2025 Art & Soul Celebration
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Silent Auction On View:
Thursday, September 25, 5:00 PM - Thursday, October 16, 2025, 8:30 PM |
Celebration:
Thursday, October 16, 2025 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
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Over the course of the past year, LeMoyne has enjoyed providing exceptional educational opportunities, art exhibitions, and bringing together our community all in the in the name creative expression and love for the arts. We have also concluded our Art for Always Capital Campaign to renovate and expand the LeMoyne Arts campus.
To celebrate these accomplishments we will gather at the 2025 Art & Soul Celebration en Vogue on Thursday, October 16 from 5:30 – 8:30pm at LeMoyne Arts. The event will feature a live DJ spinning music to get you on your feet, heavy hors d'oeuvres, and open bars featuring festive specialty cocktails. The gardens will transform into a haute couture fashion show, including the live auction culminating in the hotly contested sale of this years’ cover art, an original painting created exclusively for the event by renowned artist Anna Kincaide. We encourage all guests to step out in their finery, with prizes for the Best Dressed Man and Best Dressed Woman. Of course, it would not be an Art & Soul Celebration without a curated silent auction, which will include exclusive experiences, fashionable jewelry, and beautiful artwork. Each year we award a distinguished arts leader with the Richard L. Puckett Leadership in Arts award. This year we are excited to present this award to Josh Johnson, President and CEO of 621 Gallery for the outstanding work he has done in Tallahassee to support artists, advocate for arts and culture, and showing us all what it means to lead by example. The Online Auction will be on view at LeMoyne Arts in tandem with Colorful Journey, from September 25 – October 16. LeMoyne Arts invite visitors to bid on this exciting auction, which provides vital funding for LeMoyne’s year-round programming and educational offerings. |
Thank you to our 2025 Art & Soul Celebration Sponsors!
*updated as of September 25 PRESENTED BY: Capital Eurocars Platinum Mad Dog Construction Mary Jo & Alan Spector Tallahassee Woman Gold Lanigan & Associates Park Adams Kelly & Laurie Dozier Stephanie Whitfield & Dan Taylor Silver Acadian Builder Inc Akerman LLP Nonni & Homola OliverSperry Periodontal Associates of North Florida WestScott Construction Bronze Leslie & Robert Anderson Quia & Morgan Atkinson BFBS Architects Centennial Bank Central Heating Consultants Engels & Volkers Tallahassee Julie and Michael McBride Bartow Rainey & Mary E Dorsey Allison Tant Claire & Jed Varnedoe Become an Art & Soul Sponsor
Our sponsor recognition goes out to 3,500 email subscribers, 700 printed newsletters, and over 4,500 social media followers.
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2025 Featured Artist: Anna Kincaide Pictures in my Mind 30" x 40" Oil on Canvas 2025 Anna Kincaide, born in Northern Florida, is a contemporary painter known for her striking, enigmatic portraits that blur the lines between fashion, history, and identity. With a strong sense of mystery surrounding her personal life, Kincaide allows her artwork to speak in bold and evocative tones. Her signature style features faceless female figures crowned in extravagant, floral-inspired headpieces rendered in thick, expressive impasto. These pieces explore the fluidity of identity and the performative nature of femininity. Drawing inspiration from fashion editorials, classical portraiture, and historical icons such as Queen Nefertiti, Marie Antoinette, Anne Boleyn, and Beyoncé, Kincaide constructs visual narratives that connect the past with the contemporary. Kincaideʼs work continues to evolve, incorporating elements of abstraction, costume, and high fashion to reflect the ever-shifting nature of self-expression. Her paintings have been exhibited in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, and Atlanta. Keep up with Anna Kincaide on Instagram @annakincaide |
Richard L. Puckett Arts Leadership Award
2025 Award Winner Josh Johnson
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Each year we award a distinguished arts leader with the Richard L. Puckett Leadership in Arts award. This year we are excited to present this award to Josh Johnson, President and CEO of 621 Gallery. Josh’s unwavering commitment to supporting artists and fostering an inclusive, thriving arts scene makes him a true champion of culture in our region—a reminder that leadership and advocacy are as vital to the arts as the art itself.
"I believe that it will be an artist that saves the world, as a matter of fact, artists have saved the world time and time again. So as a non-artist, I see it as my responsibility to use my skills to make space and place for superheroes to do their work". - Joshua Johnson Previous Award Winners
2008 Four Women of Vision, Mary Metzke, June Strauss, Nanette Fisher, Clifton Lewis, Founders of LeMoyne Art Foundation, Inc. 2009 Zoe Golloway, Founder of Gadsden Arts 2016 Segundo Fernandez 2017 Commissioner Gil Ziffer 2018 Beverly Frick 2019 Don and Dorothy Vodicka 2020 Kelly Simmons Dozier 2021 Dan Taylor 2022 Paula Fortunas 2023 Susan Baldino 2024 Amanda Thompson |
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Help make the magic happen!
Volunteer with Art & SoulWe greatly appreciate the volunteers who help make Art & Soul possible! Please follow the above link to discover the fun volunteer opportunities for Art & Soul and other LeMoyne events.
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Thank you to Bob O'Lary for photographing the event and auction items.
