The Arts Alliance Mountain Empire announces it’s time for nominations for its annual Arts Achievement Awards. These awards recognize five living individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts in the Tri-Cities area.
The five awards are selected from these categories: Achievement in performance, visual or literary arts; Arts Educator — Achievement in arts education in a college or university, primary or secondary school; Arts Administrators — Achievement in the management of arts institutions; Arts Advocate — Achievement in sustaining the arts through volunteering or financial support.
The selections are based on artistic excellence, perseverance, commitment and sustained contributions to the arts and the cultural community.
A gala awards ceremony is held May 21 to celebrate the winners. Current AAME board members and A! Magazine committee members are not eligible to be nominated.
The nominees should reside in the cities of Johnson City, Kingsport, Abingdon, Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee; Washington and Sullivan counties in Tennessee; Washington County, Virginia.
A nomination form is on this page or can be found on the website of the Arts Alliance Mountain Empire.
Nominations are due by March 1.
