more than 400 artists have received the AMAF grant since 1994
© Christine Fifer
In the last 7 years the AMAF grant has been awarded to 100 Florida Keys artists in the visual, literary and performing arts.
Our 2022 Grant Recipients
FRONT ROW / L-R
Jill Benado, Arida Wright, Jennifer Montero, Katlin Spain
BACK ROW / L-R
Victoria Mata, Patricia Tiffany, Benjamin Fauquenot, Lynne Bentley-Kemp
NOT PICTURED
Kyla Piscopink, Vivien Segel, Elsie Warwick
2021
Back Row - Theresa Kalvaitis, Mark Hedden, Dan Schwab, Billy Kearins & Reda Wigle. Second Row - Paola Effio, Trish Pleasant, Tyler Buckheim Trosset, Rebecca Clarke. Front Row - Trinity Curtis, Nancy Adams. Not Pictured - Sally Binard, Susann D’Antonio.
2020
Back Row - Joanna Schmida, Alisa Mealor. Front Row - Marlene Koenig & Greg Cantrell, Margo Ellis, Michael Marrero, Kim Petersen. Not Pictured - Carol Bruno, Cricket Desmarais, Gretchen Mills, Amber Nolan, Matthew Puppich, Meggie Siegert, Kinga Tamas, Dawn Wilkins.
2019
Back Row - Kirby Congdon, Victoria Mata, Debbie Parfitt, Malcolm Willison, Steve Allerton. Third Row - Louis Wray, Maria-Elena Lindsley, Penny Garcia. Second Row - Femi Manners, Kristina Neihouse, Tony Gregory, Nicholas Bergery. Front Row - Flower Conroy, Arida Wright, Sally Binard. Not Pictured - Jeff Adler, Gerri Louise Gates, Sandy Sun.
2018
Back Row - Bud Navero, Mark Hedden, Michael Trost, Emma Starr, Paul Blundell. Mid Row - Ric McCausland, Margot Griffin, Kerry Hoeppner. Front Row - Hal Howland, Sharon Wells, Lisa Mahoney.
2017
Back Row - Chelsea Catherine, Flower Conroy, Jessica Argyle, Stephen Kitsakos (accepting for Eric Weinberger in-memorium), Suzanne Holt. Front Row - Todd Feit, Kristina Neihouse, Ben Harrison, Kate Divoli. Not pictured - Bob Bowersox, George Korn, Lucy Paige.
2016
Back Row - Corryn Leigh Young, Stephanie Manaher, accepting for David Klein (not pictured), Jessica Webster, Karen Luknis, Jeane La Rance, Edgardo Alvarado Vasquez. Mid Row - Deb Kik. Seated - Gerri Louise Gates, Larry Blackburn, Ralph de Palma.
2015
Back Row - Kreg Kelley, Rob O’Neal, James Mill, Johnny White. Front Row - Andrew Printer, Martha Hubbard, Craig Berube-Gray, Melody Lyn Cooper, Kyla Piscopink + AMAF President Joe Jackson. Not Pictured - Susann D’Antonio, Mark Hedden, Kim Kassner, Alaina Plowdrey, Gabrielle Wilson and Tim Curtis.
2014
Back Row - Hal Howland, Joyce Stahl, Sean P. Callahan, Bob Bowersox, Edgardo Alvarado-Vasquez, Adam Russell, Lothar Speer. Front Row - Connie Gilbert, Jeane La Rance, Fabulous Spectrelles, Anne McKee, Cathy Sembert and R.M. Walter.
Not Pictured - Nancy Hoffman, Christine Hunt.
2013
Back Row - Carol Hatton, J. Fulton Gadbois. Mid Row - Carey Winfrey, Anja Marais, Christine Fifer, Leigh Burleson. Front Row - Jodell Roberts, Bill Lorraine. Not Pictured - Corryn Young, Stephen La Pierre, Ann Lorraine, Leigh Pujado, Debra Lynn Jacobson, Kirby Congdon, Bud Navero.
