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Friday, December 4, 2009
AVAA inaugural Austin Visual Arts Award winners
Neither a few snow flurries nor bitterly cold weather stopped a crowd from attending the Austin Visual Arts Association’s inaugural Austin Visual Arts Awards at the Austin Museum of Art Friday night.
Winners at Friday night’s festivities were given a Fearing Award, a bronze metal designed by sculptor Bob Coffee and named after this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award Winner William Kelly Fearing.
- Austin Visual Arts Awards 2009
- Artist of the Year 2 Dimensional Art: Erin Curtis
- Artist of the Year 3 Dimensional Art: Beili Liu
- Artist of the Year Photography: Roberto Guerra
- Artist of the Year New Media: Michael Smith
- Artist of the Year Early Career: Heather Tolleson
- Collectors Circle Award: Bob “Daddy-O” Wade
- Service to the Arts: Jana Swec, Shea Little, Joseph Phillips for East Austin Studio Tour (E.A.S.T.)
- President’s Award: Will Klemm. Roi James
- Patron to the Arts: Becky Beaver
- Lifetime Achievement: William Kelly Fearing
- Lifetime Achievement, In Memoriam: Robert Dale Anderson
- Lifetime Achievement, In Memoriam: Michael Frary
A nominating committee of representative from 22 Austin art organizations nominated their picks in each category and those artists who received multiple nominations moved forward to the selection committee. The selection committee, which included representative from 12 organizations, developed a list of finalists.
See a previous post for a list of members of the selection committee and finalists.
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Guitar maestro, William Kanengiser
A member of the famed LA Guitar Quartet, William Kanengiser has a repertoire that ranges from the classics to contemporary adventures. On this program, he’ll play, among other selections, Spanish classics by Albeniz (‘Granada (Serenata) from Suite Española’) and by Sor (‘Elegiac Fantasy’) along with jazz-inspired pieces by contemporary composers such as Bryan Johanson and Brian Head.
8 p.m. Saturday
Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, 7050 Village Center Drive
$25-$35
www.austinclassicalguitar.org
William Kanengiser playing ‘Brookland Boogie’ (by Brian Head)
