Annual Calendar Artists

Arts4All Florida showcases artists with disabilities through our Annual Arts4All Florida Calendar.

The bios for the 2026 Calendar Artists are available below.

For more information, please contact Megan Boye, Adult Program Coordinator.

Clair Abood – July: A Day at the Beach

Claire likes swimming, golf, and her cousin Megan.  She loves her cat Mr. Monk and Parrots Chi Chi and Grace.   Claires’ work can be described as deliberate and delicate.  She thoughtfully places subjects of hearts, trees, and other everyday objects as the focal points of her pieces.  She works in markers, paint pens, and acrylic paints.  Her favorite shape is a heart. She feels joy when she is in creating art, she hopes she can create it forever. 

Hannah Allen – June: Momma and Baby Turtles

Hannah Allen, an award-winning artist with special needs, is a 26-year-old professional colored pencil artist residing in Sanford, FL. Hannah is passionate about creating artwork that reflects her deep love for nature and animals. Through her notecards, prints, canvases, and commissions, she strives to share her heartfelt creations with the world. Learn more via HMArtistry, where Mother Nature and pet portraits are brought to life through the artistry of colored pencil.

Shannon Browning – April: Gerbera Galaxy

Painting is a good way for me to express myself, vent, and relax.  I like combining my interests in flowers, meditation and out of this world subject matter. I sketch out the composition and then paint in the rest.  When I am in my painting, I am concentrating because the Macdonald Training Center studio in Tampa is a workplace, not a playground.

Layla Crehan – November: Autumn Waterfall

My name is Layla.  I’m 20 years old and I have Autism.  I’m an athlete, an artist and an advocate! I love adding beauty to the world with my art.

Lora Duguay – December: Cold Winter’s Night

With over four decades of creative exploration, I transform nature’s ancient canvases— Santorini stone, petrified wood, agates, labradorites, fluorite, honeycomb calcite— into soulful acrylic paintings that whisper resilience, wonder, and grace. Each piece is a fusion of geology and emotion, a celebration of beauty etched in time. As an artist living with Postpolio syndrome and permanently in a wheelchair, I create from a place of deep strength and serenity. My work honors the quiet power of perseverance and the joy of storytelling through texture, color, and form. Every stone I paint carries a message: that art, like life, finds its way through every crack and curve.

Elley Hall – October: Pumpkin Farm

I hope that you all will enjoy October’s “Pumpkin Farm”. I have loved art since I was a little girl.  I was lucky enough to work for 9 years as an Art Assistant helping the teacher and students at an elementary school here in Tallahassee. Today, at 31, I continue to love drawing colorful creations. I hope my work will bring joy to others. 

Nick Lawrimore – March: Daffodils

Nick Lawrimore shares his love for nature through his beautiful and brightly colored canvas paintings. His work has been featured in galleries, stores and at local art shows. Nick lives in Jacksonville and enjoys building Lego sets, walking his dogs, and spending time with family and friends.

Kim Le – September: Macaws

Since a young age, painting has been a therapeutic tool for Kim to channel her emotions and imagination and provides a safe space for her to truly be herself. Kim has Autism and is non-verbal but finds a way to communicate. Her inspiring work is a testament to all that no matter your background, life view, or different ability, art can be created and enjoyed by everyone. Kim Le is a participant enrolled in the Life Enrichment Program at Pine Castle.

Addie Rodriguez – August: Look Ma, We Are Surfing Too!

Addie Rodriguez is a mixed media artist from the Tampa Bay region. Although her disability affects her strength and stamina, she creates without the assistance of a computer as a way to integrate physical and occupational therapy techniques into her artworks. The tactile aspect of her collages and assemblages are considered paramount to the overall design. Addie’s art has been selected by jurors for group exhibitions in various cities throughout Florida, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Rudy S. – Project Return – January: Winter Town

“We are grateful to have Rudy and his talents shine at Project Return for nearly 20 years until his passing in May 2025. But his memory lives on in the hundreds of artworks he created, filled with surrealist, folk art-inspired landscapes that invite viewers into a fantastical world. Rudy always said, ‘My magical towns make me smile. They bring me a sense of wonder and happiness, and hopefully for you too!’ We are honored to have his work included in this calendar and hope you can enjoy his masterpieces on display at Project Return.” – The Members and Staff of Project Return

Sandra Sroka – May: Blowing Bubbles, Chasing Dreams

As a result of contracting polio at the age of three while living in Bolivia, I have been a full-time wheelchair user. Growing up in the pre-ADA and disability rights era I learned to adapt and become creative to live a purposeful, adventurous, and inclusive life as I chose. I attended school in Miami, college in Tampa, was a national gold medal wheelchair athlete, served on numerous local and state disability rights organizations and eventually directed my passion for ensuring rights of people with disabilities and an accessible and inclusive community through my career as the Hillsborough County ADA Officer. Since retiring, I continue my involvement within the disability community and as a volunteer on community boards related to the arts and healthcare for women.

Alizee St. Louis – February: Hibiscus

Emmanuelle Alizée Saint-Louis is a young visual artist whose work radiates emotion, color, and authenticity. From an early age, Alizée showed a deep love for painting and crafts, using art as a window into her vibrant imagination. During the COVID-19 pandemic, painting became her voice, a way to express herself and find healing through creativity.

Her first piece, The River, was selected for a virtual exhibition organized by USF/CARD in 2020. Since then, Alizée’s artwork has been showcased in numerous exhibitions, including the “Multicultural Autism Experience” (University of Miami/CARD, 2021), “Define Beautiful Arts” Gallery in Queens, NY (2022), the Franciscan Center in Tampa (2022), and the African American Museum in Nassau, NY. Her work has also been featured at community and cultural events such as the Broward Center’s “Day of Adaptability,” the Family Café Annual Conference in Orlando, and the historic Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in 2023 and 2024.

Recognized as the first Haitian Woman professional artist with autism invited by the Haitian American Alliance of New York, Alizée continues to use her art to raise awareness and celebrate neurodiversity. In 2023, she received awards honoring her advocacy and contributions to autism awareness through art. Her painting Swimmers appears in Dr. Ingrid Désiré’s book The Little Quirks That Melt My Heart. Through every brushstroke, Alizée reminds the world that beauty, emotion, and connection transcend words, speaking instead through color and heart.

Margaret Zabor – Cover: Uncommon Pigeons

Margaret Zabor, a 77-year-old visual artist with an invisible disability, moved to Tampa 36 years ago. She works in watercolor, charcoal, pastel pencil, graphite pencil, gouache, and ink media. She published “Mission to Pakkod” in 2024 and is working on a fictional biography.