Governor Kenny C. Guinn, the Nevada Arts Counciland the City of Las Vegas welcome you to the 26th

Annual Governor’s Arts Awards. Inaugurated in1979 as the Decade Awards, the Governor's Arts

Awards became an annual event the following year.Through this program, the Nevada Arts Council and

the Office of the Governor recognize outstandingand enduring contributions to Nevada through

artistic achievement and service to the arts.

March 15, 2006

Greetings:

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 26th Annual Governor's Arts Awards and to the

Charleston Heights Arts Center. Nevada is home to an impressive array of cultural resources

worthy of honor and recognition. Celebrating outstanding achievements in the arts — by artists and

arts organizations, by corporate and individual patrons and by dedicated volunteers — is one of the

greatest privileges of my office.

Tonight we honor a group of individuals whose boundless creativity, dedication and energy have

provided immeasurable contributions to our cultural landscape, our children's education, our

economic diversification efforts and the overall quality of life for Nevadans throughout the state.

Though we can’t join you in Las Vegas tonight, Dema and I offer our best wishes for a wonderful

evening, and sincere congratulations to this year's remarkable award recipients — Dolora Zajick, Bill

Maloy, Carol Franc Buck, Nancy Deaner, Christine Fey, Dr. Richard L. McGee and Dr. Joan McGee.

Thank you all for your extraordinary and valuable commitment to your work and to Nevada.

Sincerely,

Kenny C. Guinn

Governor

Governor Kenny C. Guinn

Video Presentations produced by Gwen Clancy, with assistance from Susan Boskoff

Table Decorations have been created by young artists of the Clark County School District and may be taken home byGovernor’s Arts Awards guests at the end of the evening.

Presented by the Nevada Arts Council, the Office of the Governor, the City of Las Vegas,and co-sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas

Performance The West Las Vegas Drum Ensemblewith special guest Dele Adefemi, drummer and flutist

Welcome Tim Jones, Chair, Nevada Arts Council Board

Scott K. Sisco, Interim Director, Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs

Awards Presentation George Chanos, Attorney General, State of Nevada

Dolora Zajick, Excellence in the Arts

Bill Maloy, Excellence in Folk Arts

Dr. Joan McGee and Dr. Richard L. McGee, Arts and Education

Nancy Deaner, Service to the Arts: Organizations and Individuals

Christine Fey, Service to the Arts: Organizations and Individuals

Carol Franc Buck, Service to the Arts: Businesses and Patrons

Performance The West Las Vegas Performance EnsembleTHE FUTURE, choreography by Stephen Reynolds

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Dolora ZajickReno

Excellence in the Arts

Dolora Zajick is acclaimed internationally as one of the world’s reigning dramatic mezzo-soprano voices – aranking she has held since first appearing on the international opera stage in the mid-1980s – andrecognized for her work in Verdi’s signature roles for mezzo-sopranos, including Azucena in Travatore and

Amneris in Aida. She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Chicago’s Lyric Opera, the SanFrancisco Opera, Italy’s La Scala, London’s Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera and Reno’s Nevada Opera, toname but a few.Yet she has not forgotten her roots in Nevada, the state she still calls home.

Born in Salem, OR and raised in Nevada after the age of 9, Zajick was an intelligent and extremely curious child.She read voraciously as a young girl, discovering herself consumed by Mark Twain’s novel Tom Sawyer at the age of10. She began her vocal training in earnest studying music with Dr.Ted Puffer in the late 1970s at the University ofNevada, Reno.While singing in the Nevada Opera, first in the chorus and then in leading roles, she completed herBachelor’s and Master’s degrees at UNR in 1976 and 1978, respectively. Zajick continued her music education at theManhattan School of Music under the careful guidance of her voice instructor, the former Metropolitan Operacomprimario Helen Vanni.

In 1982, Zajick was awarded the bronze medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition, and in 1983, she was enrolled in theSan Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola program.Three years after completing the Merola program, Zajick hademerged with a reputation as a promising singer of Verdi's difficult mezzo-soprano roles.

Most recently, Zajick performed in the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy at the MetropolitanOpera.Well-respected and admired for her willingness to aid younger singers in finding proper training for theirdeveloping voices, in December 2005, Zajick received one of four of the Metropolitan Opera Guild’s new OperaNews Awards. Intended to honor distinguished contributions from leading opera figures, this award recognizedZajick’s remarkable commitment not only to her own personal growth, but to her artform and its next generation.

