Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts sponsors TBBCA Chalk Walk with the Suncoast Arts Fest Jan.16-17, 2016 at The Shops at Wiregrass- Wesley Chapel

Tampa, Fla. – (Jan. 13, 2016) Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts (TBBCA) is proud to sponsor TBBCA Chalk Walk as part of the 2016 Suncoast Arts Fest, Saturday, January 16 from 10-6, and Sunday, January 17th from 11-6 at the entrance to Dillard’s at The Shops at Wiregrass 28211 Paseo Drive, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543

TBBCA funds artists’ stipends and produces/sponsors TBBCA Chalk Walks – a celebration of public art held annually since 2008 in multiple venues throughout Tampa Bay. TBBCA Chalk Walks are free, fun, family-friendly, open-air, interactive, live art experiences, enjoyed by people of all ages and levels of art appreciation. Watch talented commissioned artists sponsored by Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts bring amazing chalk drawings to life! The Annual Suncoast Arts Fest features 125+ Fine Artists and Craftsmen. Free and open to the public. Free parking.

About TBBCA
Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989, one of 11 national Business Committees of Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. TBBCA serves Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco Counties, with the mission to unite Tampa Bay area businesses to champion arts education, arts and culture for a prosperous community. TBBCA programs support and promote arts and culture throughout the greater Tampa Bay area and provide advocacy, funding for artists, scholarship funds, and access to cultural programming. Info: www.tbbca.org

TBBCA programs are made possible through the generosity of pARTners, including Chair’s Circle: Premier Eye Care; Stephen Gay, Gay & Associates Realtors; MedHOK; Linda and Michael Connelly; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP; The Wilson Company; B2 Communications; Tampa Bay Times; Tampa Bay Magazine; Cox Media Group; ChappellRoberts; Alex McKnight; Platinum pARTners Hyde Park Village; DeBartolo Family Foundation; Greenberg Traurig; Phelps Dunbar; Katharine Weymouth; Yann and Susana Weymouth; Gold pARTners The Beaux Arts Group; Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & Koche; The Lightning Foundation; The Gobioff Foundation; Hill, Ward, Henderson; Willis of Florida, and others. To join TBBCA pARTnership Movement or for more information on TBBCA programs and events go to www.tbbca.org or contact TBBCA Executive Director, susanaweymouth@tbbca.org

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