Arts Awards

The Jinx Hazel Arts Award is named in honor of Mrs. Til (Jinx) Hazel, whose love and dedication to the arts greatly contributed to the cultural life in Fairfax County.  This award recognizes an individual or organization who has exhibited a dedication to the arts, and whose vision and commitment has played a significant role in the cultural life and enhancement of Fairfax County and the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.

Chairman Bulova has been steadfast in her commitment that Fairfax County is a place to live, work, and play.  Her love of the arts, especially music, and her passion and drive to provide the best quality of life in Fairfax county have resulted in the creation of diverse and far-reaching arts opportunities for our community.

The 2019 Jinx Hazel Arts Awards was sponsored by Reston Community Center.

The Jinx Hazel Arts Award is named in honor of Mrs. Til (Jinx) Hazel, whose love and dedication to the arts greatly contributed to the cultural life in Fairfax County.  This award recognizes an individual or organization who has exhibited a dedication to the arts, and whose vision and commitment has played a significant role in the cultural life and enhancement of Fairfax County and the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.

Long-time supporters of education and the arts, Margaret and Shashi Gupta solidified their commitment to Fairfax County and arts education by donating a $1 million gift in support of the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts.  The Gupta’s dedication to the arts, children, education, and local communities, and their financial gift will have a broad and long-term impact in our region and beyond.

The 2019 Jinx Hazel Arts Awards was sponsored by Reston Community Center.

The Arts Achievement Award recognizes outstanding career achievements of an artist in any discipline who has produced unique, creative, innovate concepts in their work and has made a lasting contribution to their discipline.

The 2019 Arts Achievement Award was presented Fairfax County resident and internationally renowned visual artist Foon Sham.  His breadth of work has spanned the globe with his sculptures, encouraging individual reflection and experiences. Foon’s artistic expression is reflecting and shaping the culture of Fairfax County, the region, and the world.

The Emerging Arts Award recognizes new or young arts organizations that have presented quality arts programming and engaged a broad or specific sector of the general community in the arts.  This award is given to an organization in any arts discipline or multi-discipline, in Fairfax County or the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.

The 2019 Emerging Arts Award was presented to NextStop Theatre Company for their unique, intimate, ambitious, and groundbreaking productions for the entire community. NextStop Theatre programming, education programming, and continuous broad engagement with the community are raising the visibility of the arts and making the arts accessible in Fairfax County.

The Arts Philanthropy Award acknowledges private sector support of the arts by honoring an individual, corporation, or foundation that has provided leadership funding or long-term monetary support, or significant investment in the arts in Fairfax County and Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.

The 2019 Arts Philanthropy Award was presented to Stephen Roberts for his creation of the Ross-Roberts Fund for the Arts at the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.  The Ross-Roberts Fund for the Arts, inspired by Roberts’ late wife, Sue Ross’ love for the arts, will be a forever source of funding for the arts in this region.