2017 Governor’s Arts Awards Artworks Revealed

Each year, our friends at Arizona Citizens for the Arts partner with the Governor’s office to celebrate the best in Arizona’s arts and culture community and the magnificent contributions they’ve made to our state’s arts and cultural heritage. Since 1981, over 175 distinguished Arizona artists, arts organizations, businesses, educators and individuals have been recognized for their passion, creativity and devotion to the excellence and diversity of Arizona’s arts and cultural community.

On Thursday, May 4, 2017, nine more Arizona arts luminaries will be added to this list at the 36th annual Governor’s Arts Awards.

In lieu of a plaque or a mass-produced statuette, each Governor’s Arts Award honoree receives a one-of-a-kind work of art created by an Arizona artist. You can learn more about the artists behind the works on the Arizona Citizens for the Arts website.



Chrysanthe Kapuranis
Love Your Earth
Oil on canvas

 



Bryan David Griffith
Sine Qua Non (F1701)
Accumulated petroleum smoke on paper

 



Travis Ivey
Time Map
Recycled security envelopes

 



Ramson Lomatewama
Corn Maiden “Emergence”
Hand-blown Glass

 

 



Bobbi McMurry
No, I Will Not Do Your Nails
Manipulated Photography printed on archival pigment ink on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper

 



Mary Meyer
Luster 3
Cast aluminum, wood, graphite, sewing needle

 



Bonny Stauffer
Surprise Spring/Carina Nebula
Digital painting printed on archival fine art paper

 

 

 



Janet Towbin
Grand Variation I
Laser cut lino over archival inkjet print

 

The 2017 Governor’s Arts Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2017, at The Phoenician Resort.For more information, please visit www.azcitizensforthearts.org/governors-arts-awards