Mayor's Award for the Arts Winners

Please join Mayor Mark Begich for the 2008 Mayor's Awards for the Arts which will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 5:30 -7:00 p.m., at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center.

The event is free and open to the public.

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2007 Mayors Arts Awardees

Individual Artist
             David Hagen

Arts Group or Organization
             Alaska Native Heritage Center

Champion of the Arts
             Georgia Blue

Youth Arts Award
             Anchorage Youth Symphony

Kay Linton volunteer in the Arts Award
             Opal Myers

Lorene Harrison Award
               Mary Louise Rasmuson

2006 Mayors Arts Awardees

Individual Artist
             Don Decker

Arts Group or Organization
                Alaska Design Forum

Champion of the Arts
            Shirley Mae Springer Staten

Youth Arts Award
            Out North

Lorene Harrison Award
            Ed Crittenden

2005 Mayors Arts Awardees

Individual Artist
              Sonya Kelliher-Combs

Arts Group or Organization
           Eccentric Theatre Company

Champion of the Arts
           ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.

Youth Arts Award
            Alaska Children’s Choir

Kay Linton Volunteer in the Arts
            Ellen Packey

2004 Mayors Arts Awardees

Individual Artist
           Lauren MacKenzie Miller

Outstanding Arts Organization
           Anchorage Museum of History and Art and The Anchorage Museum Association

Champion of the Arts
           Jocelyn Young

Youth Arts Award
          Alaska Dance Theatre

Kay Linton Volunteer of the Arts
          Jim and Flo Rooney

Lorene Harrison Award
          Saradell Ard

2003 Mayors Arts Awardees

Individual Artist
          Kathryn Hoffer

Outstanding Arts Organization
          Anchorage Opera

Champion of the Arts
          John M. Brower
 
Youth Arts Award
          Music Machine - Janet Carr-Campbell & Darl Schaaff

Lorene Harrison Award
          Robert Pond

2002 Mayors Arts Awardees

Individual Artist
          Kim Brown

Outstanding Arts Organization
          International Gallery of Contemporary Art

Champion of the Arts
          Dr. Robert Wilkins

Youth Arts Award
             East High Fine Arts Program

Lorene Harrison Award
          Jerry Harper

2001 Mayors Arts Awardees

Individual Artist
          Gloria Allen

Outstanding Arts Organization
          Anchorage Symphony
 
Champion of the Arts
          Art and ELeanor Brendal
 
Youth Arts Award
          Margaret Hugi-Lewis 
 
Lorene Harrison Award
          Lorene Harrison