Recent Pollak Prize winners honored today

Robert Watkins and deVeaux Riddick are being honored today during a ceremony at Sheltering Arms Hospital for the work they've done for the Bal du Bois.

More details (from a press release/email):

Sheltering Arms is honoring two of its biggest supporters and two of Richmond's biggest art icons tomorrow. Robert Watkins and deVeaux Riddick have been involved with Sheltering Arms' annual Bal du Bois fundraiser from its start in 1957. Every year they create the fantastic sets that make the event so unique among Richmond social events and fundraisers. Renderings of each of the sets they've created will be going on permanent display at the Sheltering Arms Hospital at Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville. A dedication of the artwork will be held tomorrow, October 14, at noon, at MRMC.

Read more info on the ceremony honoring these Richmond visual arts icons here.

Congratulations to 2010's Pollak Prize Awardees

This year's Pollak Prizes have been decided- check out Richmond Magazine for full details, but below is the winners list:

Photography- Travis Fullerton
Dance- RVA Dance Collective
Film- Rita McClenny
Fine Arts- Javier Tapia
Vocalist- Jeanine Drost-Guidry & Offering
Ensemble- GWAR
Arts Innovator- Art 180 & Marlene Paul
Lifetime Achievement- Robert Watkins and deVeaux Riddick
Words- Irene Ziegler
Applied Arts- Coloratura: Catherine Roseberry and Rob Womack
Theater- Derome Scott Smith & the African-American Repertory Theatre
Emerging Artist- Michele Young-Stone

Second of August Link Monday

Style: Lana Waldrep's monumental paintings at Page Bond (on view until Aug. 30th)

Grid: Marcie Paper's "Mama Pajama Rolled Out of Bed" will open at 1708 Sep. 3rd and free family events at VHS this month

The Hat on "Reflecting and Collecting" at Linden Row Inn and Craig Pleasants' "Octagonal Living Unit," and with some links about the history of the Pollak Prizes

Great Art 180 events coming up this week, including "Paint Outside the Box Day" and the 3rd Annual Johnny Z Festival

Richmond Public Art Commission info

"The Arts Can Help Our Region Soar"- RTD reports on John Bryan's (of CultureWorks) talk to the Chesterfield Business Council of the Greater Richmond Chamber

CultureWorks' fb page

More from RTD on Jun Kaneko's sculptures at VMFA and on VMFA's new attitude towards outdoor acquisitions and exhibitions

2010 Pollak Prize Nominations Now Open

Nominate your favorite deserving Richmond artists by July 30th! Get the details at Richmond Magazine's website, here.

2009 Pollak Prizes for Excellence In the Arts

It's the 12th year of the Pollak Awards, honoring local greatness in the arts... Click here for more information about this Richmond tradition, and to read excellent articles about each of the winners:

Ensemble: The Taters
Fine Art: Pam Anderson
Photography: Gordon Stettinius
Lifetime Achievement: Jennie and Larry Brown
Words: Dean King
Applied Arts: Brian Korte
Vocalist: Page Wilson
Dance: Rob Petres, Ground Zero Dance
Theater: Ginnie Willard
Emerging Artist: Morgan Herrin
Film: Robert Griffith

Arts Innovator: Michael Gooding

12th Annual Theresa Pollak Prizes for Excellence in the Arts

Richmond magazine invites you to celebrate the artists whose words,
fine art, music, choreography, acting, directing, film and photography
enrich the cultural life of our regions.

Since 1998, readers have been asked to nominate artists to the panel of selectors,
made up of former honorees and arts leaders, who then choose the honorees for
recognition with the Pollak Prize for Excellence in the Arts at our awards ceremony in October.

Click here to nominate an arts innovator.

Nominations must be received by August 2, 2009.