Friday, March 13 through Sunday, March 15, 2026 University Park Country Club, 7671 The Park Blvd, University Park, FL |
Meet the Jurors for Art in the Park 2026
Maria Lyle
Maria Lyle is a commercial photographer based in Sarasota, Florida. Originally from Santiago, Chile (in case you notice her charming accent), she is the owner and creative force behind Maria Lyle Photography.
Following her lifelong dream, Maria has built a career doing what she loves most—capturing people, places, and stories through her lens. Outside photography, she enjoys learning new languages, painting, drawing, playing the saxophone and guitar, and traveling whenever she can.
Maria began her professional journey in 1995 as the staff photographer for Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where she worked for over five years. During her time there, she transitioned the studio from film to digital—mastering both Mac and PC platforms, as well as programs like Photoshop 3, Word, and Excel. That experience became the foundation of her digital future, and Sarasota Memorial still holds a special place in her heart.
Driven by curiosity and a love of learning, Maria opened her own studio in April 2003, where she continues to work today. Her studio offers a wide range of photographic services, including medical, editorial, interior/exterior architecture, corporate portraits, family portraits, pet portraits, senior portraits, and passport photography for international clients. Maria brings professionalism and warmth to every session—balancing a serious dedication to her craft with a candid, friendly approach that helps clients relax and look their best.
Her client list includes Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Pearson Education, Gulfstream Property & Casualty Insurance, and Bluestone Physicians, Clayton ADR, among others.
Maria@MariaLylePhotography.com
Janet Mishner
Janet Mishner is an award winning painter residing and working in Sarasota. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, she received a BA in Art Education from University of Maryland and taught elementary art. Her main source of education and inspiration was ten years of study with the late renowned painter Gladys Goldstein in Baltimore, before moving to Florida in 2002. The desire to know her heritage as an artist, led Janet to become a docent with the Baltimore Museum of Art for four years before her move south. Her paintings are in private and public collections including Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, Florida Cancer Specialists, and the United States Embassy in Manilla.
She is a member of National Association of Women Artists, Women Contemporary Artists, an organization of artists in Sarasota and surrounding areas, and the historic professional women painters’ group Petticoat Painters, a small organization in which members are honored to join by invitation only.
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Janet Mishner Contemporary Art & Gallery
Judy Lyons Schneider
Judy Lyons Schneider, a printmaker and mixed media artist, was born in NYC and studied at the Art Students League and New York University. A past-President and Board Member of Women Contemporary Artists (WCA), a regional organization of about 125 women artists, and a Petticoat Painter, Judy is an advocate for the visual arts in her community.
Ms. Schneider has been actively involved in making art for over 50 years.
Her work has appeared in museums, galleries and universities throughout the country and in Russia. She has had over 20 solo shows- in places like the Gallery for the Study of Women and Gender at Princeton University, at the Sarasota Women’s Resource Center, at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio, Harmony Gallery in the West Coast Symphony Center, the Gallery at Plymouth Harbor, Sarasota and at the Interchurch Center in New York City. In addition to a Geraldine Dodge Foundation Grant and a Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat Residency Grant, her art has won many prizes
