Mayor’s Arts Awards
Celebrating Arts & Culture in Muncie!
The Mayor’s Arts Awards is a biennial celebration, presented in partnership with the City of Muncie, that serves to cultivate greater visibility and appreciation for the inherent value of arts and culture. These awards and nominations recognize individuals and organizations whose significant contributions to the cultural landscape of Muncie have made this city into a home for the arts.
The Mayor’s Arts Awards recognizes achievement through an open public nomination process. All types of work that support the making, creation, or support of the arts are considered. This includes visual, performing, and culinary artists; musicians, writers, poets, rappers, directors, producers, craftspeople, arts educators, arts patrons, arts professionals, and volunteers; as well as organizations, institutions, government agencies, corporations, and businesses who work in or for the arts primarily benefiting the residents of Muncie.
Awards are presented in nine categories:
Arts Advocate
An individual or organization whose strong support of the arts has been ongoing through philanthropic and/or volunteer service
Arts LEADER
An arts professional or organization who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, organizational stewardship and partnership within the local arts community
Arts EDUCATOR
An individual whose achievements and contributions to arts education have been significant and far reaching
CORPORATE ARTS
A business or corporation that shows exemplary support of the arts, artists, and arts organizations within the Muncie area
ArtIST IN THE COMMUNITY
An individual visual, performing, or culinary artist, musician, writer, poet, rapper, director, craftsperson, etc. (in any discipline) recognized for artistic excellence and singular efforts in contributing to Muncie’s cultural vitality
NEXT GENERATION ARTIST
A working visual, performing, or culinary artist, musician, writer, poet, rapper, director, craftsperson, etc. (in any discipline) under the age of 40 who has demonstrated outstanding promise and commitment to the arts community
MUNCIE MAKER
A local for-profit business owner who exemplifies the impact and vitality of Muncie’s creative economy
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
An individual or organization recognized for significant and sustained contributions to the field of arts and culture in the Muncie area
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
A local artist active in Muncie, chosen by the community