The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) reported that Jacqui Roch, immediate past Artist-in-Residence for the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, recently received a 2025 Florida Art Education Association Award. The Friend of Art Education Award goes to “an individual who has provided significant support and/or service for art education in Florida.”

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