2007 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio Winners are Selected
by Kathy Burgan
Seven winners were chosen for the 2007 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio. Winners were selected from 63 nominations submitted by individuals and organizations throughout Ohio. Awards will be presented at a luncheon ceremony honoring winners and members of the Ohio Legislature hosted by the Ohio Arts Council and Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation at noon on March 21, 2007 at the Columbus Athenaeum in downtown Columbus. Winners will receive an original work of art by Ohio mixed-media artist Brian Joiner.
Award categories and recipients include: Arts Administration, Marsha Dobrzynski, Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio(Cleveland); Arts in Education, Dr. Jacquelyn Quay, (Hamilton); Arts Patron, James F. Dicke II (New Bremen); Business Support of the Arts, Dayton Power and Light Company (Dayton) and Ohio Magazine (Cleveland); Community Development and Participation, James Levin, Ingenuity Festival of Arts and Technology (Cleveland); and Individual Artist, Bebe Miller, dancer (Columbus).
The 2007 Governor’s Awards Committee, consisting of Ohio Arts Council Board members, included committee chair Mary Wolfe (Perrysburg), Nancy Fernandez (Springboro), Martha MacDonell (Lima), Barbara Robinson (Cleveland), Susan Sofia (Columbus), Peggy Walter (Dublin) and Ginger Warner (Cincinnati).
More information about the Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon, including a full list of past winners, is available on the Ohio Arts Council Web site at www.oac.state.oh.us/events/GovAwards.
The 2007 Governor’s Awards ceremony and luncheon will be held in conjunction with Arts Day, Wednesday, March 21, 2007. This daylong event demonstrating public value and support for the arts is sponsored by Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation. Arts Day will include an arts advocacy briefing, legislative visits and student exhibitions.
Arts Day was created to foster a greater awareness of the value of the arts in Ohio. Citizens are encouraged to participate in Arts Day by visiting with state legislators and communicating the need for public support of the arts and arts education. Each year on Arts Day, Columbus is filled with arts supporters who share the importance of the arts in their communities. For more information or to learn how to participate contact Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation at www.ohiocitizensforthearts.org or 614/221-4064.
The 2007 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon are made possible by Duke Energy Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and Ohio Government Telecommunications. Media sponsors include The Columbus Dispatch, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Magazine, Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association, The Plain Dealer and Time Warner Cable.
Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation was formed in 1990 as a companion organization of the Ohio Citizens for the Arts, which was established in 1976. OCA is a volunteer, nonprofit grass roots organization working to increase public support of the arts in Ohio. Through the efforts of hundreds of individuals and arts and education organizations, Ohio Citizens for the Arts advocates on behalf of the Ohio Arts Council and the arts throughout the state.
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.
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