Mayor's Arts Awards These publicly nominated awards are given out to those who are enriching their communities through art. Watch video clips of past Mayor's Arts Award recipients below.

Mayor's Arts Awards
Every year the Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs accepts nominations for the Mayor's Arts Awards. The awards recognize the accomplishments of artists, arts and cultural organizations and community members committed to enriching their communities through the arts.

Mayor's Arts Awards Videos

2011 Mayor`s Arts Awards
Mayor Mike McGinn honors recipients of the 2011 Mayor`s Arts Awards at a public ceremony on the eve of the Labor Day weekend Bumbershoot festival at Seattle Center.

2010 Mayor`s Arts Awards: Book-It Repertory Theatre
Book-It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming great literature into great theatre and to inspiring its audiences to read. Their trademarked style preserves the narrative text as it is spoken as dialogue by the characters.

2010 Mayor`s Arts Awards: Dennis Coleman
Dennis Coleman has been a leader in Seattle`s LGBT and arts communities for nearly three decades. He is best known for his work as artistic director of Seattle Men`s Chorus, having led the Chorus to a position of prominence in the United Sates.

2010 Mayor`s Arts Awards: Juan Alonso
Juan Alonso`s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America. Born in Havana, Cuba, Alonso`s paintings draw on childhood memories of Cuba and have evolved over the years.

2010 Mayor`s Arts Awards: Reel Grrls
Founded in 2001 by Malory Graham, Reel Grrls is an award-winning program devoted to empowering young women through media production. Reel Grrls films have been screened and honored at more than 80 film festivals in the United States and abroad.

2010 Mayor`s Arts Awards: Sergei Tschernisch
Sergei Tschernisch, president of Seattle`s Cornish College of the Arts, has significantly expanded the campus, enrollment and reputation of the private college that focuses on degree programs in the visual and performing arts.

2010 Mayor`s Arts Awards: Velocity Dance Center
Velocity Dance Center embodies the cornerstone of Seattle`s dance ecosystem and contributes significantly to the national and international field of dance.