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Bill MaloyCarson City

Excellence in Folk Arts

Working in the time-honored traditions of leather tooling and stamping and silver engraving for morethan half a century, Bill Maloy has quietly garnered national and international attention for his exquisitehandmade saddles. He was honored in 1997 with awards from Canada’s Cowboy Festival and Elko’s

Western Folklife Center. In 2002, the Academy of Western Artists recognized Maloy with the Will Rogers CowboyAward for saddle maker of the year, and in 2004, he was inducted into the prestigious Traditional Cowboy ArtsAssociation at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. For more than 20 years,Maloy was also commissioned to create the championship saddle for the all-around winner at the CaliforniaRodeo in Salinas, and has hand-built numerous saddles for other cowboy contests around the country. His saddlesare prized and collected but also used by cowboys, celebrities and aficionados of western gear alike.

Born in Visalia, CA in 1936, Maloy got his start in saddle making working at his parents’ pack station. He majoredin art at the College of Sequoias and Fresno State University. After receiving his degree, Maloy apprenticed tosaddle maker Bill Rogers and learned decorative leather stamping and tooling techniques from Stanley Diaz.Both mentors had worked for the Visalia Stock Saddle Company, noted for its California-style tack and horse gear representative of the regional buckaroo culture that had evolved from the vaquero tack styles of Mission-and Rancho-era California.This places Maloy’s work squarely in a tradition of elegant and ornately decoratedsaddles not found in more utilitarian tack styles prevalent in other ranching regions. Intricately carved andstamped leather, decorations of floral motifs and engraved silver ornamentation are the most distinctive featuresof this tradition.

Maloy and his wife Mary relocated to Reno in 1959, where he opened his own shop and store in downtownReno. Now a resident of Carson City, Maloy no longer takes custom saddle orders. However, he sees his currentassociation with the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association as an opportunity to present his traditional folk artsknowledge to a wider audience, and to pass on to the next generation of saddle makers the skills he has acquiredover the course of his 50-year career.

E x c e l l e n c e i n Fo l k A r t s

Dr. Joan McGee &Dr. Richard L. McGee

Las VegasArts and Education

For more than two decades, Drs. Joan and Richard McGee have made significant contributions to the state ofmusic education in Nevada – their remarkable work together is a hallmark of their success. Relocating to LasVegas from Colorado, the McGees began their careers as freelance musicians and private music teachers, but

their passion led them increasingly into more public educational environments.

Today, Dr. Joan McGee not only serves as the Chief Campus Administrator of the Henderson Campus of theCommunity College of Southern Nevada (CCSN), but is also an award-winning teacher and talented oboist. Dr.Richard McGee is Chair of the Performing Arts Department at the Cheyenne Campus of CCSN and AssociateConductor of the Las Vegas Philharmonic, as well as a professional trombonist.

In 2003, Joan was appointed to her present position at the Henderson Campus and received the Nevada Board ofRegents Outstanding Teaching Award. She initiated a performing arts series that features student and professionalgroups and is now working towards the development of a campus Performing Arts Center. Previously Joan servedas the house manager, and then director, of the Cheyenne Campus Performing Arts Center. She performs with theLas Vegas Philharmonic as second oboist.

Richard has served as Director of Orchestras and Bands at CCSN since 1989, developing instructional ensemblesthat perform regularly. In 1995, he was awarded the Nevada Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award and hasjust recently been promoted to Chair of the Performing Arts at CCSN. Dick has served as the AssociateConductor and Educational Coordinator of the Las Vegas Philharmonic since its inception, and as Founding MusicDirector of the Nevada Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Together, they have collaborated on a number of important music education projects. In 1988, the McGeesvideotaped 24 lectures as part of a Music Appreciation course they organized for CCSN’s Long Distance EducationProgram.The course has grown from serving 25 students in one section, to serving more than 400 students in 17sections.The McGees also co-authored a music appreciation textbook in 2003, Music to Your Ears, writtenspecifically for community college students.

The energy, passion and enthusiasm that the McGees exhibit is infectious, and their hard work on behalf of the artshas had a tremendous impact on audiences of all Nevada.