AMAF grant recipients
1994 - 2018
Paul Blundell
Margot Griffin
Mark Hedden
Kerry Hoeppner
Hal Howland
Lisa Mahoney
Ric McCausland
Bud Navero
Emma Starr
Michael Trost
Sharon Wells
Olivia Fettis
Jessica Argyle
Bob Bowersox
Chelsea Catherine
Flower Conroy
Kate Divoli
Todd Feit
Ben Harrison
Suzanne Holt
George Korn
Kristina Neihouse
Lucy Paige
Eric Weinberger
Edgardo Alvarado-Vazquez
Nellie Appleby
Ralph DePalma
Gerri Louise Gates
Deb Kik
David Klein
Jeane LaRance
Larry Blackburn
Karen Luknis
Stephanie Manaher
Corynn Young Reynolds
Jessica Webster
Craig Berube-Gray
Melody Lyn Cooper
Tim Marshall Curtis
Susann D’Antonio
Kreg David Kelley
Fran Decker
Mark Hedden
Martha Hubbard
Kim Kassner
James Mill
Rob O’Neal
Kyla Piscopink
Alaina Plowdrey
Andrew Printer
Johnny White
Gabrielle Wilson
Nancy Hoffman
Edgardo Alvarado-Vazquez
Bob Bowersox
Sean Callahan
Connie Gilbert
Hal Howland
Maryanne “Maj” Johnson
Jeane LaRance
Allison Mayer
Adam Russell
Cathy Sembert
Lothar Speer
Joyce Stahl
Rita Walter
Christine Fifer
Allisha Anisko
Leigh Burleson
Kirby Congdon
Fulton Gadbois
Carol Hatton
Carol Jacobson
Stephen LaPierre
Bill Lorraine
Ann Lorraine
Anja Marais
William Bud Navero
Leigh Pujado
Corynn Young Reynolds
Jodell Roberts
Carey Winfrey
Lenny Addorisio
Lynne Bentley-Kemp
Christine Black
Tyler Buckheim
Christa Hunt
Joe Jackson
Maryanne “Maj” Johnson
Sandy Kaster
Stephen LaPierre
Harry A. Schroeder
Michele Strub
Carol Tedesco
Elizabeth Warner
Richard Watherwax
Nellie Appleby
Magrit Bizstray
Susann D’Antonio
Maryanne “Maj” Johnson
Marlene Koenig-Cantrell
Gregg McGrady
Mandy Miles
Reef Perkins
Terry Schmida
Brendan Shields
Jaynie Zenisek
Steven Allerton
Tayler Bryan
Valerie Carr
Tim Marshall Curtis
Katherine Doughty
Durf Craig Durfee
Jane Gilbert
Jack Hackett
Nancy Henning
Marlene Koenig-Cantrell
Anja Marais
Alisa Mealor
Kelsey Morris
Lucy Paige
Claire Perrault
Rosanne Potter
Diana Reif
Shari Schemmel
Jonathan Schork
Vivien Segel
Richard Watherwax
Rebecca Burg
Wilfredo Fernandez
Jane Gilbert
Eleonora Hinds
Don Kincaid
Skipper Kripitz
Jennifer Martin
Candace Mense
Melissa Mirto
Marianne G. Motches
Daisy Murtha
Vivien Segel
Dan Simpson
Elizabeth Windisch
Louis Wray
Jennifer Lynn Zeller
Brad Bertelli
Kirby Congdon
Melody Lyn Cooper
Katherine Doughty
Wilfredo Fernandez
Mark Hedden
Christa Hunt
Carrie Disrud Joris
Sheri Lohr
Christine Marguerite
Lauren P McAloon
Alisa Mealor
Candace Mense
Katherine Miller
Kimberly Narenkivicius
Joanna Brady Schmida
Joanne Sloan
Katie Truaz
Richard Watherwax
Anna Costello Wisnewski
Erin Backer
Nicholas Bergery
Gary Chase
Tim Marshall Curtis
Linda Egan
Jane Gilbert
Elizabeth Halbe
Maia Harrison
Mary K. Lancaster
Margaret Latham
Erick Lowe
Bounce Margil
Roberta Marks
Katherine Miller
Giovanni Novara
Rock Solomon V. Pierce
Valerie Ridenour
Jonathan Schork
Irene Stanton
Janis Jo Stevens
Art Winstanley
Ashley Yaccarino
Debra Yates
Chris K. Yayas
Carol Anderson
Erin Backer
Nicholas Bergery
Zack Black
Corey Childs
Isabel Cohen
Eileen Elkinson
Grace Calleja Epperly
Scott Robert Gruppe
Mark Howell
Simone Laswell
Bill Lorraine
Rock Solomon V. Pierce
Darlene Preuss
Harry A. Schroeder
Carol Tedesco
Jessica Wilson
Jamiel Allen
James R. Allen, II
Judi Bradford
Isabel Cohen
Kirby Congdon
Cricket Desmarais
Linda Egan
Eileen Elkinson
Neil Geisler
Michael Gillis
Scott Robert Gruppe
Paul A. Latham
Margaret Latham
Ann Lorraine
Kimberly Narenkivicius
Catherine L. Peachey
Harry A. Schroeder
Janis Jo Stevens
Michael Suib
James Thompson
Katheryn Van Aernum
Jennifer Lynn Zelle
Steven Allerton
Christine Black
Rebecca Burg
Dave Burns
Eileen Elkinson
Ralph Garcia
Caralyn Gilliland
Scott Robert Gruppe
Zoe Hawkins-Wells
Mark Howell
Marianne G. Motches
Janet M. Mueller
Philip Frank Simmons
Irene Stanton
Edward Steinhardt
Debra Yates
Bahama Village Music Program
Tim Marshall Curtis
Daniel Curtis
Linda Egan
Scott Gruppe
Arlo Haskell
Zoe Hawkins-Wells
Maryanne “Maj” Johnson
Key West POPS
Edward Moran Jr.
