Nominations are open for the 2020 Richmond Arts Awards!

Help us celebrate a person or organization who is making a positive contribution to our arts community!

Nomination Deadline: Sunday, June 14th, 5pm

Do you know a cultural leader or arts supporter who deserves recognition? Do you work with a star volunteer or community-minded business that has supported the arts, beyond expectations? If so, you can nominate them for the Richmond Arts Awards!

The Richmond Arts Coalition and the City of Richmond are now accepting nominations for the 12th annual Richmond Arts Awards.

For full information, see: https://www.richmond.ca/culture/artists/art-awards.htm .

Nominations can be submitted online at
https://www.richmond.ca/culture/artists/art-awards/nominationform.htm .

The Richmond Arts Awards program recognizes the achievements in and contributions to the arts by Richmond residents, artists, educators, organizers and business leaders. To date, the program has attracted more than 200 nominations across six categories, recognizing both well-established institutions and rising stars in Richmond’s arts community.

This year the Richmond Arts Coalition will award a $200 cash prize to the winner of the Youth Arts category, which recognizes a performing, literary or visual artist, 24 years of age or younger, who has demonstrated outstanding promise and commitment to the Richmond arts community.

Nominations are being accepted in the following categories:

  • Youth Arts
  • Volunteerism
  • Cultural Leadership
  • Business and the Arts
  • Artistic Innovation
  • Arts Education

All artistic disciplines are eligible: visual, performing, literary and culinary arts, as well as craft, environmental arts and new media.

The Arts Awards have been postponed due to COVID-19, but nominations are still open.

The Richmond Arts Awards is presented through a partnership between the City of Richmond and the Richmond Arts Coalition, and is supported by the Richmond News.

For more information on the Richmond Arts Awards, visit: https://www.richmond.ca/culture/artists/art-awards.htm

To submit an online nomination, please visit https://www.richmond.ca/culture/artists/art-awards/nominationform.htm !

February 11, 2020