The 2010 BRAVO! THE ARTS Reception and Awards Presentations will be held on Thursday, June 17 in the Indiana State University Center for Performing and Fine Arts.  Festivities will begin with a social hour from 6-7 pm.  The awards presentations will immediately follow at 7pm in the Recital Hall.

Desciptions of the Bravo Award categories and past recipients are listed below.

Nominations will be accepted through May 31, 2010.  The nomination forms are available by clicking on "Bravo nomination form" link at bottom of this page. 

 
The 2009 BRAVO! THE ARTS Award Winners!

Arts Illiana awarded the following 2008 BRAVOS at the annual BRAVO! The Arts! Awards Reception and Ceremony held at the Indiana State University Center for Performing and Fine Arts

ARTS EDUCATOR: Debra Goecker

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST: Bill Wolfe

YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT: Solly Burton

VOLUNTEER SERVICE: Bev Cristee

CORPORATE SUPPORT: Baesler's

ARTS ADVOCACY: Clyde Kersey

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS:  Casey Cheney 

Past Bravo Award winners are listed below. (Awards for each category are typically, but not always presented each year.)

ARTS EDUCATION

CORPORATE

GTE, Digital Audio Disc Corp., Conservatory of Music, Coffee Grounds, Cinergy/PSI, Columbia House, Big Red Liquors, Old National Bank/Bethesda Corporation, Tri-Industries, Rainbow Art & Frame, Java Haute, First Financial, Clabber Girl

MEDIA (Merged with Corporate in 1998)Gordon Walters, Beth Fischer Hughes, Kevin Orpurt, Sara Solooki

PROFESSIONAL ARTISTGary & Diana Stewart, Catherine Knight, John Laska, Mary Louise Moscan, John Spicknall, David & Nancy Watkins, Boone Dunbar, David DelColletti, Patrick Titzer, David Erickson, Daniel Powers; Mike Neary, Brent McPike

VOLUNTEER SERVICEParke Players, Jerome Kearns, Jean Swango & Max Gibson, Prevention Theatre, Carolyn Toops, Marylee Hagan, John & Peggy Apgar, Harold & Melinda Medsker, Dixie Brown, Garri Knezevich, Jan Buffington, Covered Bridge Art Association, Ruth Melloh; Putnam County Playhouse, Swope Alliance

ADVOCACY (Created in 1999)Cliff Lambert, David Zaun, David Patterson, Laney Meis, Michael Lunsford, Todd Nation, Marshall, IL MainStreet; Chris Schellenberg, Betty Martin

YOUTH SERVICE (Created in 1999)Brady Meadors & Krislyn Weber, Joshua Spear, Paul Bennett, Laura Dallman, Liesl Goecker, Jenna Sagraves, Jonathan Jensen, Xavier Ellison

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTJane Hazeldine, Robert Cowden, Hermine Haslem, James W. Barnes, Eileen Jensen, Nancy Sauer, Rex Magner, Tom Venable, Phyllis Dye Turner, Howard Waltersdorf, Steve Tucker, Harriet McNeal; John Spicknall, Dick Hay