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June 1st, spotlights will fall on members of Pittsburgh's
arts community and its supporters as the Greater Pittsburgh
Arts Council presents the 2009 Work of Art Awards. Arrive
in your most 'artful' attire, walk the red carpet amid a flash
of cameras, cheer for the award winners and unique performances,
then celebrate with food, drinks and art of all kinds in the
stunning new home of the Pittsburgh Opera. This is the night
to recognize the arts' dynamic accomplishments, pace-setters
and visionaries. This is the night to come together. This
is the night the arts come out to play. |
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The
Work of Art Awards - Winners and Finalists!
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Announcing
the 2009 Finalists! (in order of appearance)
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2009 Winners Highlighted in Blue**
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Mayor's
Award for Public Art recognizes an
individual or organization's efforts in the
development of a public art project that contributes
to the quality of life and economic development
of a Pittsburgh community. Winner was selected
and presented by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
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R.M.
Fischer for "Langley Observatory
Clock,"
part of the North Shore Riverfront Park,
this site-specific installation is a
response to the industrial history of
Pittsburgh while simultaneously appearing
timeless and looking forward. |
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Pittsburgh
Parks Conservancy, Conservation of "A
Song to Nature" in Schenley Plaza,
a large-scale public sculpture created
by artist Victor David Brenner to honor
Mary Schenley, who donated land in 1889
to establish Schenley Park |
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Squonk
Opera, "Astro-rama" performance
in Schenley Plaza, a site-specific,
large-scale visual theatre performance-infused
with a rock concert sensibility, wit
and innovative spirit-that drew 10,000
people to Schenley Plaza. |
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Leadership in the Arts Award
recognizes an individual or organization from
the business, legal, arts or civic sectors
whose work has had a significant impact on
the region's cultural landscape. The 2009
Award was presented to Allegheny
Regional Asset District
in recognition of the significant contribution
this program has made and will continue to
make on the arts in this region. |
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| Best
Practices in Arts Management Award recognizes
an innovative and creative arts management
practice that can serve as a model for the
advancement of arts and culture in the region
and beyond. |
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New
Hazlett Theater,
which has delineated a unique operating policy
and structure that allows nearly 30 of Pittsburgh's
small and mid-sized arts organizations, as
well as individual artists, to pursue their
own missions, present their own programs and
connect with their own audiences. |
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Manchester
Craftsmen's Guild's MCG Youth,
which hosted the 2008 NCECA Conference and
developed Cera[m!x]
Pittsburgh, a region-wide network of ceramic
artists, educators and enthusiasts that placed
100 exhibitions in 60 venues and attracted
4,600 conference registrants. |
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Pittsburgh
New Music Ensemble, whose Artistic
Director Kevin Noe introduced operating and
artistic procedures that have lead to a 600%
audience increase since 1999, the release
of two commercial CDs and a major international
tour (2008). |
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The
Award for Outstanding Volunteerism
recognizes outstanding contributions of an active
volunteer, firm or business from the Arts Council's
Business Volunteers for the Arts® and/or Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) programs. The 2009 award
was presented to Pepper
Hamilton LLP, whose attorneys
volunteered nearly 250 hours through VLA-a market
value of almost $50,000.
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Arts and Business Partnership Award
recognizes a successful collaboration between
an arts organization and a business that furthered
the interests of both parties. |
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Dr.
Sketchy's Anti-Art School (ToonSeum)
& Gypsy
Café,
who partnered to host the Pittsburgh chapter
of a world-wide movement that brings together
artists, musicians, burlesque performers and
unique models in a quirky, social atmosphere
of drawing and imagination. |
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Passports
Art Diversity Project &
McCormack
Baron Salazar, who collaborated
to place original work by local artists in
three McCormack, Baron, Salazar, Inc. housing
sites-a model of how local developers can
work with Pittsburgh artists to complete interior
design projects. |
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Quantum
Theatre & Seagate Technology,
who created the Seagate Tech Circle of donors,
in which Seagate committed to a financial
match for donations by other tech-based companies,
giving emerging companies a way to support
and experience the arts in Pittsburgh. |
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Arts
& Technology Award honors an artist
or organization that has successfully incorporated
technology in a skillful or inventive way to do
their artistic or management work. |
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Manchester
Craftsmen's Guild Youth,
which partnered with the Pittsburgh "Robot
250" project and artist Dror Yaron, using
Gigapan Technology to develop learning experiences
that connected youth with their communities
and opened collaborations around the world. |
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Carnegie
Mellon University's College of Fine Arts,
which partnered with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
to create a media-rich blog, CMU@NYC, designed
to document Pittsburgh artists and arts events
in New York City and highlight connections
between the two cities. |
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Individual
Artist Ron Nigro, who utilizes
technological cast-offs of every shape, size
and color to create sculptural assemblages,
uniting them in compositions with a formal
yet whimsical approach. |
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Working
Artist Award recognizes an individual artist
who has demonstrated exceptional innovation, boldness
and creativity when working on the business/promotion
side of his or her art. |
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David
Motak, a leading
promoter and practitioner of the Cracow Szopka
art form in the United States, whose individual
works, student workshops, szopka exhibitions
and cultural events have shown tremendous
leadership, innovation and drive in promoting
his Pittsburgh-based initiative. |
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Gerry
Florida, an avant-garde, eco-friendly
jewelry designer and recycle artist who reinvented
herself after a disability by creating a home-based
business that has connected her to boutiques,
galleries and art shows. |
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Thomas
Mosser, whose twenty-year career
as a working artist includes a Pittsburgh
Pirates mural in the office lobby at PNC Park
and a downtown mural created in collaboration
with Sarah Zeffiro entitled The Two Andys. |
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Excellence
in Arts Education Award honors an individual
or organization in the Pittsburgh region who has
worked over time to implement excellence in arts
education. This award is presented in partnership
with the Arts Education Collaborative and Gateway
to the Arts. |
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Marilyn
Egan,
who has grown the quality and reach of the
Pittsburgh
Opera's wide array of programs for educators,
students, schools, families and adults, helping
educators integrate the arts meaningfully
into all subject areas. |
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Dance
Alloy Theater, for the Dance Education
Initiative, a multi-faceted project with six
Pittsburgh schools using teaching formats
that include intensive residencies, lecture
demonstrations, mentoring relationships, studio
site visits and guest artists. |
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McKeesport
Area High School Opera Academy Team,
whose educators Ray Beard, Bonnie Butler and
Debra Calise actively integrate opera into
their lessons in meaningful and creative ways
with a profound effect on students' motivation
and learning. |
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People's
Choice Award recognizes a favorite arts
or culture event and is selected through a public
polling process. |
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Handmade
Arcade, an indie
craft fair created to give grassroots, independent
crafters an opportunity to show and sell their
wares and to provide an alternative to traditional
craft fairs. |
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Art
All Night: Lawrenceville, a grassroots,
uncensored, non-juried art show staged by
an all-volunteer crew in the Lawrenceville
neighborhood of Pittsburgh. |
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Pittsburgh
New Music Ensemble's 2008 Summer Season,
a summer festival of new music, visual art,
theatre and computer-generated images in a
thrilling arts experience.
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