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TBBCA Impact Awards
Susana Weymouth, executive director of
the Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture
and the Arts, arranged a virtual event
for the 2020 Impact Awards that honored
the late photographer Griffith J. Davis,
BNY Mellon Wealth Management and
the Tampa Museum of Art. The late Scott
Menaul, an abstract surrealist artist, was
the year’s featured artist. Davis earned
the Impact Lifetime Achievement Award.
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
received the Business Impact Award, and
the Tampa Museum of Art was presented
with the 100 years of Cultural Leadership
and Community Impact Award. Next
year’s Impact Awards will be held on
October 21, 2021.
Almost 500 people attended the Dunedin History Museum’s annual History Comes
Alive event on the grounds of the historic Dunedin Municipal Cemetery, which was
filled with exhibits and costumed re-enactors.
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The TBBCA arts organization honored
photographer Griffith J. Davis (1923-1993) at
its virtual Impact Awards. He took this photo
of Justice Thurgood Marshall, left, during the
trial of Ada Lois Sipuel, shown in forefront.
DAVID KNUPP
My Dinner
with Steve
Eugenie Bondurant of St. Petersburg,
the multitalented wife of
Paul Wilborn, executive director of
The Palladium at St. Petersburg College,
has added a new accomplishment to her
career as the director of Lisa Kirchner’s
short film, My Dinner with Steve. As an
actress, Bondurant portrayed Tigris
in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Part 2. In her directorial debut, she
oversees this comedy film that deals
with addiction, sex and dysfunctional
families in a humorous manner.
My Dinner with Steve is a romantic
comedy featuring flawed characters
dealing with their own issues and
needs. The film is being submitted
to festivals and will be made public
following a festival premiere.
GRIFFITH J. DAVIS
Copper, Silver, Salt, Ink
Copper Silver, Salt, Ink: The Chemistry of Photography’s Enduring Desires”
is an exhibit on display through November 29th at the Museum of Fine
Arts, St. Petersburg. Curated by Allison Moore, it features more than
60 rare works and objects that helped form the earliest years of photography.
The artworks range from the daguerreotypes and calotypes of the 1880s
to contemporary artists who reinvigorated the photogravure process. The
photographs were chosen from among the MFA’s holdings of more than
13,000 photographs, the largest in the region, and also features loans from
the collection of Dr. Robert and Chitranee Drapkin. 9
History Comes Alive
Bill Matthews of
Tarpon Springs,
Mark Middleton of
Dunedin and Blair Kooi
of Dunedin, who
is president of the
museum’s board of
trustees, were among
the re-enactors who
portrayed former
residents who were
buried in the cemetery
over the years.
Eugenie Bondurant
Allison
Moore,
Curator of
Photography
at the
Museum of
Fine Arts,
St. Petersburg,
assembled
this exhibit
on display at
the museum.
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