Marianne G. Motches
Jan Joleen Nelson
Marcelina Cardella Robles
Harry A. Schroeder
Lynne Vantriglia
Raymond Dean Walters
Janis Childs
Tom DiVita
Lisa Esposito
Eileen Evans
Leo Gullick
Joanne Hasman
Debra Jacobson
Deborah Jalbert
Robin Kaplan
Nancy McGinn
Cameron Murray
Paradise Big Band
Molly Parker
James Racchi
Bethany Todd
Judith Bradford
Lori Lloyd Brewbaker
Clinton Michael Curtis
Tim Marshall Curtis
David Laughlin
Jordan Mathew
Sharon Ann McGavley
Janet M. Mueller
Kimberly Narenkivicius
Letty Nowak
Casey J. Rudkin
Wayne E. Smith
Dorene Ellen Stanhouse
Kathleen R. Swann
Raymond Dean Walters
Carol Anderson
Ann Boese
Ed Cox
Ashley Estenoz
Beverly Horlick
Michael Marrero
Allison Mayer
Kimberly Narenkivicius
Catherine L. Peachey
Nora Revelin
Keys Kids
Kathleen R. Swann
Montgomery Triz
Sharon L. Wells
Cynthia Wynn
Jennifer Lynn Zeller
Richard Zendarski
Lenny Addorisio
Carol Anderson
Robin L. Caldera
Dan Cocco
Dianne F. Collatos
Coul William Colt
Michael Gallagher
Barbara Sue Grob
Paul A. Harkin
Zoe Hawkins-Wells
Joseph Lowe
Mary Ann Matchett
Rich McKay
Joseph Rabus
Eddie Rivera
Patricia Lynn Royce
Melissa Smith
Laura L. Watts
Ruth Cade
Kevin Crean
Susan Diehl
Eileen Evans
Christopher Flowers
Molly Goodwin
Constance Groth
Jack Hackett
John Harrington, Jr.
Gail Keeler
Skipper Kripitz
David Laughlin
Geraldine Lloyd
Carole MacCartee
Michael Marrero
Carol Munder
Deanna O’Shaughnessy
Nila Tanner
Lynne Vantriglia
Ernest Vantriglia
Richard Zendarski
Kathleen Balsemo
Christine Black
Arthur Joseph Descoteaux
Spencer Gates
Melissa Goins
Michael Haykin
James R. Allen, II
Selwyn Joseph
Janet M. Mueller
Bud Navero
Duke Rood
James W. Sherrington
Micheline Simard
Vera Vasek
Scott Wallace
Jodyrae Campbell
Laura Watts
Brita Vija Brookes
Mark Caren
Melody Lyn Cooper
Jean Disrud
Terry Gendele
Michael Haykin
Danne Patricia Hughes
Carrie Disrud Joris
Charles Kaczynski
Markham McGill
Kimberly Lynn Northrop
Lisa Ann O’Neil
Bruce Peterson
James Racchi
our first ever
grant recipients
Zoe Hawkins-Wells
Beverly Horlick
Danne Patricia Hughes
Bill Lorraine
Sonya Manning
Amber McDonald
Lynne Vantriglia
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