Submit Nomination

To submit a nomination form for the 2017 Governor's Arts Awards, you may fill out the online form below, or you may print a form and send it via mail. Once you submit the form online, you will receive an e-mail confirmation when we have received your online nomination. Deadline to submit nominations is 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 5, 2016. If you mail your nomination form, please send it to:

Arkansas Arts Council
1100 North Street
Little Rock, AR 72201

2017 Governor's Arts Awards nomination form

Is your Nominee Eligible?

Nominees must be current Arkansas residents or Arkansas-based corporations.
Current Arkansas Arts Council members, staff of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, or their immediate families, and selection committee members are not eligible to nominate or be nominated. Posthumous nominations will not be accepted. Past recipients are not eligible in the category for which they have received a previous Governor’s Arts Award.

For more information on the Governor's Arts Awards program, contact Cheri Leffew.

2017 Nomination Form

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Please select one of the following

ARTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AWARD:

A civic leader who has taken a leadership role in creating an environment for artists and the arts to flourish in his/her local community. This includes, but is not limited to, elected public officials, local citizen volunteers and volunteer arts administrators.

ARTS IN EDUCATION AWARD:

An individual or organization that has made an outstanding contribution in integrating the arts into the educational curriculum.

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARTS AWARD:

An Arkansas for-profit business that has made a significant contribution in support of the arts in this state. This does not include stand-alone foundations, foundations associated with for-profit businesses or 501(c)(3) nonprofits.

FOLKLIFE AWARD:

An Arkansan who has made outstanding contributions in the performance or creation of traditional arts and/or folkways in Arkansas and has contributed to the perpetuation of these traditions.

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST AWARD:

An artist active in the field of architecture, contemporary crafts, design, film, literature, performing arts or visual arts who has made significant contributions to his/her art form.

PATRON AWARD:

An individual or family who has made significant philanthropic contributions to the development of the arts.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

An artist or group whose contributions to the arts over a lifetime have fostered significant recognition, or an art patron whose lifetime of dedication to the development and support of the arts will sustain the arts beyond his/her lifetime.

Nominee

Nominee *

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Web Address

Nominee’s Occupation:

If nominee is an organization, Contact Person/Title

Nominator

Nominator *

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Office Phone

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Title and Organization

How long have you known the nominee? (Number of years)

Written Statement

Attach a typed statement which substantiates the significance of the nominee’s contributions to the arts. The nomination should reflect activity beyond normal expectations or responsibilities if the nominee is an arts organization, an employee of an arts organization or an educator.

The statement should not exceed two double-spaced pages on 8 1/2” x 11” paper, and should address:

The significance of the contributions and achievements of the nominee, as related to the arts.
The range of individuals and groups served by the nominee’s contributions.
The length of time and the degree of the nominee’s dedication to the arts.

Attach File (250Mb Limit *) *Make sure the file name does not have any spaces, periods, commas, parenthesis, colons, semi-colons, or apostrophes (.,'";:). If the file name has any illegal characters the form will not work.*

Supplemental Materials

Supplemental materials are optional, but strongly encouraged.

Up to three one-sided pages of material will be accepted.
Supplemental material may include support letters, news clippings or magazine articles. News clippings, etc., should be photocopied on 8 1/2” x 11” paper
Please do not submit CDs, DVDs, books, display materials, scrapbooks, etc. They will not be considered in judging the nomination.

Agreement

I understand that the selection committee may consider nominees in categories other than the ones in which they are nominated.

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Arkansas Arts Council

Arkansas Historic Preservation Program

Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission

Arkansas State Archives

Delta Cultural Center

Department of Arkansas Heritage

Historic Arkansas Museum

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Old Statehouse Museum