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02-15-09
ArtsWestchester Announces 2009 Arts Award
Winners
Former
Westchester County Executive Alfred (Al)
Delbello, a partner at the law firm of Delbello,
Donellan, Weingarten Wise & Wiederkerh LLP, and
his wife Delores (Dee) Delbello, publisher of
the Westchester County Business Journal,
will receive ArtsWestchester’s prestigious Arts
Patron Award for their successful and
longstanding initiatives on behalf of the arts
in Westchester County.
The annual Arts
Award recognizes individuals and organizations
whose vision, commitment and leadership enrich
the cultural life of Westchester County, its
communities, and its citizens. The Delbellos
will be joined with their fellow 2009 honorees,
including six individuals and five
organizations, during a special luncheon,
beginning at 11:30 a.m. on April 3rd
at Doral Arrowwood in Rye Brook.
A highlight of
the spring season, more than 500 Westchester
residents attend the Arts Award luncheon each
year. Luncheon participants typically include a
diverse range of county leaders including County
Executive Andy Spano, public officials,
executives of Westchester County’s major
companies, artists, and representatives of the
County’s numerous arts organizations.
Arts Award
Luncheon tickets, sponsorships, and journal ads
are still available. For more information call
(914) 428-4220 x 273 or email
esiegel@artswestchester.org.
The Arts Award
has been presented annually for over 32 years to
recognize those individuals, artists, and arts
organizations that have made significant
contributions to the arts and the community.
Past honorees include Nelson Rockefeller
(1977), Roy Neuberger (1985), Ruby Dee, Ossie
Davis (1994), U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins
(2002), as well as the The Performing Arts
Center at Purchase College (2001), the Music
Conservatory of Westchester (2003), the Caramoor
Center for Music & the Arts (2006), and writer
Cynthia Ozick (2008).
ArtsWestchester
welcomes nominations from the community and is
open to a broad and diverse definition of
artistic endeavor. Categories include Arts
Patron, Artist, Arts Organization, Community and
Education. More than one award may be given in a
particular category and previous award
recipients may be nominated. Recipients are
selected by an independent awards panel
comprised of professionals in the field, with an
additional President’s Award bestowed directly
by ArtsWestchester’s Board of Trustees.
“This year we
are proud to recognize an especially outstanding
roster of local residents and organizations who
are at work every day to make Westchester County
a world-class arts community,” says Westchester
County Executive Andy Spano. “The annual Arts
Award luncheon is a nice opportunity to salute
our neighbors and to put a spotlight the many
wonderful things that are happening here.”
And the 2009
Winners are…..
The President’s Award:
established by ArtsWestchester’s Board of
Trustees.
Awardees: JP Morgan Chase
and
Entergy,
for their support of All Fired
Up!
Arts
Patron:
A person (or persons) who lives or works in
Westchester County and has made a significant
contribution to the arts through his/her
extraordinary leadership, personal commitment,
and philanthropic activities, thereby advancing
artistic excellence and enriching the community.
Awardees: Al and Dee DelBello
(Waccabuc)
Artist:
An Artist who lives or works in Westchester
County and whose achievements in his/her
discipline are nationally recognized, whose work
has demonstrated a unique or compelling vision,
and whose body of work has produced a record of
performance that has had an impact on the
cultural world and upon the general public.
Awardee:
Peter Pucci
(Choreographer and Professor at
Manhattanville College)
Arts Organization:
A Westchester county non-profit arts
organization that has made an important
contribution to the growth of Westchester’s
cultural life over a significant period of time,
and has had an impact beyond its immediate
community.
Awardee:
Jazz Forum Arts
(based in Dobbs Ferry)
Community:
An artist, individual, group, school district or
organization or agency that has demonstrated
extraordinary vision and leadership in using the
arts to enhance community life,
to increase access to cultural experiences, and
to enrich the county’s cultural heritage.
Awardees:
Hudson River Museum Junior Docent Program &
Rebecca Kraus
and
New Rochelle
Public Library & Barbara Davis
Sophia Abeles Award for Community Arts:
A Community Award in honor of the late Sophia
Abeles, a dedicated arts patron and educator.
Awardee:
Miriam Bernabei (Greenburgh Central 7 School
District)
Education:
An artist or individual, group, school district
or organization who, through extraordinary
vision and leadership, has enriched arts
education in Westchester.
Awardees:
Grace Powers Fraioli (New
Rochelle High School) and Tracy Gilman (Harrison
High School)
ArtsWestchester
is your connection to the arts. Founded in 1965,
it is the largest, private, not-for-profit arts
council in New York State. Its mission is to
provide leadership, vision, and support, to
ensure the availability, accessibility, and
diversity of the arts. ArtsWestchester provides
programs and services that enrich the lives of
everyone in Westchester. Our grants help fund
concerts, exhibitions and plays; we bring
artists into schools and community centers; we
are the premiere marketer of the arts in
Westchester. In 1998, ArtsWestchester (as the
Westchester Arts Council) purchased the
nine-story neo-classical bank building at 31
Mamaroneck Avenue. After acquiring Historic
Landmark designation, renovation and
restoration, the old bank was transformed into
what is now known as the |
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