31st Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards Nominations are Now Open
POUGHKEEPSIE: Nominations for the 31st Annual Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards are now open. The County Executive, in collaboration with Arts Mid-Hudson, annually recognizes outstanding residents of and businesses or organizations based in Dutchess County that contribute to the arts in the county with these awards.
The awards were established by the late Dutchess County Executive Lucille Pattison in 1986 to recognize the individuals and institutions that contribute to the area’s artistic quality.
Nominations are sought in 10 award categories: Individual Artist, Patron, Arts Organization, Business/Corporation, Arts in Education, Art in Public Places, Artivist, Volunteer, Student with Exception Promise in the Arts, and Special Citation which honors an individual, organization, business, or project for outstanding contributions to the cultural life of Dutchess County. In the student category, the nominee must be a high school or college student aged 16 through 22 as of Oct. 5.
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2016 Volunteer Awardee Angela Cole (center) with Linda Marston-Reid, AMH Executive Director and Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro |
Nominations must be received by May 1, 2017. To submit a nomination, visit www.artsmidhudson.org. For additional information call 845- 454-3222; or e-mail artsawards@artsmidhudson.org.
Award winners will be recognized by Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro who will be joined by the county’s arts, cultural, civic and business leaders, and elected officials at an Oct. 5 event at Villa Borghese in Wappingers Falls.
Arts Mid-Hudson is the preeminent nonprofit arts service organization in the Mid-Hudson region. Since 1964 our initiatives have engaged and promoted the arts benefiting our artists, arts organizations and communities. Arts Mid-Hudson provides vision and leadership to support thriving and diverse arts in the Mid-Hudson region.
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