Atlantic Center for the Arts honors

Doug McGinnis

About the honoree: 

Doug McGinnis is a second-generation Floridian and lifelong Volusia County resident who became an active worker in the honey and citrus industries through his family-owned business, Tropical Honey, which was established in the 1940s. Doug also possesses a strong performing arts background.

He participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts’ artist residency program in 1982 with playwright Edward Albee and again in 1986 with actress and dancer June Havoc; he continues to advance the arts by serving on the ACA Board of Trustees since 2006.

Doug is an active educator and historian at the Helen and David K. McGinnis Museum of Beekeeping, named in honor of his parents, at the University of Florida Honeybee Research and Extension Laboratory.

In 2007, he established a thriving apiary on the ACA campus, where he shares his extensive knowledge of which native flowering plants that produce the sweetest and most complex tastes of honey– his bee walks and talks are famous at ACA and beyond!

Doug continues to serve as a wonderful reminder that arts programming and the natural environment are related and need protecting.

 


Past honorees include renowned artists, patrons, and community leaders, who have made significant contributions to the arts and humanities. This prestigious award honors those who embody the spirit of creativity, community, and artistic excellence.

2025
Doug McGinnis

2016
Margie Pabst Steinmetz

1992
Edward Albee

1988
Frank M. Hubbard

2009
Charlotte B. Everbach

1990
Doris Leeper

1987
Susan & Chapman Root

2006
James H Pugh Jr.

1991
Michael Roux

1985
Marvin Whatmore
& Gardner Cowles

1999
Edward N. Harris

1989
Jacques Yves Cousteau

1984
Samuel P. Bell, III

1996
Sandra B. Mortham