Each year, Arizona Citizens for the Arts partners with the Office of the Governor to honor Arizona artists, arts organizations, businesses, educators and individuals that best represent the excellence and diversity of Arizona’s arts and cultural community. Since 1981, the Governor’s Arts Awards have provided the state an opportunity to gather and celebrate the best in Arizona’s arts and culture community and the contributions they make to our state’s arts and cultural heritage.
On Friday, January 22, 2016, Arizona Citizens for the Arts announced the nominees for the 2016 Arizona Governor’s Arts Awards. The Arizona Commission on the Arts congratulates each of these worthy individuals, organizations and institutions.
If you’d like to attend the awards ceremony, it will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Sheraton Grand Phoenix. As seating is limited, our friends at Arizona Citizens for the Arts encourage you to purchase your tickets as early as possible.
Artist
Bobb Cooper, Phoenix
James G. Davis, Oracle
Maria Isabel Delgado, Chandler
Angela Ellsworth, Tempe
Doug Hyde, Prescott
Simon Kregar, Jr., Tucson
Doris Lightwine, Kingman
Annie Lopez, Phoenix
Ken Koshio, Phoenix
Dan Mayer, Tempe
Hugo Medina, Phoenix,
Luis Gustavo Mena, Tucson
Robert Miley, Phoenix
Angelina Ramirez, Phoenix
Gregory Sale, Tempe
Susan Southard, Tempe
Mike Vax, Dewey
Curt Walters, Sedona
Frank Ybarra, Phoenix
Business, Small
Arizona Copper Art Museum, Clarkdale
Art Intersection, Gilbert
Art with Conviction, Tucson
Canyon Records, Phoenix
Galiano’s Café, Douglas
Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado
LDVinci Art Studio, Chandler
ON Media Publications, Phoenix
Business, Large
Arizona Public Service, Phoenix
Casino Del Sol Resort, Tucson
DMB Associates, Inc., Scottsdale
Sanderson Lincoln, Phoenix
Arts In Education, Individual
Linda Cato, Tucson
Jack Kukuk, Gold Canyon
Candace Luther, Tempe
Joseph Maniglia, Flagstaff
Eileen Morgan, Phoenix,
Donn Poll, Tucson
Michelle Rouch, Vail
David Tinapple, Phoenix
Arts In Education, Organization
Children’s Museum of Phoenix, Phoenix
Phoenix Children’s Chorus, Phoenix
Release the Fear, Phoenix
STARS, Scottsdale
Theatre for Youth Program at ASU, Tempe
Community
[nueBOX], Phoenix
Arizona Opera, Phoenix
Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson
Artisan Village of Coolidge, Coolidge
Benevilla, Surprise
City of Yuma Parks and Recreation North End Art Walk, Yuma
Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Wickenburg
Tucson-Chapter of the International Association of Astronomical Artists, Tucson
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff
Musical Theatre of Anthem, Anthem
Oh My Ears, Phoenix
Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix
Sonoran Arts League, Cave Creek
The Scottsdale Philharmonic, Scottsdale
Theater Works/Peoria Center for the Performing Arts, Peoria
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, Phoenix
WHAM Art Association, Surprise
Willcox Historic Theater Preservation, Inc. Willcox
Winslow Arts Trust, Winslow
Young Arts Arizona Ltd., Phoenix
Individual
John D’Addario, Scottsdale
Susan Gamble, Tucson
Gene K. Garrison, Sedona
Betty Gaudy, Cottonwood
Laurie and Chuck Goldstein, Paradise Valley
Lin Ling Lee, Phoenix
Dr. Ruth Tan Lim, Mesa
Karen Murphy, Prescott
Hope H. Ozer, Paradise Valley
Daniel Schay, Peoria
Choo Tay, Scottsdale
Dorothy Vanek, Tucson
Image:Â 2015 Governor’s Arts Award recipient Dr. Margaret E. Schmidt receives her Arts in Education, Individual, award–a work by Tempe artist Rossitza Todorova–from the artist. Photo by Elena Thornton, courtesy of Arizona Citizens for the Arts.