Coming up on Thursday, June 5, 7 p.m., at Edmonton City Hall:  A free concert compliments of the Music Enrichment Program (MEP) AND the donation to MEP by Mayor Iveson and PACE from the proceeds of the 27th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. We’d love to see you there!

Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts

Capital Power

Award for Sustained Support of the Arts

Steven LePoole

John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts

CJSR FM 88.5

ATB Financial Ambassador of the Arts Award

Prairie Dog Film & Television

ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement

Douglas D. Barry

CN Youth Artist Award

Rebecca Lappa

DIALOG Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction

Ron E. Scott

Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist

Doug Organ

Syncrude Award for Excellence in Arts Management

Dave Cunningham (FAVA – Film and Visual Arts Society Alberta)

TELUS Courage to Innovate Award

Darcia Parada

All the nominees for the 27th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts are extremely talented and deserving of recognition. For those that did not receive awards, we urge the nominators to ask their nominees to consider allowing their names to stand for nomination again next year.