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Nancy DeanerLas Vegas

Service to the Arts:Organizations and Individuals

In 1991, when Nancy Deaner began working for the City of Las Vegas as a visual arts specialist, the city’scommitment to the arts was just emerging.While managing two art galleries, she worked on public artprogramming with the Las Vegas Arts Commission, a body that had been founded in 1987. With Deaner’s

guidance and leadership, the Commission soon put forth a strong mission and vision for the arts in Las Vegas.Deaner was promoted to assistant manager of the Cultural and Community Affairs Division three years later. Sheimmediately promoted arts initiatives in the redevelopment district that became the foundation for theresurgence of downtown Las Vegas. One such project is First Friday, an arts block party founded in 2002 and heldthe first Friday of every month in the Charleston, Main Street and Commerce districts. Considered one of thepremier arts events in Las Vegas, First Friday now attracts thousands of visitors a month.

Deaner has also served as founding member of the Neon Museum, an organization committed to collecting,preserving and exhibiting decommissioned neon signs, and educating the public about Las Vegas’ past and itsimportance as a center for design in neon and popular culture. Having started as a City of Las Vegas project, theNeon Museum is now an independent nonprofit organization, which has resulted in the development of a park,display area and cultural center at the Neon Boneyard. Deaner was also instrumental in researching, advocatingfor and drafting the city’s Percent for the Arts ordinance to support the Arts Commission’s Public Art Program.

Since her promotion to Manager of the Cultural Affairs Division in 2001, Deaner continues to sculpt a vision ofurban restoration and vibrant cultural life in the city. She has overseen the transfer of the historic 1931 PostOffice in downtown Las Vegas from the General Services Administration to the city, with the understanding thatthe historic building be re-commissioned as a cultural facility.Tentatively called The POST Modern, under Deaner’sguidance the project has received a generous grant from the national Save America’s Treasures fund for thebuilding’s use and preservation.

An artist in her own right, Deaner holds a BFA and MFA from UNLV, and uses her educational and professionalbackgrounds to promote the role of the arts in the fabric of Las Vegas’ increasingly vibrant cultural profile.

S e r v i c e t o t h e A r t s :O r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d I n d i v i d u a l s

Christine FeyReno

Service to the Arts:Organizations and Individuals

Christine Fey has actively advocated for art and artists as well as historic preservation in the TruckeeMeadows for more than 16 years. In so doing, she has earned the respect and admiration of colleagues in local and state governments, in both the cultural and business sectors and the community at large, and

has garnered a reputation for her grace, professionalism, leadership and humor. During her tenure with the City ofReno, Fey has been instrumental in advocating for strong arts and cultural programming and navigating artsinitiatives that include the Reno Arts & Culture Commission, a Cultural Master Plan, a new Public Art Plan and Artown.

Having earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1988, Feypursued a Master’s degree in Land Use Planning, graduating from UNR in 1991 with a specialization in HistoricPreservation.While completing her undergraduate studies, she worked as assistant to the curator at the UNRAnthropology Museum, and then as the fiscal officer for the Nevada Humanities Committee before interning at theNevada State Historic Preservation Office and the City of Reno Department of Planning and CommunityDevelopment. In 1989, Fey became an assistant planner with the city, guiding its planning efforts. Simultaneously sheprovided staff support to the C.I.T.Y. 2000 Reno Arts Commission (later the Reno Arts & Culture Commission), theHistorical Resources Commission and the Planning Commission. In more recent years, Christine served the City ofReno as a senior planner and historic preservation officer.

Now, in her position as the Arts and Culture Manager for the City of Reno, Fey can commit her work hours fullyto growing the arts in her community. Her accomplishments include managing an expanding grants program,developing the public art component of the downtown Reno RETRAC project, art installations for the downtownEvents Center and securing significant artwork for the City of Reno’s art collection displayed in the new City Hall.As one of Fey’s nominators wrote, "Public Art is vital to a progressive, forward-thinking community, and is truly aquality of life issue.To my mind, there is no single individual who has had a greater impact on, or raised theawareness of the visual arts in Northern Nevada more than Christine Fey." Fey’s steady nurturing and advocacy ofthe arts has been a key element in Reno’s emergence as a more vital, economically diverse and healthy city.

S e r v i c e t o t h e A r t s :O r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d I n d i v i d u a l s

Carol Franc BuckCrystal Bay

Service to the Arts:Businesses and Patrons

Carol Franc Buck has generously supported the arts for more than 26 years as a benefactor and a patron,and claims her love of opera as the impetus for a commitment to the arts that reaches across Nevadaand beyond its borders.With a mission to support the visual and performing arts in the western region of

the country, the Carol Franc Buck Foundation was created in 1979, providing major underwriting and productiongrants to the opera companies of San Francisco, Houston, Portland and Central City, CO. Most importantly, theBuck Foundation has assisted many of Nevada’s major cultural institutions, including the Nevada Opera, theNevada Museum of Art, KUNR-FM, the Sierra Nevada Chorale, the Nevada Ballet Theatre and the RenoPhilharmonic.

