2020 Arts Awards Nominations

Thank you for taking time to nominee an individual or organization for the 2020 Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville's Arts Awards.

The winners of the award demonstrate exceptional skills, capabilities, and passion for arts and culture.

Please provide information and details about your nominee for your nominee to be considered for the award. This step must be completed before July 15th, 2020.

Please note, each nominee will requires a separate entry.

Arts Award winners and nominees will be presented at the 44th Arts Awards tentatively scheduled for September 2nd, 2020.

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* 1. Nominee Name

First Name

Last Name

Company Name and/or Artist Discipline

Address 2

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Nominee Category. Please select the appropriate category for your nominee. Only one category is allowed.

Helen Lane Founders Award. The nominee for this award: a. focuses on integrating arts and culture into everyday life within their community; b. uses creative ideas on how to incorporate arts and culture with other elements of life; c. demonstrates commitment to the importance of arts and culture; d. sets the example as to how arts can be incorporated with everyday life; e. advocates for the incorporation for arts and culture with everyday life.

Robert Arleigh White Award for Advocacy. The nominee for this award: a. fosters an environment of educating and learning of the benefits of the arts; b. builds and maintains relationships with the general public to benefit the arts and culture community; c. builds and maintains relationships with business leaders to benefit the arts and culture community; d. builds and maintains relationships with elected officials to benefit the arts and culture community; e. advocates through the use of multiple messages such as economic impact of the arts, personal stories, and transformational accounts.

Art Educator of the Year Award. The nominee for this award demonstrates: a. dedication to enriching their students with a passion for the arts; b. an understanding of the value of the arts, and a desire to participate within the arts and culture community; c. use of the arts as a vehicle to educate; d. incorporates the arts into their teaching methods; e. thinks creatively how to use the arts to develop other skills within their students; f. has passion for seeing their students growth and development.

The Art of Giving Award. The nominee for this award: a. stewards their resources to fund, support, and sustain arts and culture programs; c. gives to various organizations within the arts and culture community; c. is a philanthropist who willingly gives to benefit the mission of an organization; c. supports through their financial resources as well as their time commitment; d. develops long term relationships to assist with organizational growth.

Business Award/Corporate Business of the Year. The nominee for this award has more than 250 employees: a. graciously gives support to arts and cultural programs and organizations; b. inspires a culture of giving to serve their community; c. sets the example to their employees as an advocate for arts and culture organizations; d. gives to various organizations within the arts and culture community; e. offers sustained support of organizations through financial vehicles, volunteer opportunities for staff, and building long term relationships.

Small Business Award/Small Business of the Year. The nominee for this award has fewer than 250 employees: a. defines itself as a small business; b. graciously gives support to arts and cultural programs and organizations despite it size; c. inspires a culture of giving to serve their community; d. sets the example to their employees as an advocate for arts and culture organizations; d. gives to various organizations within the arts and culture community; e. offers sustained support of organizations through financial vehicles, volunteer opportunities for staff, and building long term relationships.

Art Innovator Award. The nominee for this award: a. creates new and innovative ideas to benefit the community; b. infuses new creative and innovative ideas into the arts and culture sector; c. is willing to share ideas with others for greater benefits to all; d. contributes to and shares ideas and innovations with arts and culture organizations to benefit the community; e. personal achievement is to the benefit more individuals.

Community Impact Award. The nominee for this award has: a. a record of visible transformational results that are evident within their community; b. a commitment to impacting other lives; c. community impacts that are measurable.

People's Choice. The nominee for this award has: a. tremendous influence in arts and culture; b. is a popular figure in the community; c. has a unique following of friends, supporters and/or customers. The winner of this award will be determined by the total number of nominations received.

This next section is the nomination information. You will need to describe the nominee's exemplary contributions to the arts and culture.

Please answer each of the following questions with as much specificity as possible by using the award criteria from question 2. The strongest nomination will be the one that thoroughly answers each question.

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* 3. Provide the full name - individual or business - of the nominee

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* 4. What makes the nominee superior or extraordinary?

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* 5. How has the nominee demonstrated their work and/or activities in support of the arts and culture?

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* 6. What exceptional achievements or contributions has the nominee made on the community, region or beyond?

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* 7. Please provide links to social media, webpages, articles, or other web-based documentation that provides additional information about the nominee.

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* 8. What other information about the nominee is important to know as they are considered for the region's highest award in the arts?

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* 9. Your Name

First Name

Last Name

Address

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 10. By submitting this nomination form for the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville's Arts Awards, you agree: a. that the nominee has been made aware of and is in agreement with this submission; b. that you and/or the nominee own the right to use the information presented in this nomination; that you and the nominee consent to the use of information, likeness, biography, picture and details included in this submission to the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville; and, c. that this information is not limited to, editing, duplication, incorporation in other works in whatever form (e.g. hard copy or electronic), such as posters, publications, web sites, films or videos, and their unrestricted use, without any obligation on the part of the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville to seek any further authorization by the undersigned.

I agree to the aforementioned terms.

Thank you for submitting your nomination. You and/or your nominee will be contacted if selected as a finalist. Due to the volume of submissions, you can assume that your nominee was not selected as a finalist if you have not received a response by July 15, 2020.

Please submit your nomination by selecting "DONE/SUBMIT".