The 5th Arts Alive! Awards Celebration will be held Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Portage Country Club.  This special event honors individuals and groups that enrich our lives by their participation in arts and cultural activities.  This fabulous evening will shine the spotlight on those who help make our community sparkle with creativity. 

 

We want you to be a part of this special evening by donating your time to create a "box" for the exciting Out of the Box Auction.  The definition of "box" is open to your interpretation.  It could be a traditional lidded box, a shadowbox, a painting or photograph of a box, jewelry in a box - be creative!

This is a great opportunity for you to showcase your talents and gain name recognition. Your box will be a featured part of the evening in our silent auction. Over the years, these fabulous boxes have become collector's items for Arts Alive! patrons. The boxes will also be displayed before the event in a special Out of the Box Exhibition from October 5-November 3, 2009 at Summit Artspace Gallery. In addition to your tax-deductible contribution, you will recieve a one-year membership to the Akron Area Arts Alliance. CLICK HERE to download a participation form now. We need your commitment to contribute a box no later than September 3, 2009.

 

The 5th
Arts Alive! Awards
will be held
Sunday,
November 15, 2009

at Portage Country Club

This special evening will included a creative cocktail hour featuring surprising film entertainment, a grand dinner and dessert, the awards celebration plus the unique Out-of-the-Box auction of artist-designed boxes.

Founded in November 2001, Arts Alive! is held every two years.


















 

 



 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 
Joan Lauk from the Akron Art Museum
Jill Bacon Madden, Arts Alive! chair, & Jessie Raynor, Akron Area Arts Alliance Director
Joel Wolfgang, Mary Ann Jackson and Scott Griffith
Dr. Penny Frease and Sean McConaha from Weathervane Playhouse
Lifetime Achievement Award winner Lola Rothmann (left), Sandra Smith, , and Barbara Ballance making bids at the Out-of-the-Box Auction
Melissa Paul, Tom Keith and award winner Mary Ann Jackson
U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan, Deputy Mayor David Lieberth and City of Akron Communications Director Mark Williamson
A full house enjoyed short films prior to the ceremony.
Master of Ceremony Dennis O'Connell, Akron Area Arts Alliance president and co-producing director of the Magical Theatre Company

2009 Arts Alive Nomination Forms

CLICK HERE


2007 Arts Alive Winners Announced
click: Read the winners' bios

2001, 2003 Photos, Press Releases & more:
click: Arts Alive Archives

Arts Alive! Award Recipients

 
2001
2003
2005
2007
Outstanding Visual Artist
Don Drumm
Craig Lucas
Joan Colbert
Judith Carducci
Outstanding Artist for Music
Margaret Baxtresser
(Pianist)
Dolores Parker Morgan
(Jazz Singer)
Tucker Jolly
(Tubist)
Akron Symphony Chorus
Outstanding Artist for Dance
Xochitl Tejeda De Cerda
Lana Carroll Heylock
Kathryn Mihelick
Christine Meneer, Ballet Theatre of Ohio
Outstanding Artist for Theatre
Sandra Emerick
Barbara Ballance
Jim Fippin
Terry Burgler, Ohio Shakespeare Festival
Rising Young Star/ Artist
Dina Kuznetsova
(Soprano)
Sean Anderson
(Baritone)
Liz Remmel
John Boggs
Rising Young Star/Leadership
N/A
N/A
Elizabeth Quirk Sheeler
Margaret Lazzerini
Arts Volunteer
Barbara Baskin
Betty & Howard Taylor
Mary Ann Jackson
Mary Helen Bowers
Business Support
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
FirstEnergy Foundation
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
TRIAD Communications
Arts Patron
Mabel Lamborn Graham
Ann & David Brennan
Fred & Laura Ruth Bidwell
Renee & Guy Pipitone
Collaborative Arts Project
First Night Akron
Downtown Akron Partnership
Akron Beacon Journal
The City of Akron
PATHS
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Arts LIFT& Mary Schiller Myers School of Art, University of Akron
Caribbean Cruise - Akron Symphony Orchestra with Miller South Steel Drum Band, Juneteenth Cultural Club, Pointe West Performances & Roland Jackson
Arts Educator
Dr. Larry D. Snider
(University of Akron)
Susan Yingling & Julienne Hogarth
(Miller South School for the Visual & Performing Arts)
Sally A. Schneider
(Firestone High School)
Donna Webb, University of Akron
Government Leadership
Roy Ray
James B. McCarthy
Tim Ryan
N/A
Arts Outreach
Gospel Meets Symphony
(Akron Symphony Orchestra)
P.A.C.T.
(Performing Arts Can Teach)
(Magical Theatre Co.)
Reach Out and Dance
(R.O.A.D.)
(Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet)
Yevette Davidson, Akron Recreation Bureau
Civic Leadership
N/A
N/A
N/A
Mary Schiller Myers
Extraordinary Achievement Award
N/A
N/A
N/A
Tuesday Music Association
Lifetime Achievement
Nan Klinger
(Founder Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet)
Nicolas Constantinidis
(Pianist)
Lola & Bruce Rothmann
(Patron)

Mark Soppeland
(Artist & Educator)
Francia Holliday Albrecht

Arts Patrons Lola & Bruce Rothmann, Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Artist/Educator Mark Soppeland, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Outstanding Artist in Music winner Tucker Jolly
Kara Stewart of the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet's R.O.A.D. program, Arts Outreach winner
Outstanding Arts Educator Sally Schneider of Firestone High School
Frank Quirk and Rising Young Star/Leadership winner Elizabeth Quirk Sheeler
Mitchell Kahan, Christopher Hixson & Joan Colbert, winner Outstanding Visual Artist
2001 Outstanding Visual Artist winner Don Drumm and Rising Young Star/Artist winner
Liz Remmel
Outstanding Arts Volunteer winner Mary Ann Jackson
Government Leadership Award winner U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan
Elisa Gargarella of Arts Lift & Meyers School of Art at The University of Akron, winner of the Collaboration Award
Chief Curator of the Akron Art Museum Barbara Tannenbaum, Patron Award winners Fred & Laura Bidwell & Director of the Meyers School of Art at The University of Akron Richman Haire
Gregory Troy, President of OMNOVA Solutions Foundation, winner of the Business Support Award
Outstanding Artist in Dance winner Kathryn Mihelick
Outstanding Artist in Theatre Jim Fippin of Coach House Theatre (right)

photos by Bruce Ford