Buck’s relationship with Nevada Opera dates to 1980, and has enabled the company to produce some of themost significant operas ever written, while encouraging the production of new, unusual and challenging works.Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (1982),Verdi’s Otello (1984), Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men (1980), and the AmericanPremiere of Tchaikovsky’s Joan of Arc (1988) are just a few.

Buck’s contributions to the Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) and KUNR-FM public radio are no less significant. Shecontinues to support The Altered Landscape Collection — nearly 600 pieces of contemporary landscapephotography, including large bodies of work by Robert Adams, Mark Klett and Peter Goin — that has broughtabout national recognition for NMA and Reno.The Foundation has also underwritten KUNR’s broadcasts ofMetropolitan Opera Live and National Public Radio’s World of Opera, and has made possible the purchase of audioequipment and technology necessary for live opera broadcasts.

She is the youngest child of Frank and Eva Buck, a well-known agricultural, entrepreneurial and political family inCalifornia history, and from whom she learned the values associated with contributing to and working in one’scommunity. Born in San Francisco, Buck grew up in and around Vacaville at a time when it was a small, ruralranching area. Buck attended Stanford University, graduating cum laude with a degree in history. Since itsinception, she has served as the President of the Carol Franc Buck Foundation, is an original director of the Frankand Eva Buck Foundation, and has served as a Director of the Buck Center on Aging in Marin County, CA and asa Board Member of the San Francisco Opera since 1981.

A passionate yet quiet philanthropist, Buck rarely seeks out public recognition or reward. Instead, she places valueon the arts that flourish from her unwavering commitment. "The support that we have been able to give hasabsolutely enriched my life."

S e r v i c e t o t h e A r t s :B u s i n e s s e s a n d P a t ro n s

T h e A r t i s t s

Through a competitive review process in the fall of 2005, the Governor’s Arts AwardsCommittee selected and commissioned Tuscarora ceramist Elaine Parks to create theartwork presented to this evening’s award recipients. A Nevada Arts Council Visual ArtsFellowship recipient in 2004, Parks describes her ceramic pieces, "This organic form isderived from my abstract idea of landscape and texture. I am trying a create a natural thing,not a copy of nature, but one that resembles nature in its processes." Born and raised inLos Angeles, Parks earned an MFA degree at the California State University, Los Angeles.Moving from a town of 14 million to 14, she has lived in Tuscarora since 2000. In addition toteaching ceramics and art history at the Great Basin College in Elko, Parks has exhibitedher work in the western United States and abroad in Germany and China.

Adelaide Robbins’ career began early at the renowned High School of Music and Art inHarlem, which she followed with studies at the Eastman School of Music and then at the

Manhattan School of Music, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees inmusic.While playing solo piano and accompanying various singers on the East Coast,

Robbins was invited to join the Buddy Rich Band at its peak of success.Traveling throughoutthe country on the band bus she heard tales about Las Vegas and eventually made her move.

Her work in Las Vegas has been expansive and includes everything from playing piano in SyZentner’s orchestra for the Follies Bergère and accompanying R & B singers Doris Troy and

Joe Williams, to singing backup for Patti Page and Bobbie Gentry. Robbins continues her longassociation with Zion Cathedral Gospel Church, performing in a funk band that plays

traditional music and contemporary secular music with spiritual lyrics. For the 26th AnnualGovernor’s Arts Awards, Robbins is joined by pianist Bill Christ and Santo Savino on drums.

Elaine Parks

Adelaide Robbins Trio

The West Las Vegas Drum Ensemble was created to provide students with an opportunity to discoverthe essence of teamwork, responsibility and accountability, with a strong focus on community service.Arthur Moore, master drummer and artist-in-residence from the Katherine Dunham Museum Children’sWorkshop Dance Company, and Hasani Palacio of Olabisi Dance Theater, pioneered the first AfricanDrum classes for the West Las Vegas Arts Center. Of the many young people attending classes at theWest Las Vegas Arts Center, a small group was selected for this evening’s presentation.The Ensembleperforms tonight with flutist and drummer Dele Adefemi, director of African Arts Production.

