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Tom Gargiulo, Palm Coast’s ‘Unwavering, Steadfast Champion’ of the Arts for 25 Years, Dies at 83

February 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Tom Gargiulo and Arlene Volpe. (Greg Volpe)

Tom Gargiulo, co-founder of the Gargiulo Arts Foundations and the Flagler County Artist of the Year award, prolific artist and patron to innumerable shows and artists, and the conceptual energy and fund-raiser behind Palm Coast’s Sculpture Garden in Town Center, died after complications from surgery Sunday in Palm Coast.

Glass Menagerie: Lee Richards Slices His Way to Flagler County Artist of the Year

May 28, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Working in his home studio, Lee Richards ponders his hand-sketched pattern for “Iguana on a Branch.” (© FlaglerLive)

Two exhibits that would have featured Artist of the Year Lee Richards’s works were cancelled–one because a gallery closed, the next, scheduled for this month, because of the pandemic.

Critical Lack of Exhibit Space Hobbling Palm Coast Art Scene Even as Organizations Thrive

January 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The former Berkshire Hathaway office at Eiuropean Village, which had been an elegant exhibit space with regular shows, was padlocked for good recently. (© FlaglerLive)

For the first time in 20 years, the Flagler County Artist of the Year will not have a show, for lack of space. The critical lack of exhibit space is on the radar of the Flagler County Art League, the fledgling Palm Coast Arts Foundation and the Grand Gallery at Grand Living Realty.

Palm Coast Mayor Hails ‘Striking’ 10-Ft. Sculpture as Inaugural Symbol of Town Center’s Creative Future

March 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

"Burro With Bird on Shoulder"

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland dedicated the first of five sculptures that will form a sculpture garden in Central Park, all privately paid for and donated to the city as a cultural component of Palm Coast’s emerging Innovation District.

Palm Coast Poised To Make the Arts Central To Its Innovation District as New Sculpture Garden Redefines Central Park

March 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

'Burro With Bird on His Shoulder,' Copper Tritscheller's nine-foot sculpture central park palm coast

The Gargiulo Arts Foundation is making possible a new sculpture garden in Palm Coast’s Central Park and helping to redefine the city’s innovation district, with the arts playing a central role. More funding may be next.

At GOLA and the Flagler County Art League:
Trish Vevera, Flagler Artist of the Year

February 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Flagler Artist of the Year Trish Vevera with her painting, 'And Then There Were Two.' (c FlaglerLive)

Trish Vevera’s journey from Grinnell College to the Art Institute of Chicago’s galleries to Flagler County’s open-air inspirations lands her as the Gargiulo Art Foundation’s Artist of the Year, with upcoming shows at Flagler Beach’s GOLA and the Flagler County Art League.

Gargiulo Foundation Committing to $100,000 Sculpture Garden in Palm Coast’s Town Center

October 31, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A Harry Messersmith sculpture, once on display at Hollingsworth Gallery, forerunner to Salvo Art House. Click on the image for larger view.

The Gargiulo Art Foundation is proposing to put up a sculpture garden in Town Center, an echo of the Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s own plans for art in public places.

Public Art Soars Increasingly Into View, Part of Gargiulo Foundation’s Gifts to Palm Coast

July 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Tom Gargiulo and his foundation will be underscoring the growing role of public art in Palm Coast, between a panel discussion at the Flagler County Art League Saturday and the dedication of two more soaring heron sculptures at Waterfront Park.

Tom Gargiulo, Leading Patron of Palm Coast Arts, Is Seriously Injured in Bike Crash

August 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Gargiulo, the founder of the Tom Gargiulo Foundation and creator Flagler’s Artist of the Year award, among numerous other supports of local arts, was bicycling on Pine Lakes Parkway when he was struck by a car as he crossed Wynnfield Drive Tuesday morning.

At Hollingsworth Gallery:
Christine Sullivan, Artist of the Year

November 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The works of Christine Sullivan, the 2013 Gargiulo Art Foundation Artist of the Year, convey an intimate connections with a sense of place and memory while exploring the pleasures of solitude. Sullivan;s exhibit opens at Hollingsworth Gallery Nov. 9, running through Dec. 3.

Palm Coast’s Bike and Poetry Shows Slam Their Way Back On Gargiulo Foundation’s Wheels

July 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The second and ongoing annual “Art of the Bicycle” livening up Palm Coast’s City Marketplace this month is all spokes: the Gargiulo Art Foundation, the Flagler County Art League, Hollingsworth Gallery and City Repertory Theatre are all in on it, minus last year’s training wheels, and adding momentum to the evolving cohesiveness of the small town art scene.

At Hollingsworth Gallery:
Richard Schreiner, Artist of the Year

November 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Richard Schreiner's 'Pink Lady,' seen through a sculpture by Rick Crawford. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Richard Schreiner, the Louis CK of painting, influenced many artists in Palm Coast through Hollingsworth gallery, where he worked until his death in July. Naming him the 2012 Artist iof the Year was an easy choice for the Gargiulo Art Foundation. A new exhibit, “Richard and Friends,” celebrates his work and those he influenced, at Hollingsworth through November.

At Hollingsworth Gallery:
Weldon Ryan, Artist of the Year

November 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Weldon Ryan, 2011 Artist of the Year. (© FlaglerLive)

Weldon Ryan’s journey from Trinidad to the Bronx to Brooklyn to Palm Coast, navigating poverty, violence, brutality and beauty, begins to explain his art’s hyper-realism and its arms-length emotions.

Encore: Flagler County Artist of the Year Edson Beckett at Hollingsworth Gallery

December 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Edson Beckett, a ceramics, photography and graphic design teacher at Flagler Palm Coast High School for 22 years, is the Gargiulo Art Foundation’s 11th Artist of the Year since the award’s inaugural in 2000.

How A Panther Broadened City Beauty Board’s Mission to Include Riches & Perils of Public Art

September 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Paul Baliker's 'Panther,' its eyes on Palm Coast's public art ventures. (© FlaglerLive)

Paul Baliker’s “Panther” sculpture, looking for a home at Linear Park, forged a discussion that’s leading Palm Coast into a world of public art possibilities led by local artists’ visions.

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