For each of the past 13 years,
The Independent has presented Indies Arts Awards to individuals, groups and organizations who've made significant contributions to the local arts scene. Each year we convene a new panel to choose winners, and every year the criteria are slightly different, as befits the Triangle's ever-changing cultural landscape. This year's group of winners are storytellers: transmitters of culture across generations, color lines and physical limitations. They are conduits for visual, lyrical and musical expression. And voices for communities, both underrepresented and underserved. All of them do it for the love of art and for the belief that everyone should have access to it.
We've also included a category--an Honorable Mention of sorts--for folks our judges felt compelled to recognize for their long-standing, and in some cases, newer, contributions to the Triangle arts community. "Voices in the Wilderness," as one judge put it.
We hear you. And along with many local residents, we applaud your dedication and look forward to your continued success. -- the editors
This year's winners
Howard L. Craft: Playwright, poet, teacher Andre Leon Gray: The alchemist Arts Access, Inc.: A brighter, broader view Cynthia Hill: Dedicated documentarian Barbara Lau: Committed to community Shepard Jazz Camp: Stanley Baird, Chip Crawford & Eve Cornelious Voices in the Wilderness: Richard Badu and the Triangle Swing Dance Society; Melody and Jeffery Zentner; Peter Kramer; Ms. Films Festival The following people contributed to this year's awards as jury members and writers: shirlette ammons, Brett Chambers, Dawn Dreyer, olufunke moses, Kirsten Mullen, Surabhi Shah and Byron Woods.
Previous Indies Award Winners
|
1990
Alice Gerrard Dexter Romweber and the Flat Duo Jets Group Sax Rodney Wynkoop Clay Taliaferro Ann Rowles Raleigh Little Theater Artspace The Paper Plant Chuck Davis and the African-American Dance Ensemble Glaxo Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Reynolds Price Ella Fountain Pratt Julia Wray 1991
The Void Brothers Manbites Dog Theater Tim Walker Gerald Barrax City Gallery of Contemporary Art 1992
Clyde Jones Nneena Freelon Duke University Institute of the Arts Tom Whiteside Frank Heath 1993
Beverly Botsford Super Slackers Roger Manley Susan Toplikar and Mike Cindric Archipelago Theater Inc. Kuumba Arts Ensemble | 1994
Bryant Holsenbeck Wifflefist Laurie Wolf Fortuna NCSU Center Stage 1995
Elaine Lorber N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra N.C. Writers' Network Charlotte Brown The Somnambulist Project George Bireline 1996
Lenard Moore Donald Baker & Jerry Carter of WNCU-FM Linda Ironside Paul Ferguson Michael McFee 1997
Sam Piperato Joseph Henderson Betty Ray McCain and Elizabeth Buford Janice Palmer Jeff Leighton 1998
Lois Dawson Richard Krawiec PineCone--Susan Newbury LUMP gallery--Med Byrd and Bill Thelen Modern Museum--Jim Kellough Gene Medler WXYC-FM | 1999
Ricardo Granillo John Blackfeather Jeffries Louise Omoto Kessel Pepper Fluke Antfarm Community Stories Project 2000
Ronnie Lilly The Red Clay Ramblers The Third Place Coffeehouse Jelly Educational Theater E.B. and Juanita Palmer Burning Coal Theatre Company Scott Ainslie 2001
Brett Ingram Hayti Heritage Center Skip Elsenheimer--A/V Geeks John Rosenthal David zum Brunnen Mr. Lady Records 2002
erin o'Hara slavick Michael Quattlebaum DADA Danny Cameron Jim Haverkamp WSHA-FM |