The West Las Vegas Arts Center is the home of the West Las Vegas Performance Ensemble, which consists of30 – 35 developing artists who are alumni of the Performance & Visual Arts Camp for Kids.These talented

young artists are between the ages of 10 to 18 years of age and commit themselves to "Excellence withoutExcuse." This program is designed to develop an appreciation of dance, theater, arts and music as powerfulart forms.The Ensemble’s goal is to provide positive opportunities for learning in and through the arts, to

nurture and develop leadership capabilities, and to provide access to quality training and performanceexperience The artists are offered training, leadership models and community service opportunities that

extend the artistic and academic potential, and social development of each participant. Ensemble membersserve as West Las Vegas Arts Center Youth Ambassadors throughout the year.

Choreographer of this evening’s piece, THE FUTURE, is Stephen Reynolds, an alumnus of the Alvin Alley DanceEnsemble and presently an instructor at the West Las Vegas Arts Center.

the West Las Vegas Drum Ensemble

The West Las Vegas Performance Ensemble

T h e A r t i s t s

Independent filmmaker Gwendolyn Clancy was drawn from her native New England by a deep curiosity todiscover the truth within the mythical American West. For 25 years her videos and film have told the stories ofthose who live and work in the Great Basin, and include A Cowhand’s Song: Crisis on the Range, Lige: Portrait of aRawhide Worker, and The Man They Call Will James, which was narrated by actor Richard Farnsworth. Her innatetalent at tapping into people's lives has resulted in grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, NevadaArts Council, Nevada Humanities and the Gund Foundation. She has won top honors at the American FilmFestival, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and UCLA Film and Folklore Festival, to name a few.

For the past seven years, first as the public information officer for the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairsand now as an independent contractor, she has hosted and produced a monthly documentary series, ExploringNevada, which is broadcast throughout Nevada and parts of California. Clancy earned a B.A. in French fromWellesley College in Massachusetts and an M.A. in Communications from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Gwen Clancy

P a s t R e c i p i e n t s o f t h eG o ve r n o r ' s A r t s Aw a rd s Decade Awards—1979Ennio BologniniAlleta GrayArt Ham Jr.Robert LaxaltTed PufferRoy PurcellEugina RobertsCraig SheppardMerle Snider––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1st Annual –1980Elizabeth Block - Member,Arts ServiceJohn & Susan Karrasch - Individual ArtistsFrancis Warden - Member, Presenting––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––2nd Annual - 1981Lucille Bruner - Arts EducationHelene Fullmer - VolunteerJody Johnston - Arts AdministrationSteve Morris - Business SupportDeeAnn Ridings - Arts AdministrationVassili Sulich - Dance––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––3rd Annual - 1982Jerry Crawford - Arts EducationRon Daniels – MusicJohn Flanigan - Business SupportTom Holder - Visual ArtsEd Parsons - Arts AdministrationKirk Robertson - LiteratureJoan Snyder - Theatre

4th Annual – 1983 Virko Baley - MusicJoanne deLongchamps - LiteratureRobert Dunkerly – TheatreBarbara Fox – DanceGerda Hemenway - Arts EducationWalter McNamara - Visual ArtsCarol Mousel - Arts AdministrationLeon Nightingale - Business SupportMaury Soss - VolunteerRolling Thunder - Folk Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––5th Annual – 1984Yvonne Franchi - DanceKenneth Hanlon - Arts EducationVahe Kochayan - MusicBrian Strom Kral - LiteratureMartha Peterson - Arts AdministrationEllis Pryce-Jones - TheatreCliff Segerblom - Visual ArtsVera & Sid Stern - Business SupportWarburton Family - Folk ArtsThomas R.C.Wilson II - Volunteer––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––6th Annual – 1985Margaret Banks – DanceWilliam Beeson – TheatreSarah Campsey - Folk ArtsBetty Clark - VolunteerSusan Duer - MusicStephen Liu - LiteratureBarbara Long - Business SupportWilliam Lowman - Arts Administration

