Hear about 37th Annual All Florida Exhibit on WGCU
The 37th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibit is on view this month in the main gallery of the Alliance for the Arts. The show continues to grow in stature and statewide recognition, as evidenced by the fact that the Alliance received 120 more submissions this year than it did in 2022. That presented this year’s juror, Grace Gdaniec, with quite the challenge when it came to deciding which 60 or so works to include in this year’s exhibition.
“There were 720 artists that submitted, which is a huge number, 
but also a testament to the reputation that I think this exhibition has,” Gdaniec remarks. “The [review] process was long … This was a digital review. I wanted to make sure I gave pause to each piece. If they had a statement with it, really take a look at it. And I’ll say, starting to narrow the field down it did take 10 hours to kind of go through.”
Hear more on WGCU’s Spotlight on the Arts.
March 10, 2023.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.