Arts and Culture Commission Meeting Date: September 12th, 2022
To: Commission Members
From: Natalie Draper, Library Director
Title
Consider approving revisions to Living Treasure Award nomination packet.
Body
Action Requested:
Motion to approve revised nomination packet.
Summary Report:
The Living Treasure Award is an annual award presented by the Northfield Arts and Culture Commission which honors those individuals and groups who have, over time, made significant contributions to Northfield in, through, or on behalf of arts and culture, so as to enhance the reputation of the city and the quality of life of its citizens.
The annual award, previously held at FiftyNorth, will now be part of the State of the City Address in March of 2023. There was no award given in 2022.
Previous recipients:
Year Name Major Works
2020 - 2021 Mac Gimse Sculptor, poet and teacher
2019 Donna Paulsen Multi-talented musician and teacher
2018 Judy Code Gardening artist and photographer
2017 Judith Swanson Advocate, artist, designer, graphics designer
2016 Jan Shoger Artist - teacher
2015 Theo & Dewayne Wee Musicians - teachers
2014 Patsy Dew Arts programmer- built arts programs at the Northfield Arts Guild and the Senior Center, photographer, community theater director, actress
2013 Paul Niemisto Musician - band director; founder of Vintage Band Festival
2012 Cora Schultz Musician - founder and long-time director of the Northfield Youth Choirs
2011 Myrna Johnson Theater - founder of the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, director and performer
2011 Raymond Jacobson Sculpture/visual arts - including major works at Bridge Square and the River Walk, Carleton College, the Northfield Public Library and many others
The packet includes revisions to the nomination form made by the committee, Paula Granquist, Kathy Rush-Vizina, and Natalie Draper.
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