Lamar Marchese - VolunteerRobert Morrison - Visual ArtsHoward Rosenberg - Arts EducationCharles Vanda - Distinguished Service––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––7th Annual – 1986Rita Deanin Abbey - Visual ArtsJim Bernardi - TheatreKatie Frazer - Folk ArtsWilliam Laub, Sr./Southwest Gas Corp -BusinessZel Lowman - VolunteerNeldon Mathews - Arts EducationWaddie Mitchell - LiteratureSharon Payne - Arts AdministrationLaura Spitzer - MusicLuisa Triana - Dance––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––8th Annual - 1987Walter Blanton - Excellence in the ArtsMarjorie Barrick - Distinguished Service Patrick Gaffey - Service to the ArtsFrances Harvey - Service to the ArtsRollan & Marilyn Melton - Service to the ArtsDouglas Peterson - Excellence in the ArtsEd Semenza - Service to the ArtsBernardo Yanci - Excellence in the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––9th Annual – 1988Louise Curran - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsMinnie Green Dick - Excellence in the Arts

First Interstate Bank - Service to the Arts: Businesses andPatronsNancy C.Houssels - Distinguished Service to the ArtsYoshi Ishikawa - Excellence in the ArtsAlice Isenberg - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsMichael McCollum - Excellence in theArtsLee Sido - Excellence in the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––10th Annual - 1989Thelma Calhoun - Distinguished Service to the ArtsCentel - Service to the ArtsSue R. Clark - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsFrank Gagliardi - Excellence in the ArtsCharles W. Hunsberger - Service to theArtsKNPR-FM Public Radio - Service to the ArtsE. L.Wiegand Foundation - Service to the Arts: Businesses andPatronsTom C.Wright - Service to the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––11th Annual - 1990Patricia Marchese - Service to the Arts:Individuals and Organizations James McCormick - Excellence in the ArtsDennis Parks - Excellence in the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

P a s t R e c i p i e n t s o f t h eG o ve r n o r ' s A r t s Aw a rd s 12th Annual – 1991American Nevada Corporation -Service to the Arts: Businesses and

PatronsJohn Lenz - Excellence in the ArtsEdda K. Morrison - Distinguished Service to the ArtsJoanne Nivison - Service to the Arts:Individuals and Organizations––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––13th Annual –1992 Caesars Palace - Distinguished Service to the Arts Marcia Growdon - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsCarol Kimball - Excellence in the Arts John Smith - Service to the Arts:Individuals and Organizations––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––14th Annual - 1993 Maureen Barrett - Distinguished Service to the ArtsKathie Bartlett - Service to the Arts:Individuals and Organizations Eddie Brooks - Excellence in the ArtsSierra Wind Quintet - Excellence in the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––15th Annual – 1994Norman Cain - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsClarice Giselle - Excellence in the ArtsJohn Irsfeld - Excellence in the ArtsSUMMA Corporation - Distinguished Service to the Arts

16th Annual – 1995E. L Cord Foundation - Service to the Arts: Businesses andPatronsBernice A. Fischer - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsShaun T. Griffin - Excellence in the ArtsTheresa Jackson & JoAnn Martinez - Excellence in Folk ArtsAngie Wallin - Distinguished Service to the Arts ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

17th Annual –1996Debbie Arrighi - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsRobert Beckmann - Excellence in the ArtsAdam Fortunate Eagle - Excellence in Folk ArtsMoya Olsen Lear - Service to the Arts:Businesses and PatronsGeorge Rosenberg - Distinguished Service to the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––18th Annual – 1997Jose Bellver - Excellence in the ArtsJoan Dyer - Distinguished Service to the ArtsDedee Nave - Distinguished Service to the ArtsLilly V. Sanchez - Excellence in Folk ArtsRobert & Gwynneth Weiss - Service to the Arts: Businesses andPatronsYouth Camerata Orchestra - Service tothe Arts: Individuals and Organizations

19th Annual – 1998 Bill Abrams - Distinguished Service to the Arts(posthumous)Rebecca Eagle Lambert - Excellence in Folk ArtsErik Lauritzen - Arts and EducationEdw. Martinez - Excellence in the ArtsVicki A. Richardson - Distinguished Service to the ArtsAnnabelle Shelly - Service to the Arts:Individuals and Organizations––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Millennium Awards – 1999 & 2000 Bob Blesse - Distinguished Service to the ArtsEmma Bobb - Excellence in Folk ArtsSara Bogard - Arts and EducationSenator Richard Bryan - Nevada Arts &Humanities Award for Public Service(presented by the Nevada Arts Counciland Nevada Humanities)Rodolfo Fernandez - Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsPeter Goin - Excellence in the ArtsRobin Greenspun - Distinguished Service to the ArtsMary Ellen Horan - Distinguished Service to the ArtsNevada Bell - Service to the Arts:Businesses and PatronsSenator Harry Reid - Nevada Arts &Humanities Award for Public Service(presented by the Nevada Arts Council and Nevada Humanities)Kathy Huff Sederquist - Arts andEducation

