On Thursday, December 4, the Oklahoma Arts Council will present the 39th Annual Governor's Arts Awards on the Fourth Floor of the Capitol Rotunda beginning at 4 p.m. The public is invited to honor this year’s recipients.
The Governor's Arts Awards is an annual event recognizing individuals and organizations from across Oklahoma whose efforts have had an impact in their communities or throughout the state. First awarded in 1975, the awards are presented by the Governor during a special ceremony at the State Capitol.
Presenting the awards will be Governor Mary Fallin, Oklahoma Arts Council Chair Holbrook Lawson and Oklahoma Arts Council Executive Director Amber Sharples. Musical performances will be by Barron Ryan, a jazz pianist from Tulsa, and the students of the Classen School for Advanced Studies Guitar Program in Oklahoma City.
Read more for the list of honorees.
2014 Governor's Arts Awards Honorees —
- Cotton County Art Council (Walters)
- Judy Love (Oklahoma City)
- Fred Jones Family Foundation (Oklahoma City)
- The Community State Bank (Poteau)
- Nancy Hermann (Tulsa)
- deadCENTER Film Festival (Oklahoma City)
- Leonardo's Children's Museum (Enid)
- Katherine Liontas-Warren (Lawton)
- Denise Lovell (Atoka)
- Ron Predl (Tulsa)
- Daniel J. Brackett (Seminole)
- Cynthia Kent (Lawton)
- Julia Kirt (Oklahoma City)
- Ann and Chuck Neal (Miami)
- Vickie Norick (Oklahoma City)
- Dr. Lester Shaw (Tulsa)
- The Honorable Lee Denney (Cushing)
- Oklahoma Community Theatre Association (Oklahoma City)
- Tulsa's Young Professionals (Tulsa)
- James A. Pickel (Oklahoma City)
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