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40th Anniversary Ornament Contest
Artists from the East Central Florida region got creative and submitted their best work in hopes that their design would be chosen as the winner of the UCP 40th Anniversary Ornament Contest. Artists were asked to design an ornament to commemorate UCP of East Central Florida’s 40th Anniversary of providing services to people with disabilities in the East Central Florida region.
Fifteen different designs were received from local artists in the community and each of the designs were submitted anonymously for judging to Dan Gunderson, Professor of Art at Stetson University and nationally recognized artist. The finalists were selected by Gunderson and they were then asked to create a clay prototype of their design. Though the decision was a hard one to make, Gunderson selected the design of Marcos Alvalle-Mendez of Daytona Beach. Avalle-Mendez is a skilled local artist and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from State University of NY at Fredonia.
The 40th Anniversary ornament will be produced at UCP of East Central Florida’s Jimmy Ann Drive location in Daytona Beach, by individuals with disabilities. The ornament will be unveiled and available for purchase at UCP’s 40th Anniversary Celebration on October 22nd at the Museum of Arts and Science in Daytona Beach.
UCP of East Central Florida is proudly celebrating 40 years of providing services to the region since 1969. They provide services in Volusia, Flagler, St Johns, Putnam, Lake and Marion counties and serves more than 600 individuals with both physical and developmental disabilities. UCP has three main focuses which are to train people to work in the community to help people secure work, and to help them live in the community.
For more information, call 274-6474.
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