The Arts in Education Award

The Arts in Education Award celebrates an individual, collective or organization that has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to engaging St. Catharines residents through arts education activities.

The following criteria will be used to select the award recipient:

• Quality of nominee’s arts education programming activities. • Evidence of real or potential impact on participants from nominee’s activities. • Contribution and commitment to St. Catharines’ arts community. • Length of service in arts education in St. Catharines. • Third-party recognition of nominee’s arts education activities.

Nomination Deadline: February 5, 2017 at Midnight Nominations take time. Thank you for making the effort to recognize local artists and cultural workers, volunteers and patrons! Please see the nomination guidelines for more information on what you need to have – and know – to complete a nomination.

The 2017 Arts Awards Nominees will be announced in early spring.

2017 St. Catharines Arts Awards Monday June 5, 2017

Cairns Recital Hall, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Tickets on sale spring 2017

NOMINATION

Nominator Information

First Name Last Name

Address

City Postal Code

Phone Email

Website

Nominee Information

First Name Last Name

Address

City Postal Code

Phone Email

Website

Does the nominee know you are nominating him/her? Yes No

I have read the nomination guidelines and understand the basic rules and eligibility requirements.

Date:

mm-dd-yyyy

Nomination Details Please answer the following questions in the space provided.

Alternatively, please provide letters of support from three separate endorsers (can include the nominator) that address the questions listed below.

Give a brief history of the nominee’s arts education programming activities. Is there evidence of real or potential impact on participants from nominee’s activities? If so, please describe. (500 word limit)

What is the nominee’s contribution and commitment to the St. Catharines arts community? Has there been third-party recognition of his/her arts education activities? (500 word limit)

Is there a special reason this nominee should receive an award in 2017? i.e. is 2017 significant in his or her life? (250 word limit)

Support Material

Required:

1. A professional biography of the nominee, or resume as available (Word or PDF format)

Additional material will strengthen a nomination – please consider adding the following to your nomination:

Optional:

1. Any pertinent third-party articles/reviews/recognition of the nominee’s arts activities, i.e. media (PDF, JPEG or website URL’s)

2. Up to 3 testimonials, i.e. letters of support (max 2 pages per letter / Word or PDF) 3. Samples of artist’s work, including but not limited to:

o Visual, fine craft, multimedia image files on CD, DVD or via web-link. o Performance excerpts of a recent work on CD, DVD or via web-link. o Writing samples (up to 10 pages in total).

Personal Information Consent Personal information, as defined in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, 2001, and in accordance with MFIPPA. Personal information collected on this nomination form will be used to assist in selecting Arts Award recipients and will be made available to the members of the Jury and used by City staff for administrative purposes. All information (excluding home addresses and telephone numbers), will be made available to the public. The City reserves the right to verify all information contained in submissions.

Questions regarding the collection, use and disclosure of this personal information may be directed to Rebecca Cann, Cultural Services Supervisor at rcann@stcatharines.ca

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Please submit the completed Nomination Form and additional support materials to:

Mail To: City of St. Catharines Arts Awards Parks, Recreation and Culture Services Attention: Ashley Judd-Rifkin PO Box 3012, 50 Church Street, St. Catharines, ON L2R 7C2 Email To: ajuddrifkin@stcatharines.ca

Nomination Deadline: February 5, 2017 at Midnight