supply Room - Lower Level | $5,000.00 |
Paper Closet | $5,000.00 |
Bench 1 at Bye Plaza | $5,000.00 |
Bench 2 at Bye Plaza | $5,000.00 |
Bench 3 at Bye Plaza | $5,000.00 |
Workshop/Open Studio - Upstairs | $75,000.00 |
ART FOR ALWAYS HONOR ROLL
Updated June 2025
Public and Private Grant Support
CRA-TDT Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Grant, December 2021
CRA-TDT Arts, Culture and Heritage Funding Grant, February 2024
CRA Community Redevelopment Grant, April 2024
Knight Foundation, January 2017
Florida Department of State Cultural Facilities Grant, April 2023
Florida Department of State Cultural Facilities Grant, currently in progress
City of Tallahassee -TAPP Grant, March 2023
$250,000+
Laurie & Kelly Dozier
Janet Hinkle
Charlie & Persis Rockwood
$100,000+
Byron Block
Kathy & Ray Bye
$50,000-$100,000
Kathy & Tom Guilday
Charles & Cynthia Tunnicliff
Matt Williams
$10,000-$50,000
Anonymous
Don & Eileen Bourassa
Julian Dozier
John Dozier & Martha Dozier Paradeis
Esposito's Garden Center - Ralph Esposito
Georgia & Josh Jordan
Bernadette & Roger Luca
Mr. Meredith & Mrs. Elsa Louise McKinney
Scott McLuckie
Ronald Gustav Meyer & Judy Ferguson Meyer
Sarah & Terry Sherraden
Sharon L. Simmons
Marjorie Turnbull
John L & Linda Munroe Williams
Leslie & F. Palmer Williams
$1,000-$9,999
Park Adams
Mary Adelson
Mark & Susan Baldino
David Beidel & Donna Son
Christopher Bivins & Jennifer Dubose
Rachel Borntreger
Celeste Brickler Hart
Dave Bright
Bobby Brooks
Dr. Marie Cowart
Paul Craft & Debra Corkhill
Marylyn Crank
Judy Crews
Jack & Alice Diestelhorst
Pamala J. Doffek
Susan Fiorito
Tim & Paula Fortunas
Thomas & Marcia Friedman
Guilday Law
J. Michael “Mike” & Deborah Huey
Kerry & Matthew Inger
Paul & Helen Jess
Kaye Kendrick
Mary Sterner Lawson & Benjamin Lawson
Mary Ann Lindley & Charles Nuzzo
Anne Longman
Patrick & Patricia Lynch
Barbara & John Mahoney
Charles & Meredith Manning
Jane & John Marks
Sharon Maxwell-Ferguson
Kevin & Patty McAlpine
Alexis Roberts McMillan
Midge & Frank Mercer
Charles Moore, MD
Carol Neyland
Denise & Winston Ortiz
Gary & Frances Ostrander
Mike & Judy Pate
Dianne Perkins
Julian & Betty Proctor
Shawn & Courtney Roberts
Glenn & Mary Lee Robertson
Cari Roth & Wellington Meffert
Ellery & Elyse Sedgwick
Judy & Mike Sheridan
Chris Siegle-Capital Awning Co.
Shauna Smith
Mary Jo Spector
James B. Taylor
Edwin Thorpe
Sandra Close Turnquest
Laurie & Claude Walker
Christopher Walsh, WBC Enterprises
Fran & Phil Webb
Sharon & Gerald Wester
Stephanie & Paul Whitfield
Frances Williams
Kim & Mayda Williams
Wendy V. Willis
Nancy Wright, M.D.
Yrabedra Estate
$100-$999
Anonymous
Jeff & Lisa Askins
Grace Atkins
Kathy Atkins-Gunter & Bill Gunter
Ben Baldwin & Lagran Saunders
Martha & Richard Barnett
Betty Bayes & Morris Springer
Betty Beck
Bettie Bedell
David Beggs
Bonnie Bernau
Nancy Bivins
Lucy Bivins
Dillon & Lindsey Bradley Brown
Jabe & Jeanne Breland
Al & Linda Clark
Sonya A. Cloninger
Jami Coleman
Karen Cooley
Terrie Corbett
Catherine & Stephen Cottrell
Greg & Debbi Cowan
Joel C. Dawson
Fran Dellaporta
Thomas E. & Sandra DeLopez
Frank Douglas
William Gary Elmore
Lee Reinecke Flynn
Bonnie Fowler
Nina Allen Freeman
Beverly B. Frick
S. William Fuller, Jr. & Sylvia A. Fuller
Trimmel Gomes
William (Bill) Graham & Shelley Hill
Robert & Annie Green
Robert & Doris Guilday
Scott & Ellen Guthrie
Marta Hardy
Janice Hartwell
Dr. Walter Hathaway
Caryl G. Heebner
Maureen & Kenneth Hemmerly
James (Jim) & Janyce Horton
Valarie Howington
Howard & Beverly Huff
Susanne Hunt
Steve & Christine Inger
Cindy & Joe Johnson
John Keith
Jeanne Kimball
Lina & Dean Knox
Joe Lama
Rene Lynch
Anne MacKenzie
Gene Madden
Kathleen & Lealand McCharen
Felicia McCoy
Shirley McFadden
Joe & Gail McGlothlin
Jay Newman
Gregory & Jerilyn Nikiel
Cheryl P. Oakley & Ken Elsea
Marsha Orr
Robert Parker
Kelly Patterson
Steve Pfeiffer & Marsha Hosack
David W. Poole & Douglas E. Moore
Laura F. Powell
Gloria Priest
Martha Anne Proctor & Theo Proctor III
Dylan Rivers
Anne E. Rowe
Sandra C. Sartin
Ellery & Robin Sedgwick Fund
Elizabeth "Betty" Serow
Nelson Simmons
Julian Vereen Smith Jr.
Richard F. Spellman
Del Suggs & Denice Jones
Dan Taylor
Dr. Norman & Kirby Thagard
Dee & Angel Trejo
Abby Vail
Dorothy Hendrickson & Donald Vodicka
Susan Walton
Louisa Warren
Jackie Watts
William Bryan Webb
Virginia Chandler Weeks
Richard Allen Whittington & Laura Darling Whittington
Field Wilde
All Other Gift Levels
Anne Kochan Bozik
Kathy Leffew Cooley
LeeAnn Day
Janet Lee Decosmo
Meris Delli-Bovi
Susan Evans-Kaye
Paige, Richard, McKenzie & Maddie Goode
Theresa E. Gore
Gwen & Fred Johnson
Sue Mullins
Lesley Nolan
Anna Isabela Reality
Christine Reilly
Sally Rude
April Salter
Alicia Smith
Georgia Turner
Patty B. Williams
Patrick Yack
In Kind Gifts $1,000 - $50,000
Sandy Proctor
Sandy & Melinda Proctor
Benjamin Peterson
Karen Robertson
Byington Sims
Mikiko Tanaka