Friends of the Arts Awards Program - Past Recipients |
2009 - FOTA is proud to honor the many outstanding art teachers of the Chicago Public Schools and the hard work of the Office of Arts Education
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The mission of the Office of Arts Education, part of the CPS Office of Teaching and Learning, is to provide more students with access to a quality arts education with meaningful arts experiences inside and outside the classroom. They are a resource for teachers, principals and arts organizations on arts curricula and discipline-based learning strategies, arts integration, professional development for teachers and principals, arts partnerships and arts teaching credentials. They are also passionate advocates of greater funding in arts education.
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2008 - We honor our FOTA 10 year members |
Jacque Ames
Nancy Pirri
James Klekowski
Jennifer La Civita
Wayne Tjaden
Amy Huisinga
Lee Gatewood
Judy Zeddies
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2007 |
Richard Maltz - Long time FOTA member and artist
Cynthia Quick - Director of the October Chicago Artists’ Month
Salvador Jimenez - Pilsen community activist art activist
Michael Gaylord James - Heartland Cafe activist art supporter
Rogers Park Art Center - Community Art Center
Matt Nichols - FOTA Rep for Roscoe Village
Alderman Gene Schulter - Ravenswood Art Support
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2006 |
Phil Martini - Chicago Park District Instructor
Kaleidoscope Gallery, Barrington
Ted Preuss - FOTA member, seminar instructor
Woman Made Gallery
Dayna Block & Sarah Laining - Open Studio Project, Evanston
Mark Oldach & Bill Current - Refuge Center for Artists in Recovery
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2005
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 Jeff Semmerling - Puppet artist and mask maker
Chris Loutris - Community art support, Carroll Arts Building
Nancy Pirri - Sculptor and instructor
Pam Robinson - Jewellery instructor and Coordinator at Lill Street Gallery
Gallery 203 - Flat Iron Building Emerging Artists? Gallery
Wishbone Restaurant -Providing art gallery show space
Bill Marquardsen - Ravenswood and Lincoln Square art supporter
Alan Hicks - Performance artist
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2004 |
Richard Stromberg - Director of the Chicago Center for Photography
Robert Smeltzer - Long time Chicago painter
Meg Biddle - Director of Lincoln Square Pottery Studio
Jonathan Dixon - Director of New Town Writer?s Group
Timmy Samuel - artists and photographer
Jason Messinger - FOTA Rep and fine arts coordinator
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2003 |
Ed Hinkley, Art teacher at Lill Street and Lincoln Sq. Art Studio,
Anatasia Makarenko - Emerging artist and active networking in the art community
Kevin Swallow - FOTA Rep at Boost Cafe and Andersonville Art Walk
Jessica Clarke - Associate Editor In These Times and co-curator of the
Illegal Art Show
Margaret Klimek Phillips - Director Childrens Art program at Art Institute,
1966 - 1992
Kyle Higgins - Director Cabrini Green Childrens Art outreach program
Charles Angell - Founder and Director of Inner City Light Program
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2002 |
Marianne Lappanen - Founder of Gallery EGG and art educator
Peter Jones - Director, Peter Jones Gallery and curator of art benefits
Aldo Castillo - Gallery Owner and curator of art benefits
Angela Allyn - Director of Evanston Arts Council
Keith Kaminski - Coordinator of CAC digital events and curator
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2001 |
Barton Faist - Advocate to save the Tree Art Studios
Margarette Gross - Director of the Chicago Artists Archives
Debra Hatchett - Director of Anatomically Art Gallery
A. Bernardo Marigmen, III - Director of the Waukegan Fine Arts Guild
Nicole Aimee Macaluso - Art historian, educator and art promoter
Andy Mitran - Founder of the Men's Art Forum Chicago
James O. Stola - Fine Arts advocate and organization consultant
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2000 |
Thomas Frerk - FOTA Co-chairperson, Outstanding Contributions
Richard Garza - Gallery 2828 Director
Connie Hinkle - Chicago Artist
Tony Izzo - Gallery 2828 Director
Adele Kiel - Chicago Artist
Jennifer La Civita Kimrough - Director Portage Park Arts Center
Judy O'Connell - Lincoln Park Cultural Center Summer Art Show
Olga Stefan - Around the Coyote Arts Director
Marya Veeck - August House Gallery Art Director
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1999 |
Sandra Berger, Chicago Artist
Jacque Ames, Co-founder, NOMADSCentral Art Group
Tor Dettwiler, Art Educator, Victor J. Andrew High School
Walter Fydryck, Chicago Arist
Rachel Pagacz, Art Educator, Prospect Heights Public Schools
Arlene Rakoncay, Director, Chicago Artists' Coalition
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1998 |
Stephen Timmer, Attorney at Law, Fagel & Haber
Wendy Wollenberg, Senior Editor, Where Magazine Chicago
Sheryl Morabito, Secretary to 32nd Ward Alderman Ted Matlak
Doug Birkenheuer, Co-host of FOTA Interpretive Salon Evenings
Rick Dean, Co-host of FOTA Interpretive Salon Evenings
Robert Jacob, Art Editor, the Chicago Reader |
1997 |
Carole Rosenkoetter, Presiden, Association for Roscoe Village Enterprises
Jon Tanner, FOTA WebSite Technician
Terry Gaskins, faithful volunteer and photographer
Tracy Baim, Senior Editor, Nightlines Magazine
Nick Scalzo, S-Mark Productions, Publicity
Mark Budwig, S-Mark Productions, Publicity
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