12:00pm | The Arts Council for Long Beach is honored to announce this year’s Distinguished Arts Awards Honorees. Each award recipient is recognized for playing an essential role in furthering the arts in Long Beach. Awardees were selected by an independent panel, based on nominations submitted by the public.
This year the Arts Council has added a new award, Emerging Artist or Arts Leader. This award honors remarkable contributions to the Long Beach arts community by a visual, literary or performing artist, or arts leader 25 years or younger.
The 2012 Awardees Are:
- James H. Ackerman Honoree: Long Beach Unified School District
- Distinguished Artist of the Year: Trace Fukuhara
- Distinguished Arts Leadership of the Year: Mark Zahn
- Emerging Artist & Arts Leader: Yoshino Rosalia Jasso
The Distinguished Arts Awardees will be honored at the 2012 State of the Arts celebration on Wednesday, April 25 at 6:00pm at the Expo Arts Center. The Arts Council for Long Beach cordially invites the public to attend this free event. To RSVP for the 2012 State of the Arts celebration please click here.