Arts Awards

ARTSFAIRFAX will hold its eighth annual Arts Awards to recognize the visionary contributions that the arts bring to Fairfax County and the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church. The Arts Awards bring together the arts community, business community, and civic and elected leaders to celebrate the extraordinary contributions of artists, arts organizations, and the private sector for their support of the arts in our community.

Each year ARTSFAIRFAX presents four awards to honorees who strive to make Fairfax County a place where the arts thrive. On October 18, 2019 we will gather for a luncheon to acknowledge and celebrate the future of our creative community.

Join us for the Arts Awards!

Friday, October 18, 2019
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Fairview Park Marriott Hotel
Falls Church, VA 22042

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Support the arts and this year’s honorees through the ARTSFAIRFAX 2019 Arts Awards by becoming a sponsor, purchasing tickets or making a donation.

For more information about the 2019 Arts Awards, call Brenda MacRoberts at (703) 642-0862 x2 or email bmacroberts@artsfairfax.org.

2019 Honorees

Emerging Arts Award: NextStop Theater Company
Arts Achievement Award: Foon Sham
Arts Philanthropy Award: Stephen Roberts
Jinx Hazel Award: The Honorable Sharon Bulova and Shashikant and Margaret Gupta

Award Categories

The honorees are selected by ARTSFAIRFAX and community representatives. Nominations are open to the public.

Emerging Arts Awards

The Emerging Arts Award recognizes a new or young arts organization (up to 6 years in operation) that has presented quality arts programming and engaged a broad or specific sector of the general community in the arts. This award will be given to an organization in any arts discipline, or multi-discipline, in Fairfax County and/or the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.

Arts Achievement Award

The Arts Achievement Award recognizes outstanding career achievements of an artist in any discipline, who has produced unique, creative, innovative concepts in their work, and has made a lasting contribution to their discipline. The artist must currently reside in Fairfax County and/or the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.

Arts Philanthropy Award

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

Jinx Hazel Arts Award

The Jinx Hazel Arts Award is named in honor of Mrs. Til (Jinx) hazel, whose love and dedication to the arts was unflagging, greatly contributing to the cultural life in our region. The award recognizes an individual, or organization, who exhibits such dedication to the arts and community, and whose vision and commitment has played a significant role in the quality of life in the County.