Serious kudos to everybody who won Pikes Peak Arts Council Awards last night. Among the big winners was our own curator, Joy Armstrong, who took home two for: C.I.A. (Creative, Intriguing and Astonishing) and Excellence in Curatorship, both for her work in putting together the edgy and fabulous exhibition, PAMELA JOSEPHS SIDESHOW OF THE ABSURD Other FAC honors: Christopher Sheley and Holly Anne Rawls won Outstanding Technical Achievement for the sensational Art Nouvea set and dramatic lighting effects in THE WIZARD OF OZ. Our Bemis School of Arts Youth Documentary Academy student Bailey Francisco took home a Rising Star award for his film AFTER WAR. Veronika String Quartet won Best Perfomance/Small Group for TRANSFIGURED NIGHT. Also: Michael Lee, who stars as Renfield in our current production of DRACULA, took home Outstanding Performance by an Actor for his work in THEATREWORKS SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS. Heres a full list of the winners: Eve Tilley Lifetime Achievement Award: Martile Rowland Aventa Credit Unions Spirit of the Arts: Linda Nicholos, play coordinator for Six Women Playwriting Festival (Millibo Art Theatre) Classical music Outstanding performance by a large group: Opera Theatre of the Rockies for Lakmé Outstanding performance by a small group: Veronika String Quartet for Transfigured Night Outstanding performance by a solo or duo: Victoria Hansen and Susan Grace for Bon Appetit Poetry Page poetry: Jane Morton Poetry promotion and programming: Luanne Ducett Performance poetry: Colorado Springs National Poetry Team Popular music Outstanding group: Knight in Colors Outstanding solo/duo: Daniel James Eaton Outstanding popular music promotion and advocacy: Bryan Ostrow for Whats Left music festival and music zine Theater Outstanding technical achievement: Christopher Sheley and Holly Anne Rawls for The Wizard of Oz (Fine Arts Center) Outstanding performance by an actor: Michael Lee for Silvio in Servant of Two Masters (TheatreWorks) Outstanding performance by an actress: Sue Bachman for Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman (TheatreWorks) Outstanding production: Murray Ross for Venus in Fur (TheatreWorks) Visual art Artist of the year: Richard Pankratz for 70th Birthday Retrospective (Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts) C.I.A. (creative, intriguing and astonishing): Joy Armstrong for Pamela Josephs Sideshow of the Absurd (Fine Arts Center) Excellence in curatorship: Joy Armstrong for Pamela Josephs Sideshow of the Absurd (Fine Arts Center) Art champion of the year: Dr. Michael Maddox, executive director at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts Dance Outstanding choreography: Protest! by Ormao Dance Company, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Peak FreQuency Creative Arts Collective and UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art Innovation in dance production: Opera Theatre of the Rockies for Lakmé Outstanding dance programming: Christian Keesee and Larry Keigwin for Green Box Arts Festival Film Outstanding student filmmaking: Kai Dickson and Gunnar Renjard for The Summit Youth Rising star: Bailey Francisco, student filmmaker
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:36:26 +0000
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