TheDailyCity.com Best of Orlando 2012 | VISUAL ARTS







Readers of The Daily City were able to vote starting Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM EST through Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST. Winners were announced Friday January 6, 2012.

Best Art Gallery
1 - Crealde School of Art Galleries
2 - UCF Art Gallery
3 - Twelve21 Gallery

Best Art Museum
1 - Orlando Museum of Art
2 - Cornell Fine Arts Museum
3 - The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Best Art Night
1 - 3rd Thursday (Downtown Arts District)
2 - 1st Thursdays (OMA)
3 - 3rd Thursday (Thornton Park)

Best Art Event
1 - Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities
2 - Orlando Folk Festival
3 - Grandma Party Bazaar

Best Artist
1 - Thomas Thorspecken
2 - Karen Russell
3 - Dawn Schreiner

Best Street Artist
1 - Swamburger
2 - Tre "Tr3" Harris
3 - Chris "Tobar" Rodriguez

Best New Public Art (2011)
1 - There is none per Terry Olson
2 - "Milk Bar Mural" De La Cruz (The Milk Bar)

Best Public Art (Pre-2011)
1 - "The Traveler" Duane Hanson (Orlando International Airport)
2 - "At the Airport" William King (Orlando International Airport)
3 - "Tower of Light" Ed Carpenter (Orlando City Hall)

Best Mural (Pre-2011)
1 - "Cityscape" Charles Marklin & Andrew Spear (1401 E. Colonial Dr.)
2 - "Garden of Eden" Bill Plympton (1300 S. Orlando Ave. Maitland)
3 - "Wonder Dinosaurs" Robin Tchoe (2709 E. South St.)

Best New Mural (2011)
1 - "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Thomas Thorspecken (900 E. Princeton St.)
2 - "New Sam Flax" Charles Marklin, Andrew Spear, Swamburger & Morgan Wilson (1800 E. Colonial Dr.)
3 - "Eat More Produce" Artist Unknown (1111 S. Orlando Ave. Winter Park)

Best Museum Gift Shop
1 - Orlando Science Center
2 - Cornell Fine Arts Museum
3 - The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Best Brian Feldman Project (2011)
1 - "The Most Expensive Gas in America"
2 - "The Skill Crane Kid"
3 - "Lousy T-Shirt"

Best Doug Rhodehamel Show (2011)
1 - "Bacon! The Experience"
2 - "Mushrooms Across America"
3 - "Hot Garbage"
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