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“Art Is Good” Cultural Encounter
TBBCA (Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts) partnered with Hyde Park Village in Tampa to host “Art Is Good,” one
of the arts organization’s Cultural Encounters. The reception featured wine and cuisine tastings, presentation of the Art Production
Fund’s “Public Art Initiative,” new banner installation and a display of artwork by local artists. Several luminaries of TBBAC’s
upcoming 2015 IMPACT Awards dinner scheduled for October 22nd in Tampa were also introduced. TBBAC is a nonprofit
organization whose mission is to unite area businesses to champion arts and culture for a mutually prosperous community.
Internationally acclaimed Dalí Museum
architect Yann Weymouth and his wife,
TBBCA Executive Director Susana, were
glad the reception she orchestrated was
so successful.
Interior designer Enrique Crespo and
Fox 13 “Good Day Tampa Bay” co-anchor
Russell Rhodes, who will emcee TBBCA’s
IMPACT Awards benefit in October,
enjoyed seeing old and new friends.
Richard Gonzmart, president of The ColUmbia
Restaurant Group and TBBCA IMPACT Awards’s
2015 “Patron of Culture and the Arts,” attended
with his wife Melanie.
168 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015