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Eleventh Annual
Mayor's Awards for the Arts
April 17, 2009
Mayor's Awards for the Arts, Sioux Falls' annual celebration of local artists and arts advocates, was held Friday, April 17, 2009. Honorees in five
categories were honored during evening festivities in the Belbas Theatre of the Washington Pavilion.
Each year, the Arts Council commissions a unique piece of art by a local artist especially for Mayor's Award Honorees. These awards recognize
individuals and organizations playing vital roles in artistic achievement and arts advocacy in Sioux Falls. This years' award was created by artist Shane Junke of Sioux Falls. Five awards are created for the honorees, and one is created to join previous Mayor's Awards on display at City Hall. All in all, these works form a small but beautiful exhibit of work in our city's seat of government.
Honorees are chosen from local artists and/or benefactors whose contributions have significantly impacted the arts in Sioux Falls in a positive way. The 2009 Nominees and descriptions of the categories in which they were nominated are:
Visual Arts
Painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, fabric artists, or artists working in other visual media
Performing Arts
Organizations or individuals in dance, theatgre, music, songwriting or any other performance media
Literary Arts
Fiction and non-fiction writers, oets, playwrights or essayists
Organizational Advocate
An organization or business that is a leader in supporting and enhancing the arts through contributions of time, talent and/or funding
Individual Advocate
An individual who may be a non-artist benefactor, contributor, advocate, etc. and who has made an outstanding contribution in fostering the arts in
Sioux Falls.
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