Celebrate the skill, talent, ingenuity and creativity of some of the most exciting artists in the Big Bend area. Highlighted in this multi-media show is the work of many well-known and emerging local artists. This highly-anticipated annual juried exhibition will feature more than 60 paintings, drawings, photographs, textiles, and sculptures. The exhibit will be on display through April 18, 2016.

The 2016 Creative Tallahassee artists are:

Darlene Almeda, Natalia Andreeva, Emily Arwood, Alina Bachmann, Becky Bardin, Rita Barker, Jackie Bentz, Lucrezia Bieler, Warren Brackmann, Randy Brienen, Debra Brienen, Noah Brock, Steve, Coleman, Terrie Corbett, Gaelin Craighead, Sandy DeLopez, Linda Dodson, Michelle Eccles, Neil Fletcher, Brenda Francis, Gerald Grow, Margaret Hester, Sharon Hester, Bill Humphries, Natalie Hyder, Todd Jones, Ann Kawamoto, Jennifer Lange, Mary Sterner Lawson, Margo Layerd, Mary Jane Lord, Will Luck, Matthew McCarron, Art McConnell, Richard McDonald, William McKeown, Linda Menke, Timothy Moore, Yoshiko Murdick, Stewart Nelson, Brinda Pamulapati, Susan Peacock, Danny Pietrodangelo, Sean Pushor, Kent Putnam, Jill Quadagno, Roger Raepple, Susan Richardson, Ahmad "Rivi", Rivera, Joe Roache, Bob Rubanowice, Beverly Sipos, Robert DeWitt Smith, Mikiko Tanaka, Mary Liz Tippin-Moody, Randy Traynor, Mark Wallheiser, Ben Wyatt, Abby ZurSchmiede

City Hall Gallery is located at 300 South Adams Street, on the second floor lobby of Tallahassee’s City Hall. It is free to the public and open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Parking is available in Kleman Plaza.

Creative Tallahassee 2016 is curated by the Council on Culture & Arts and is part of the City of Tallahassee’s Art in Public Places program. For more information about this exhibition, upcoming exhibitions, or the Art in Public Places program, contact Amanda Karioth Thompson at COCA, (850) 224-2500 or amanda@cocanet.org.