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Governors Arts Awards
New Hampshire is a state with a breadth of artistic energy and people who, with their personal decisions and commitment, make a difference to the quality of life in their communities and the state. The State Arts Council, in cooperation with the Governors Office, periodically takes the opportunity to acknowledge these contributions through the presentation of Governors Arts Awards. Each award category allows us to bring attention to the work of both nominees and award recipients in promoting the excellence, growth and availability of the arts in New Hampshire.
The Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Award recognizes a professional New Hampshire artist, in any discipline, who has made a significant contribution to his or her art form and to the arts community of New Hampshire, reflecting a lifetime of achievement. * This award is named after the late Johanna Alexandra (Lotte) Jacobi (1896-1990), a photographer of great national and international renown. Born in Germany, she immigrated to the United States and spent her latter years as a resident of Deering, NH.
The Arts Education Award recognizes an individual, not-for-profit organization, school district or community that has made an outstanding contribution to arts education within the past three years. Contributions may include the securing of increased funding to arts education, the implementation of a comprehensive arts curriculum or innovation in the classroom.
The Cultural Access Leadership Award recognizes a New Hampshire non-profit arts organization for practicing exemplary cultural access that includes and addresses programmatic as well as physical access. Programmatic access involves adapting the presentation of art-making, art exhibits, musical performances, and theatrical productions so that people with and without disabilities have opportunities to experience the arts.
The Community Spirit Award recognizes a city, town or village government or community wide non-arts organization (e.g., Chamber of Commerce or Main Street program) that significantly fostered the arts through funding and/or program initiatives within the past three years. Examples include major municipal support to a cultural facility or public art program, establishment of a local arts commission or council, the creation of unique public/private partnerships to promote cultural tourism and/or significant increases in local public support for the arts.
The Distinguished Arts Leadership Award recognizes an individual who has played a sustained role in the advancement, direction, or management of a New Hampshire not-for-profit arts organization. Examples may include Executive Director, Artistic Director or Board President.
The Individual Arts Patron Award recognizes a New Hampshire resident who has made a significant contribution to the support of the arts in New Hampshire. Contributions may include donations of money, time, goods, or services that over time have significantly increased support for the arts.
The Folk Heritage Award recognizes a New Hampshire traditional folk artist who has made a significant contribution to his or her art form and to his or her cultural community, reflecting a lifetime of achievement. Traditional art forms are those art forms, passed informally from generation to generation, that reflect the culture of a particular community defined by ethnic heritage, occupational, religious, geographic, or familial groups.
Special Awards: Occasionally, the State Arts Council recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts in New Hampshire but do not fit into any of the above categories. These unique awards are determined by the State Arts Council and presented at Governors Arts Awards.
Governors Arts Awards have been presented since 1980. Awards information is available on this website beginning with 2003.
Last updated:
March 19, 2012
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