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The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is pleased to present you with the 2006 Arts Award recipients. Please join us on Tuesday, October 24 from 11:15 am — 1:30 pm at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center as we celebrate our 23rd Annual Arts Awards by honoring these accomplished individuals who have made a significant contribution to our community.

For luncheon reservations, please download a reservation form (in PDF format) and mail to the Arts & Cultural Council, 277 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Please Note: no tickets will be mailed. Please stop by the reservation table upon arrival.

2006 Annual Arts Awards Luncheon:
11:15 am - 12:00 pm: Reception
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Luncheon & Awards Ceremony

Performance by:
International artist and Arts Awards honoree Thomas F. Warfield

The recipients of the 2006 Arts Awards are:

Business/Foundation Award
Riedman Foundation  

Cultural Organization Awards
Bush Mango Drum & Dance

Memorial Art Gallery 

Individual Award
Thomas Warfield  

Literary Artist Award
Ellen Stoll Walsh

 Visual Artist Award
Lynne Feldman

 Special Citations
New York State Department of Transportation

Stanley H. Witmeyer

 

Rates are as follows:

Patron seats @ $80*
Individual seats @ $50
Arts & Cultural Council Individual Artist Members @ $35
Patron tables @ $800*
Group tables @ $500

Click here for the 2006 press release.

Arts Awards Past Honorees, 1984 - 2005

Individual Awards

2005 Alfred L. Davis
2004 Sharon Turner
2004 Robert Sagan
2003 Paul Kramer
2002 Ronald and Donna Fielding
2002 Eleanor Eisenhart Morris
2001 Richard Brush
2000 Nancy R. Turner
1999 Dale Davis
1998 Nan Westervelt
1997 Robert D. Hursh
1996 Susan Eisenhart Schilling
1995 Stuart B. Bolger
1994 William Coppard
1993 Marion Hawks
1992 Karin Wieder
1991 A. Poulin, Jr.
1990 David Diamond
1989 Earl Kage
1988 Carl Zollo
1987 Joseph Flaherty
1986 Garth Fagan
1986 Nathan Lyons
1985 Ted Hollenbach
1984 Robert Koch

Cultural Organization Awards

2005 Blacfriars Theatre
2004 Bristol Valley Theater
2003 Strong Museum
2002 George Eastman House
2001 Writers & Books
2000 Shipping Dock Theatre
1999 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
1998 Borinquen Dance Theatre
1997 Ganondagan State Historic Site
1996 SUNY at Brockport Writers Forum and Video Tape Library
1995 Garth Fagan Dance
1994 Aesthetic Education Institute
1993 Rochester Association of Art Dealers
1993 Arts Reach
1992 Nazareth College Arts Center
1991 Sunshine Too
1991 WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
1990 Hochstein Music School
1989 Jewish Community Center Arts Department
1988 Citizens for a Quality Philharmonic
1987 Pyramid Arts Center
1987 School of Arts & Performance, SUNY College at Brockport
1986 GeVa Theatre
1986 Young Audiences of Rochester
1985 Women's Council of the Memorial Art Gallery
1984 Rochester Sesquicentennial

Artist Awards

2005 Garth Fagan
2005 Mary Jane Auch
2005 Joanna Scott
2004 Gap Mangione
2004 Thomas Markusen
2004 Leonard Urso
2003 Andrea Barrett
2003 Stephen Merritt
2003 Christopher Seaman
2002 Stirlin Harris
2002 Linda Sue Park
2002 Jeff Tyzik
2002 Jack Wolsky
2001 Ramon Santiago, Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
2001 Steve Gadd- Performing Artist
2001 Michael Taylor- Visual Artist
2000 Nancy Jurs
1999 John Beck
1998 Wendell Castle
1998 Albert Paley
1997 Robert Marx
1996 Carl Chiarenza
1995 Kenneth Grant
1994 Richard Margolis

Business/Foundation Awards

2005 M&T Bank
2004 Eastman Kodak Company
2003 ESL Federal Credit Union
2002 Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.
2001 Elaine P. and Richard U. Wilson Foundation
2000 Davenport-Hatch Foundation
1999 Nixon Peabody LLP
1998 Canandaigua Wine Company
1997 Judy Columbus Inc. Real Estate
1996 Bausch & Lomb
1995 Wegmans Food Markets
1994 The Chase Manhattan Bank
1994 Rochester Community Savings Bank
1993 Greater Rochester Cablevision
1992 USAir
1991 About Time Magazine
1990 Interco Systems, Inc.
1989 Hafner Associates, Inc.
1988 City Newspaper
1987 Xerox Corporation
1986 Citibank
1985 Eastman Kodak Company
1984 B. Forman Company



Special Citations (Lifetime Achievement Award)

2005 Raymond A. Santirocco, Ph. D.
2004 David Hunke and the Democrat and Chronicle
2004 Timothy Draper
2003 Ned Corman and the Commission Project
2002 Nathan and Joan Lyons
2002 Robert J. Macon
2001 Greater Rochester Community for the Horses On Parade project
2000 Roslyn Bakst Goldman
2000 BOA Editions, Ltd.
1999 Susan B. Anthony House
1998 Averell Council of the Memorial Art Gallery
1998 Geva Theatre
1997 Rosemary Mancini and Susan Feinstein
1997 Gleason Foundation
1996 David A. Anderson - Sankofa
1995 J. Sheldon Fisher
1994 Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester
1994 Leonard Treash
1993 Montage 93
1992 Delores Jackson Radney
1991 Elaine P. Wilson
1990 Isabel Herdle and Gertrude Herdle Moore
1989 George Eastman House
1988 Robert Moore
1988 Rush-Henrietta Central School District
1987 Bausch & Lomb
1987 Monroe County

Thank you to our 2006 sponsors:

Platinum Sponsors:
New York State Senator James S. Alesi
New York State Assemblyman Joseph D. Morelle
New York State Senator Joseph E. Robach
Gold Sponsor:
Kodak
Additional Sponsors:
The Harbor Financial Group
Nixon Peabody LLP

 

 

The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

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