Annual Arts Awards Nominations Now Open!

The Arts Council for Long Beach is pleased to accept nominations for our 2016 Arts Awards! The awards are: James H. Ackerman Arts Philanthropist, Arts Volunteer, Arts Educator, Arts Innovator and Economic Development Arts Trailblazer. These non‐monetary awards are given in recognition of excellence and community contribution. Submissions are reviewed by a diverse panel, and recipients will be honored at the annual State of the Arts celebration on September 22, 2016.

Long Beach community members are invited to submit nominations by completing the nomination form. Each respondent may contribute one submission per category, and nominations are due Friday, August 26, 2016. Previous honorees are ineligible. See a list of past honorees below:

Arts Council for Long Beach Arts Awards Recipients

James Ackerman
Phil Appleby
Kamran Assadi
Artists Reaching Kids
Slater Barron
Mark Barville
Sandow Birk
Terry Braunstein
Nanette Brodie
Kenia Casarreal-Adajian
Barbara Bixby Blackwell
Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association
Helen Borgers
Robert Cano
Carla’s Movie Restaurant
Elizabeth & Charles Brooks
Craig Cree Stone
Judy Chan
Denise Clayton-Leonard
Jennifer Cameron
Martha Cheadle
Sophiline Cheam-Shapiro
Jean Clad
Patricia Clark
Blair Cohn
Barry Cogert
Bobbie Cusato
Eric Cyrs
Lucy Daggett
Victoria Damrel
Shashin Desai
Maestro Enrique Arturo Diemecke
Helen Dolas
Andrew Dupas II
Steve Elicker
Cynthia Evans
JoAnn Faletta
Gussie Flanagan
Danny Flores
Rand Foster
Dana Fox
Trace Fukuhara
Gigi Fusco-Meese
Anthony Gagliardi
Cynthia Galles
Manazar Gamboa
Paul Garman
Constance Glenn
Shirle Gottlieb
Heather Green
Lore Grove
Frances Grover
Josephine Gumbiner
Robert Gumbiner
Eric Hamme
Elizabeth & John Hancock
Dr. Ronald and Sylvia Hartman
Justin Hectus
Barbara Hendrick
Elaine Herman
Wade Hobgood
Paul Hogue
Nini Horn
Marilyn Horne
Jan B. Hower
Yoshino Jasso
Ilee Kaplan
Don Knabe
Laura Killingsworth
Mary Ellen Kilsby
Terra Taylor Knudsen
Keo Koth
Victor Ladd
Art Levine
Jerome Loeb
Long Beach Transit
Long Beach Unified School District
Sandy Lucas
Gregorio Luke
MADE in Long Beach
John Malveaux
Daniel Martinez
Margie & Jon Masterson
Walton McNulty
Michael Milenski
Earl B. & Loraine H. Miller Foundation
Andreas Mitisek
Randy & Mary Jo Mizer
Patrick Mohr
James R. Morris
Art Mortimer
Priscilla Munson
George Murchison
Harold Nelson
Mary Newkirk
Bob Phibbs
Pia Pizzo
Yinn Ponn
Port of Long Beach
Moins & Mosha Rastgar
Barbara Rathbun
Redevelopment Agency of Long Beach
Ken & Dottie Reiner
Sandra Rice
Carol Richards
Frani & Daniel Ridder
Sue Ann Robinson
Maria Rubino
Antonio Pedro Ruiz
Chum Sambath
Joan Schlaich
Pamela Seager
Pauline Sinow
Jean Bixby Smith
Beth Spencer
Dixie Swift
Leland Vail
Bill Viola
Susan Weir
Sara Wenkle-Kaplan
Undine Wildman
David Wilson
Keith Williams
Sander Roscoe Wolff
Jerry Wulk
Mark Zahn