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Save the Date! 5th Annual Viola Awards Gala: Saturday, March 2, 2013 |
 
About the Viola Awards
The Viola Awards are Flagstaff's Oscars for the arts and sciences community. Celebrating excellence in the arts and sciences, the Viola Awards recognize artists, educators, organizations and leaders who make positive contributions to the arts and sciences in Flagstaff. Over 500 people attend the gala event to celebrate and support these amazing folks.
 
Nominations are sent to Flagstaff Cultural Partners by the community at large; anyone can nominate an artist, leader, organization, business or event for an award in one of eleven categories. From this pool of nominees, a Panel of 25 local artists, scientists and community members select six nominees in each category to be the Official Viola Award Nominees (see the full list of nominees for 2012). The Panel then meets to determine the winner in each category.
 The Viola Award winners are announced each year at the Viola Awards Gala Event. This year's event is on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at the High Country Conference Center in Flagstaff.
The Viola Awards are named after Viola Babbitt, a long time advocate of the arts and painter. Viola was born in the Arizona territory in 1894. She taught music and reading before settling into a big house on Leroux Street in Flagstaff. She raised six children with her husband, Joseph. In the 1950's, she started painting and later, established the Art Barn as Flagstaff's first community arts center. She lobbied Coconino County to build a better facility for a community arts center: the Coconino Center for the Arts. Viola died in 1994, just shortly after her 100th birthday.
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2012 Viola Award Winners
The 2012 Viola Awards were crafted by artist, Daniel Pierre
Dave Edwards
Winner, Mayor's Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Arts
Sponsored by City of Flagstaff
Raechel Running
Winner, Visual Arts Award
Sponsored by The Babbitt Family
Lowell Observatory
Winner, Organization of the Year
Sponsored by APS
Kari Barton
Winner, Music Award
Sponsored by Melissa Cripps State Farm Agent
Becky Daggett
Winner, Performing Arts Award
Sponsored by Coconino County
Ann Cummins
Winner, Literature Award
Sponsored by Bookman's Entertainment Exchange
Adrianne Dienno
Winner, Emerging Artist Award
Sponsored by Hufford, Horstman, Mongini, Parnell & Tucker, PC
and Robert & Samantha Kelty
Pamela Stephens
Winner, Arts Educator Award
Sponsored by National Bank of Arizona
Kevin Schindler
Winner, Science Educator Award
Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield
Flagstaff Festival of Science
Winner, Outstanding Event Award
Sponsored by High Country Conference Center
Alan Petersen
Winner, Leadership Award
Pat Curry
Viola Legacy Award
Joy Crozier, Pat Curry's niece, accepts on behalf of the Curry Family
See more fabulous photos of the 2012 Viola Awards
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4th Annual Viola Awards
Saturday, March 3, 2012
High Country Conference Center
Flagstaff, Arizona
Event is 5:00 - 9:30 P.M.
Event Highlights:
Live Music, Emcee Becky Daggett,
Presentation of all nominees and award winners,
Silent Auction, three-course dinner, and a few surprises!
We're raffling an iPad 2!
Menu:
Garden Salad
Duet Entrée: Flat Iron steak with au jus
and Salmon with lemon caper sauce
Served with wild rice and sautéed veggies
Dessert: Cheesecake with berry coulis
(Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free meals
available upon request)
Parking is available in the parking garage adjacent to the Conference Center.
Viola Legacy Award
Pat Curry |
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Our 2012 Sponsors
TITLE SPONSORS
The Babbitt Family
&
High Country Conference Center
MAJOR SPONSORS
TABLE SPONSORS
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2012 Official Viola Award Nominees
Click on any name below for information on a nominee (.pdf file)
Please note:
This year our Panelists voted to select six nominees in every Viola Award category. We appreciate everyone who made nominations this year; keep in mind, though, that if your nominee is not listed, it is because they were not chosen to be among the six official nominees in that category.
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PREVIOUS VIOLA AWARD EVENTS
Winners, Photos and More
Results from the 2011 Event
Results from the 2010 Event
Results from the 2009 Event
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