The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana has announced the finalists of the 2017 Arts Awards, featuring the Mayor’s Art Award and five other awards. The finalists this year are as follows:
Visual Arts Award Finalists
Michael K. Aakhus
Joanne Massey
StaC Art Gallery
University of Evansville Galleries
Performing Arts Award Finalists
First Presbyterian Church – Evansville, Indiana Choir
Red Bank ReUnion Band
SPARK Program
Young Arts Award Finalists
Jared Hoover
Tanner Logan
Noah Laroia-Nguyen
Arts Educator Award Finalists
Diane Brewer
Jay Emmert & Nicholas Drew Gray
Treva Pruden
Mayor’s Art Award Recipient
Susan Hardwick
Arts Council Award Recipient
Kirk & Sherry Wright
A reception and awards presentation will be held Thursday, August 17, 2017, at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Evansville. Tickets are $75 a person, of which $50 is a tax-deductible donation. Table sponsorships and donations made in honor of finalists are also available. For more information, to purchase tickets, or to be listed as a sponsor, call the Arts Council at 422-2111, or visit our website at https://www.artswin.org/totaleclipse.
