Governor's Arts Awards

Seven individuals and organizations will receive a 30th Annual Governor’s Arts Award at a public reception and ceremony in Las Vegas this April.

The Nevada Arts Council and the Governor's Office present these honors for outstanding and enduring contributions to Nevada through artistic achievement and service to the arts.

The 30th Annual Governor's Arts Awards ceremony is scheduled for April 1, 2010 at the World Market Center's ‘Worldview on Sixteen’ ballroom.

The 2010 recipients of the Governor’s Arts Awards are:

* Ellen Hopkins, Carson City - Excellence in the Arts
* Thai Cultural Arts Association, Las Vegas - Excellence in Folk and Traditional Art
* Nevada School of the Arts, Las Vegas- Leadership in the Arts: Education
* Patricia Harris, Las Vegas - Leadership in the Arts: Individuals
* Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas- Leadership in the Arts: Organization
* NV Energy, Statewide- Patronage in the Arts
* Marcia Robinson, West Las Vegas Arts Center - Distinguished Service

Invitations will be mailed after the first of the year and posted on the Arts Council’s website at Arts Council website.

Tickets to the 30th anniversary celebration will be $30.

[text from NAC press release. Graphic from Google image search for 'arts award'. CCAI extends best wishes and congratulations to the Arts Council and to all the award recipients!.]

Bill Cowee, Nevada Poet

"The blue heron steps lightly across the wetland, stalks the heart within my chest"

-Bill Cowee

CCAI is saddened to learn of the death of Nevada poet Bill Cowee. Mr. Cowee, one of the guiding forces of the Ash Canyon Poets, passed away on October 15.

In an article in the Nevada Appeal, WNC English professor Marilee Swirczek commented: "His poetry is very much grounded in the landscape of the Great Basin and the interior landscape of our hearts and souls. His poetry cuts down to the bone and gristle of human emotions."

Mr. Cowee was honored in 2001 with a Governor's Arts Award. In 2007 he donated more than 1,000 volumes of poetry, the majority featuring Northern Nevada writers, to the Western Nevada College Library.

[Quote from Nevada Audubon website. Photo from Nevada Appeal archive.]

30th Annual Governor’s Arts Award Commission

Nevada Arts Council

Call for Artists: 30th Annual Governor’s Arts Award Visual Arts Commission

The commissioned artist is awarded $3,500 to create seven original works of art—six pieces are presented to the Governor’s Arts Awards recipients during a public ceremony in Las Vegas in April 2010, and one is placed in the NAC permanent collection.

[information from NAC electronic mailing. Image from website of 2005 commissioned artist Maria Arango.]

Congratulations Governor's Arts Awards Recipients!

29TH ANNUAL GOVERNOR'S ARTS AWARDS

"Governor Jim Gibbons and the Nevada Arts Council honors the recipients for this year’s Governor’s Arts Awards. Four individuals, two arts groups and a local business are receiving Nevada's highest honors in the arts at the 29th Annual Governor's Arts Awards recognizing the recipients' outstanding and enduring contributions to Nevada through artistic achievement and leadership in the arts."

Congratulations go to:

• Dr. James Winn, Reno - Excellence in the Arts
• Doug Groves, Wellington - Excellence in Folk and Traditional Arts
• Las Vegas Youth Orchestra, Las Vegas - Leadership in Arts Education
• Jane and Robert Fielden, Las Vegas - Leadership in the Arts: Individuals
• Reno Philharmonic Association, Reno - Leadership in the Arts: Organizations
• Estipona Group, Reno - Patronage in the Arts

[text and graphic from Nevada Arts Council website. Caption: "Lynda Yuroff, 2009 GAA Commission Artist." Horse, 9x12", collaged canvas and sage wood on panel.]