Mayors’ Awards – Nominations now due March 4, 2013

Alaska’s Interior mayors and the Fairbanks Arts Association are soliciting nominations for the Mayors’ Awards for the Arts. All nominations must be postmarked, hand-delivered to the FAA office, or emailed to the address in the nomination form no later than March 4, 2013 by 6pm.
Awards are open to all individuals or groups, residing in the interior of Alaska who have made significant contributions to contemporary and/or traditional arts within Alaska’s Interior. A person who receives an award is not eligible to receive the same award within the next four years; they may be nominated for a different category within that time frame. Fairbanks Arts Association staff are not eligible to be nominated or nominate awardees.

Categories of Awards:

  • Arts and Leadership Award: recognizes individuals or organizations that have contributed to the promotion of the arts in the Interior.
  • Volunteer Award: recognizes individuals or organizations, whose support of the arts through volunteer service, has made a significant impact on the arts in the Interior.
  • Arts Advocacy Award: recognizes individuals or organizations who champion the arts with advocacy that supports the development of arts programming within the Interior.
  • Youth Arts Award: recognizes individuals (regardless of age) or organizations whose efforts advance arts among young people.
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: recognizes a lifetime of endeavors in the field of arts.

Please follow this link for the Mayor’s Awards nomination form: Nomination Form 2013