2013 LUMIES

The Lumies Arts & Business Awards

Honoring the Arts Luminaries in
Our Community, in Partnership
with Business, Government and the Arts Community

 A project of Tucson Pima Arts Council, in partnership with business, government, and the arts community

ABOUT

The Lumies Arts & Business Awards celebrate those individuals, organizations and businesses that make Southern Arizona a wellspring of creative vitality. TPAC invites the public to nominate arts ‘luminaries’ who have made a profound impact on their own lives and communities.

The eleven awards categories this year are: Artist Lifetime Achievement, Established Artist, Emerging Artist, Established Arts Organization, Emerging Arts Organization, Arts Educator, Arts Education Program, Arts Administrator, Arts Patron, Large Business Partner, Small Business Partner.

An independent panel of judges will recommend the winner of each category to the Tucson Pima Arts Council. Nominations will be announced in April. Nominees will be honored and winners announced at an evening gala, to be held
this year on Friday, June 7 at El Casino Ballroom.

List of Lumies Award Categories and Nominees

Artist Lifetime Achievement

• Gonzalo  Espinosa, Sculpture Resource Center
• Julie Gallego, Ballet Folklórico San Juan
• Barclay Goldsmith, Borderlands Theater
• To-Ree-Nee Wolf Keiser McArdle, Public Artist and Performer

Established Artist

• David Fitzsimmons, cartoonist and essayist
• Mark McLemore, host of Arizona Spotlight
• Becky Neideffer, pastel artist
• Pollyanna, mystery public artist
• Adam Rex, children’s book illustrator

Established Arts Organization

• Flam Chen/Many Mouths One Stomach – All Souls Procession
• Pan Left Productions
• Rialto Theatre
• UA Presents
• University of Arizona Press

Arts Educator

• Dennis Bourret, Tucson Junior Strings
• Kimi Eisele, University of Arizona Poetry Center
• Rome Hamner, Odaiko Sonora
• Joseph Rodgers, Dancing in the Streets
• Ann Simmons-Myers, Pima Community College

Arts Education Program

• Live Theatre Workshop – Onstage Education Program
• The Loft Cinema – Education Initiative
• Tucson Museum of Art – Education Center
• Tucson Youth Poetry Slam

Arts Administrator

• Lynn Fleischman, Executive Director, The Drawing Studio
• The late Mary Charlotte Thurtle, founder and former executive director, Pan Left Productions
• Jessica Andrews, former Executive Director, Arizona Theatre Company
• The late Liz (Elizabeth) Bustamante, former TPAC Administrator and champion of the arts

Arts Patron

• Catherine Morton
• Helen and John Schaefer
• Neelam Sethi
• Rick  Small, Stonewall Foundation
• Herb Stratford

Emerging Artist

• Julie  Rustad
• Brian Lopez
• Luis Carlos Davis

Emerging Arts Organization

• Dancing In the Streets
• Romero House Potters

Large Business Partner

• Bookmans

Small Business Partner

• Creative Machines
• Downtown Kitchen/Janos Wilder
• Gloo Factory
• Monterey Court Studio Galleries & Café
• Photographic Works
• Sacred Machine Museum & Curiosity Shop
• Pita Jungle

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