PARTIES EXTRA!—NOVEMBER 28, 2007—GOVERNOR’S ARTS AWARDS

Posted by Helen Ford Wallace

on November 28, 2007M at 8:50 pm

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GOVERNOR’S ARTS AWARDS

Mary FitzSimons, Christy and Jim Everest and Chris Purcell were at the reception following the Governor’s Arts Award ceremony at the State Capitol. Christy Everest received the Governor’s Arts Award. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)

The State Capitol’s fourth floor rotunda was filled with people as the 32nd annual Governor’s Arts Awards were presented. The awards were given to 16 people and four businesses for exceptional work in the arts. A reception for the honorees was held on the first floor .

Oklahoma Arts Council chairman Jim Tolbert was director of ceremonies and Gov. Brad Henry presented the awards. Interim Executive Director of the Oklahoma Arts Council Suzanne Tate gave remarks before the presentation.

Award winners were Christy Everest and Nancy Meinig, Governor’s Arts Awards: Betty Price, Liddy Doenges Leadership in the Arts Award; Chesapeake Energy, Ideal Homes, Willis Granite Products, the Earl Sneed Business in the Arts Awards; Joan Gilmore, the Bill Crawford Memorial Media in the Arts Award.

Also Dr. Jack Herron, Fred Neuman, William”Bill” Scoggan, Ann Tomlins, the Arts and Education Award; Kathy Buxton, The Garber Theater Board, Dr. Frank Letcher, Jose Martinez, Christy McCollough Northcutt, Jerry Speck, the Community Service Awards; Maxine Thomason, George Nigh Mayor’s Award; Bill Grant, Special Recognition Award, and Wanda Otey Westheimer, the Marilyn Douglass Memorial Award.

Betty Price is interviewed at the reception after the awards ceremony where she was recognized for the Liddy Doenges Leadership In The Arts Award. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

Oklahoma Arts Council Chairman Jim Tolbert was at the reception. He was director of ceremonies for the presentation. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

The Oklahoma State Capitol was a great place for the Governor’s Arts Awards to be presented. Ceremonies were held on the fourth floor in the rotunda. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace.)

Donna Vogel, Sarah Hogan and Jean Harbison, all supporters of the Arts, were at the presentation of the Govenor’s Arts Awards and the reception. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

Nancy Sharrock, Joan Gilmore and James Pickel talk at the reception following the Governor’s Arts Awards. Gilmore won the Bill Crawford Memorial Media In The Arts Award. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).

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