GOVERNOR'S ARTS AWARDS ANNOUNCED
by Yvonne Stahr
Programs Information Officer
NH State Council on the Arts
Department of Cultural Resources
On October 25, 2005 at a special event hosted by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Governor John Lynch and Dr. Susan Lynch, Honorary Chair of the 2005 Governor's Arts Awards, announced the names of seven award recipients and the artists who will design their awards. The Governor's Arts Awards are presented every two years and recognize outstanding accomplishments in arts education, arts patronage, arts support by a town or city, cultural access leadership, distinguished arts leadership, folk heritage, and individual artist's lifetime of work. The Governor will present each recipient with a unique award, designed by a New Hampshire artist, at the State Arts Council 40th Anniversary Gala to be held on April 13, 2006 at the Capitol Center for the Arts.
The 2005 Governor's Arts Awards recipients are:
Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure
Gerry Williams, studio potter, Dunbarton
New Hampshire Folk Heritage (posthumously awarded)
Claude Smead, basket maker, West Swanzey
Community Spirit
City of Portsmouth
Arts Education
Roger Brooks, Principal, Beaver Meadow School, Concord
Cultural Access Leadership
Concord Community Music School, Concord
Distinguished Arts Leadership
M.T. Mennino, Executive Director
Capitol Center for the Arts
Individual Arts Patron
Joan Farrell, Concord
The artists who have been commissioned to create the awards are all juried members of various State Arts Council programs. All seven awards will interpret the eagle designed for the dome of the State House, which was installed in 1819. Since the 1950s, the wooden original has been safely preserved by the New Hampshire Historical Society in the Tuck Library. Its gold-leafed replica currently stands atop the State House dome.
The artists who will be designing the seven awards are:,/p>
- Jon Brooks, New Boston (Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure)
- Lisa Carpenter, Barrington (N.H. Folk Heritage)
- Andre Belanger, Berlin (Community Spirit)
- Betsy Giberson, Warner (Arts Education)
- Marcy Schepker, Harrisville (Cultural Access Leadership)
- Teresa Taylor, Barnstead (Distinguished Arts Leadership)
- Beth Krommes, Peterborough (Individual Arts Patron)
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts is the state's arts agency, within the Department of Cultural Resources. It is funded with appropriations from the State of New Hampshire and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. |
