Orlando, FL
Indie-Folkfest 2025
By Emily Jensen January 2025
Tap Tap Bus tapping colorful design for community
By Patrick Noze November 2024
"Trigger Warning" by LA Hope Dealer Corie Mattie
By Flynn N Dobbs October 2024Art on the Edge
By Larissa Humiston September 2024
Ford-ify the Arts Courtyard opening
By Paul Skomsky August 2024
Artistic Street Piano Pop-Up
By JACQUELINE A SHANKLIN June 2024
Operation Ear Gem
By Brent Bishop May 2024
DISCOVERY & JOY Celebrating Children & their Art
By Renee Schneider April 2024
ArtReach Orlando Youth Gallery
By Sarah Zimmer March 2024
Celebrating Cultures
By Scott Galbraith January 2024
Unique, Inclusive Welcome for thousands
By Teuruhei Buchin October 2023
Arts in the Hills
By Jeremiahya Anderson September 2023
Love is Love
By Lisa Cuatt August 2023
Africana Literary Journal
By Christiania Zidor July 2023
An awesome never-been-done-here choral concert
By Charlie Griffin June 2023
Kid$ Bi$ Orlando, Florida
By Adity Gandhi May 2023
FAME DTO
By Jordan Neal April 2023
Chuck Dinkins Has A Posse Stickers
By Zach Moldof March 2023
School Butterfly Garden
By Alison Herring February 2023Orlando Carnival Downtown
By Samuel Roberts January 2023Quest for Cheese - mouse sculpture scavenger hunt
By Zac Alfson November 2022
Free Cultural Scavenger Hunt with Prizes
By Thali Sugisawa October 2022
Snap! Orlando x The Nomadic Photo Ark
By Patrick Kahn September 2022
2022 Little Entrepreneur Fair
By Curry Ford West July 2022
National Dance Day
By Kristin Weissman June 2022
NFTs on the Garden
By Damany Cruickshank May 2022
New Orleans style 2nd Line Jazz Funeral procession
By Tad Williams April 2022Levitt Orlando Bandwagon Concert Series
By Ricardo E Rodriguez December 2020
Nerdier Things
By Ricardo Williams December 2020
Jingle Trees
By Katerina Fedotova December 2020
COVID themed photo series
By Brian Carlson December 2020
Honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By lisa cuatt October 2020
The Van Gogh Affect
By Patrick Kahn September 2020
Olly Olly Oxen Free
By Flynn Dobbs July 2020DownTEENers
By Beth Marshall June 2020
FilmSlam
By Jen Vargas May 2020
Artification of Howard Academy of the Arts
By Anda Lucia Ariail March 2020
Vending Machines For The Homeless
By Briana Daniel February 2020
Orlando Hullabaloo
By Wendy Connor January 2020
@peace
By Danielle Ziss November 2019
FORDify the Arts
By Dr. Paul Skomsky November 2019
Lockhart Community History Mural
By Comm. Christine Moore October 2019
Tortilla Printing Pop-up Event
By Jacoub Reyes September 2019
INSOMNIAC at Immerse 2019
By Sumner Mormeneo August 2019Pine Hills Community Mural
By Jacqoui Chandler June 2019
Wonders in Motion
By Glynn Owens May 2019
An Otherwise Invisible World (Scott White)
By Flynn Dobbs May 2019Milk District Street Furniture
By Brendan O'Connor March 2019
Metamorphosis
By Rangsook Yoon March 2019
Night Shift: An Experiment
By Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon February 2019
Community Chalk Art Festival
By SUSAN WILCOX January 2019
#LoveForAll
By Raquel Giorgio December 2018
Art Tour
By Cindy Murray October 2018
Giant parade puppets for FusionFest
By Terry Olson September 2018Kaleidoscope Venue For The Arts Live Channel
By Mary Catherine "Zyll' Spicer September 2018
CITY unseen. A New [AR]t Experience.