Gary Short - Excellence in the ArtsWestern Folklife Center - Service to theArts: Individuals and OrganizationsWilliam Snyder, FAIA - Distinguished Service to the ArtsZoria Zetaruk - Excellence in Folk Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––21st Annual - 2001Artown – Distinguished Service to the ArtsBill & Harriet Barkley - Service to theArts: Businesses and PatronsBill Cowee - Excellence in the ArtsDr. Joe Crowley - Nevada Arts &Humanities Award for Public Service(presented by the Nevada Arts Counciland Nevada Humanities)Elko Basque Club - Excellence in FolkArtsDave Hickey - Arts and Education Antonia Lowden - Service to the Arts:Individuals and Organizations Nevada Museum of Art - Distinguished Service to the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––22nd Annual – 2002 Bruno & Edna B. Benna – Distinguished Service to the ArtsLouis Castle – Distinguished Service to the ArtsDanny Greenspun - Nevada Arts &Humanities Award for Public Service(presented by the Nevada Arts Counciland Nevada Humanities)Joan Lolmaugh – Service to the Arts:Individuals and OrganizationsGus Mancuso – Excellence in the Arts

Linda Murphy – Arts and EducationAl Tietjen – Excellence in Folk ArtsWells Fargo Bank of Nevada – Service to the Arts: Businesses andPatrons––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––23st Annual –2003 Sue Coleman - Excellence in Folk ArtsLas Vegas Academy of InternationalStudies, Performing and Visual Arts -Artsand Education Dr. N. Edd Miller - Distinguished Servicein the Arts/Nevada Arts & HumanitiesAward for Public Service (presented bythe Nevada Arts Council and the NevadaHumanities Committee)Sierra Arts - Service to the Arts:Organizations and Individuals

Turkey & Peter Stremmel - Service to theArts: Businesses and PatronsLarry Williamson -Excellence in the Arts––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––24th Annual – 2004Meg Glaser - Service to the Arts:Individuals and Organizations John Klai, Jr. - Service to the Arts:Businesses and PatronsVirginia McCuin - Excellence in Folk ArtsSenator Ray Rawson - Nevada Arts &Humanities Award for Public Service (presented by the Nevada Arts Counciland Nevada Humanities)Philip Ruder - Excellence in the ArtsSylvia Tegano - Arts and Education Senator Dina Titus - Nevada Arts &

Humanities Award for Public Service(presented by the Nevada Arts Counciland Nevada Humanities)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––25th Annual – 2005Emma Sepulveda-Pulverenti -Excellence in the ArtsElizabeth Brady - Excellence in Folk ArtsPaul Ford - Arts & EducationChurchill Arts Council - Service to theArts: Organizations and IndividualsJohn "Jack" Fegely – Service to the Arts: Businesses andPatrons (posthumous award)––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

P a s t R e c i p i e n t s o f t h eG o ve r n o r ' s A r t s Aw a rd s

Kristen Avansino

H. Lee Barnes

David C. Bugli

Sylvester Collier

Community College of Southern Nevada Performing Arts Center

Contemporary Arts Collective

Richard Elloyan

Vinton Hawley

Patricia Holub

Ellen Hopkins

Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival

Las Vegas Philharmonic

Walter Mason

Matties Bar & Grill

John Mincer

Jim Nichols

Gailmarie Pahmeier

Mimi Patrick

Donald Reynolds Foundation

Kelly Roth

Kim Russell

Rieko Shimbo

Sprint

Super Summer Theatre

Bruce Steivel

Anthony Tom

Mike Williams

Dr. James Winn

26th Annual Governor's Arts Awards NomineesIn addition to this year's award recipients, the following were nominated by colleagues, friends and family members to be considered for 26thAnnual Governor's Awards.We thank them for their ongoing commitment to the arts and culture in Nevada.

N ev a d a A r t s C o u n c i lA division of the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs, the Nevada Arts Council was established as a state agency in 1967.Withoffices in Carson City and Las Vegas, the Arts Council mission is “to enrich the cultural life of the state through leadership thatpreserves, supports, strengthens and makes accessible excellence in the arts for all Nevadans.” Nevada Arts Council programsserve as catalysts to stimulate artistic and cultural activity, to provide education to both the general population and our leaderson the role of the arts in American life and to encourage public and private support for the arts.The Nevada Arts Council issupported by funds designated by the Nevada State Legislature, grants for the National Endowment for the Arts and from otherprivate sources.

