Our Way of Saying
“Thank You”
So
many dedicated individuals and businesses work hard to create and support the
arts in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The Work of Art Awards is one way for us to
recognize their contributions to the community. “Pittsburgh has a thriving
arts community that would not exist without the support of our area businesses,”
says the Arts Council CEO Mitch Swain. “The Work of Art Awards celebrate that critical
synergy between business and the arts. We are proud to honor the people behind
the arts in Pittsburgh.” We
hope you’ll come enjoy this gala event at the New Hazlett Theater, followed
by a reception party next door at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.
Award winners will receive a unique piece of artwork created by a local artist
specifically for the ceremony. Nine awards will be presented in six categories:
3 Awards for Creative Collaboration, the Arts Educator Award, the Volunteer of
the Year, the Chairman’s Award, the Mayor’s Award for Public Art and
the People’s Choice Award. Our
Mission
The mission
of Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is to expand the reach, influence and effectiveness
of the region's varied and vibrant cultural community—empowering the people
who give us art. the Arts Council
serves individual artists, cultural organizations arts businesses and audiences
through programs including ProArtsTickets (a phone, mail and email box office
for 40 small to mid-sized organizations); three regranting programs for artists,
organizations, and managers; professional development workshops; pro-bono management
and legal consulting; the Office of Public Art, a partnership with the City of
Pittsburgh; cultural policy and research; and information resources including
ArtsWorks.org online arts classifieds, and the Artist Registry, a first-of-its-kind
searchable database for southwestern Pennsylvania through which individual artists
working in any discipline can establish and maintain personalized portfolios accessible
to builders, designers, educators and the general public (coming in July 2007).
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