The Arts Alliance Mountain Empire announces the call for nominations for its eighth 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 at the Bristol Conference Center 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 can be found on this page or on the website of the Arts Alliance Mountain Empire.
Nominations are due by March 1.
If you have any questions, contact Ben Jennings at ben.h.jennings@gmail.com.
Past winners of the Arts Achievement Award are
Gary Aday
Amanda Aldridge
Nancy Carter Arnold
Wilhelmina Banks
Steve Baskett
Mary Lucy Bivins
Kelly Bremner
Rose Marie and Bill Burriss
Schéry Collins
Anita Coulthard
Nancy DeFriece
Pat Flannagan
Marcia and Marvin Gilliam
Charles Goolsby
Samantha Gray
Barbara Kingsolver
Val Lyle
Miles Marek
Beth P. McCoy
Jane DeLoach Morison
Ted Olsen
Cornelia Laemmli Orth
Nick Piper
Michele Plescia
Mary Beth Rainero
Deanna Cole-Roberts
Rick Rose
Leah Ross
Judy and Fred Slaughter
Diane and Bill Thomas
Brent Treash
Charles Vess
Benjamin Walls
Laura Ann Warner
Betsy K. White
Eugene Wolf