By Patrick Kahn | Snap! Orlando August 2018
College Park Mural
By Lindsey Thompson June 2018
2018 Orlando Urban Film Festival (OUFF)
By Marianne Eggleston May 2018
Luminosities: A Nighttime, Outdoor Art Experience
By Christie Miga April 2018
AQUAdance- A Modern Dance Water Ballet
By Genevieve Bernard March 2018
The Dinner Party Project - Let's Talk It Out
By Dana Marie Roquemore January 2018
Awesome Weekend
By Terry Olson December 2017
Nerd Nite Spotlight
By Ricardo Williams October 2017
Orlando Traveling Memorial
By Mrs. Colleen Ardaman September 2017
Unifying Our Diverse Community Via a Musical Meal
By Chris Belt September 2017
Dear Citizen O
By Andre Bohrer August 2017
"Act Like A Hero" opportunity for Paramore kids
By Carole Forrest July 2017
Arts for Health To Go Bags
By Alyson Maier June 2017
Artist in Training ~ Public Art as Service
By Jennifer Lindquist June 2017
“From Orlando With Love” book project
By Julia Young (Page 15) February 2017
Commemorative GDM 'From Broadway w/ Love' Painting
By Andrea Canny January 2017
Dowtown Public Art Tour
By Barbara Hartley January 2017
"SKIP's Big Ideas" Reality Television Show
By Justin "SKIP" Skipper December 2016
Artborne Magazine
By Jonathan Yubi December 2016
Creative City Project 2016
By Cole NeSmith November 2016
Beautified Electrical Boxes
By Wendy McNeil September 2016CPNArts Breaks A Guinness World Record
By The College Park Neighborhood Arts & Theatre Center July 2016
Art Is Moving Orlando
By nicki drumb July 2016
Art X Social Change Night in the Milk District
By Ricky Ly July 2016
La Isla de la Munecas
By Linda Janssen April 2016
Playground City
By Molly Delahunty February 2016Paint Orlando Blue for Child Abuse Prevention
By Renée Hotton Schneider February 2016Pop-up Movie Screenings in Vacant Lots
By Brendan O'Connor December 2015
You Matter!
By Vicki O'Grady November 2015
Young Urban Artist
By Candy Molia November 2015St.art Something
By Jelena Abernathy October 2015
Art in Odd Places: TONE/ORLANDO
By Genevieve Bernard/ Art in Odd Places August 2015
1000 Student OCPS Marching Band at Creative City
By Cole NeSmith August 2015
The City Chalkboard
By Jonathan Yubi July 2015
Art Attack
By Angilyn Watson May 2015
Mobile Art Truck
By Amy Mercado May 2015
Jim Leatherman's Greatest Hits 1984-2014.
By Jim Leatherman March 2015
Giving toys to needy children around Orlando, FL
By Larry Wheeler February 2015
Artists for Autism Mural project
By Ashlie Lawson January 2015
The Oceanographer
By Doug Rhodehamel November 2014
Getaboard Skateboarding Outreach Program
By Andrew Campbell November 2014
Artists of Orlando
By Woodruff Laputka October 2014
Orlando Fringe/Ivanhoe Village Mural
By George Wallace September 2014
The Dance Happy Project
By Georgia Bernbaum August 2014
If Parramore Could Talk...What Would It Say?
By Tracey Morrison July 2014
National Dance Day Orlando
By Holly Harris May 2014
Sing-Song, String-Along
By Heide Evans Waldron May 2014
IDEAS For ARTS
By Chris Castro March 2014
Creative City Project
By Cole NeSmith February 2014
Fish Chairs
By Brendan O'Connor January 2014
Distance 2
By Keith Lay December 2013
Light Up The MSO!
By June Flowers December 2013
About Us
We are open to any creative idea that would "surprise and delight" our community and make Orlando a more AWESOME place. Our first award was in July 2013. Awards have gone to . . .
Panorama (disposable cameras randomly found by passers-by and returned with their views of life - photos printed for an exhibition) InSPIRE: composition for brass players on rooftops and spires calculated for the amount of time it takes a note to reach the Lake Eola plaza. Burrow Press' 15 Views of Orlando (15 authors writing about Orlando and taking cues off of the other writer's story) MTS Crew (murals) Jazz on Edge Unplugged (pop-up musicians in outdoor public places) Light Up MSO (battery LED lights for the Maitland Symphony Orchestra) Fish Chairs (custom-designed chairs placed where people fish) Creative City Project (a night when Downtown Orlando is filled with art and performance) IDEAS for ARTS (pressure-washing artistic designs on dirty walls and sidewalks) Sing-Song, String-Along (instruments and teaching in classical music for low income student National Dance Day Orlando - free classes throughout downtown Orlando If Parramore Could Talk - kids creating 3 foot inspirational signs, photographing them in their low-income neighborhood and participating in the Brookly Art Library.
We DO NOT fund private businesses, social services or contributions to ongoing programs where we would just be one of the funders or contributors. Give us something NEW and INNOVATIVE that will MAKE AN IMPACT on UNSUSPECTING people. (not just awesome for you personally)
If you would like to discuss your idea to see if it meets the Awesome standard, feel free to call Dean Terry Olson, 407-491-4663.