Board Tim Jones, Chair, Reno; Firouzeh Forouzmond, Las Vegas; Shaun T. Griffin,Virginia City; Carol Johnson, Reno; Monique Laxalt, Reno;Joan Lolmaugh, Henderson; Marcia Robinson, North Las Vegas, Candy Schneider, Las Vegas;William E. Snyder, FAIA, Henderson

StaffSusan Boskoff, Executive Director; Lisa Boldman,Administrative Assistant II; Linda Ficklin,Administrative Services Officer I;WendiGephart, Grants Program Coordinator; Robin A. Hodgkin, Community Arts Development Program Coordinator; Jeanne HarrahJohnson, Folklife Program Coordinator; Gary Margolis,Arts in Education Program Coordinator; Fran Morrow,Artist ServicesProgram Coordinator; Patrice Snead, Community Arts Development Associate - Las Vegas; vacant, Folklife Associate - Las Vegas

For more information, contact us at:

Nevada Arts Council716 North Carson Street, Suite ACarson City, NV 8901775.687.6680, 775.687.6688 Fax1.800.992.0900x6680 (toll-free)

Southern Nevada Office Temporarily located at:Nevada State Museum and Historical SocietyLorenzi Park700 Twin Lakes DriveLas Vegas, Nevada 89107702.486.3700

www.NevadaCulture.org

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A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t sEllen AlvordArizona Charlie's DecaturJill BerrymanGwen ClancyCity of Las Vegas Recreation and Leisure ServicesClark County Parks and RecreationMary Works Covington Dele - African Arts ProductionsShaun T. GriffinBernice A. FischerFirouzeh FourouzmandElizabeth HerridgeSteven HighM. Jewel JeppeJeanne Harrah JohnsonTim JonesJohn KlaiLinda LeosJoan LolmaughWalter MasonTeresa Moiola

Arthur MooreNatalia OrtizNevada Alliance for Arts EducationNevada Arts AdvocatesNevada Citizens for the ArtsNevada Opera CompanyHasani PalacioPerforming and Visual Arts Camp for KidsRoger Pikrone Pioneer Center for the Performing ArtsSandy RickardsMarcia RobinsonWilliam RussellBeverly SapersteinCandy and Mike SchneiderSheehan Van Woert Bigotti ArchitectureWilliam SnyderStacey SpainMary StrainThe Law Firm of Dunlap and Laxalt, RenoThe Law Firm of Vernon E. Leverty & Associates, Reno

Tiger Lily Flower ShopTuscany Suites and CasinoJaci Urquidi-MaynardWest Las Vegas Performance Ensemble Members:Aalik Banks,Artesia Fleming,Shakel Franklin, Gia Graham,Taylor Greene, MaiyaGriffin, Gregory Hall, Nirvana Hopkins, Natice Locke,Knoelle Locke, Harmony McCollum, Primrose Martin,Sennie Martin, Fantasi Pridgon, Kharisma Pridgon,AlitaRequena and Monique RichardSamantha Richard,Chelsea Roberts, Nika Sewell,Amir M. Hill Shafeeq,Mohammed Shakir, Lorenzo Shelley, Nichaulie Smith,Tricia Strickland, Donovan Taylor,Tymika R.Truss,AvreeWalker, Gerard Whitfield, Justus Whitfield, BrendaWright, Carol Wright, Katie Wright, Randall Wright andWilletta WrightThe Charleston Heights Arts Center staffThe Contemporary Arts Collective staff and boardThe Guggenheim Hermitage Museum staffThe Nevada Arts Council staffThe Nevada Arts Council board

Many thanks to the following individuals and business for their generosity of time and donations in support of the 26h Annual Governor’s Arts Awards:

NAA exists to encourage Nevadans to participate in and enjoy thearts. We develop and support cultural and educational activitiesdesigned to sustain funding and foster appreciation of the arts. Wework to expand and enhance access to arts opportunities throughpublic awareness, advocacy and outreach.

Nevada Citizens for the Arts is a nonprofit, statewide, grassrootsorganization that serves as a unifying voice for the arts in Nevada.Our commitment is to increase awareness, promote dialogue, andstrengthen communication about arts-related issues at the local,regional and national levels.