Richmond magazine invites you to celebrate the artists whose words, fine art, music, choreography, acting, directing, film and photography enrich the cultural life of our regions.
Since 1998, readers have been asked to nominate artists to the panel of selectors, made up of former honorees and arts leaders, who then choose the honorees for recognition with the Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts at our awards ceremony in October. Please note: Prior to making nominations online, please review the list of honorees from previous years to make sure that that individual or group hasn't already been recognized. Exceptions are persons in ensembles or organizations in one year, who may move into another group in another year.
deadline date for completing the survey (July 30, 2010)
Theresa Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts Honorees (1998-2009) Note: In all cases, the honorees are residents of the Richmond region who have made significant contributions to its cultural life.
Applied Arts (added 2007) Brian Korte (sculpture)
Karl Green (fashion)
Danny Finney (rattles, masks, puppets) Arts Innovator Michael Gooding, (Richmond Triangle Players)
Ashley Kistler (curator)
Bernard Martin(painter)
1708 Gallery (gallery)
WRIR Radio (public arts and news medium)
Amanda Robinson and Gallery5 (curator, supporter) Dance Rob Petres
Brett Bonda
Chris Burnside
Starr Foster
City Dance Troupe
Steve's House Dance Collective
Frances Wessells
Pam Turner
Scott Putman and Amaranth Contemporary Dance
Emerging Artist Morgan Herrin (sculpter)
Chrisopher Conway (screen writing)
FEAST (mixed media/performance)
James Kurtis Fink (sculpture)
Sandra Luckett (mixed media)
Elizabeth Esther Motz (drawing, painting) (posthumous)
Heide Trepanier (painter)
Colleen Curran (writer, essayist)
Virginia Samsel (curator, works on paper)
Ensemble The Taters (Rock)
Ban Caribe (Caribbean, worldbeat)
Bio Ritmo (Latin)
Devil’s Workshop (jazz, rock)
Hotel X (rock, jazz)
Lynn Ediger-Korzaia and the American Youth Harp Ensemble
Jazz Poets Society (hiphop, spoken word, rock)
Doug Richards and the Great American Music Ensemble
Richmond Boys Choir
Ululating Mummies (worldbeat, jazz, etc.)
Modern Groove Syndicate (jazz, funk)
No BS Brass (jazz, funk)
Fine Art/Visual Arts Pam Anderson (painter)
Sally Bowring (painter)
Richard Carlyon (multimedia)
Don Crow (painter)
David Freed (printmaker)
Myron Helfgott (multimedia)
Eleanor Rufty (painter)
Diego Sanchez (painter)
Elizabeth King (sculptor)
Richard Roth (mixed media)
Jack Wax (mixed media)
Susie Ganch (metalsmith, sculpture) Photography
(split from Film catetory in 2008) Gordon Stettinius
George Nan (photographer, educator)
Willie Ann Wright (pinhole photography)
Megan Holley (screenwriter, director)
James Parrish (co-founder, Richmond Moving Image Co-op)
Alyssa Salomon (daguerreotype)
Georgianne Stinnett (photographer)
Pam Fox (photographer, educator) | Film Robert Griffith (documentarian)
Mike Jones (co-founder, Richmond Moving Image Co-op)
Megan Holley (screenwriter, director)
David Williams (filmmaker)
James Parrish (founder of Richmond Flicker, co-founder RMIC)
Sonali Gulati (filmmaker)
Ann Swanson (documentary filmmaker)
Soloist/Vocal Page Wilson (Amercian mongrel)
Cora Harvey Armstrong (gospel)
J. "Plunky" Branch (jazz)
Lisa Edwards-Burrs (classic, opera)
Roger Carroll (jazz, Americana)
James Erb (director, musicologist)
Terry Garland (blues)
René Marie (jazz)
Russell Wilson (jazz)
Johnny Hott (eclectic)
Terri Murphy Simpson (jazz, soul)
Theater Ginnie Willard (stage manager)
Mary Sue Carroll (actor)
Joe Inscoe (actor)
Phil Whiteway, Bruce Miller (founders, TheatreIV)
Ernie McClintock (director)
Randy Strawderman (director)
Firehouse Theatre Project (group)
Debra Wagoner (actor)
Tom Width (director)
Paul Deiss (actor, director)
Robyn O’Neill (actor)
Grant Mudge, Cynde Liffick (Richmond Shakespeare)
David Bridgewater (actor)
Words Dean King (history)
Dennis Danvers (novelist)
Tom De Haven (novelist)
Gregory Donovan (poet)
James River Writers (writing group)
Mary Flinn (writer, editor)
Elizabeth Seydel Morgan (poet, educator)
Howard Owen (novelist)
David L. Robbins (novelist)
Laura Browder (cultural historian, essayist)
Susann Cokal (novelist)
Lifetime AchievementJennie and Larry Brown (SPARC, theater leaders)
Joe Kennedy, Jr. (jazz violin, educator)
Jeff MacNelly (editorial cartoonist) (posthumous)
Eric E. Stanley (music broadcaster, supporter) (posthumous)
Bernard Martin (painter)
Milo Russell (painter)
Richard Toscan (writer, arts administrator)
Gerald Donato and Joan Gaustad
Cindy Neuschwander (mixed media) and Jay Barrows (curator, supporter) |
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