Mayor's Arts Awards

The Mayor's Arts Awards are the most prestigious honors conferred by the city on individual artists, organizations and patrons of the arts.

Each year, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities invites citizens to nominate outstanding artists and arts organizations in the following categories:

•Outstanding Emerging Artist
•Excellence in Service to the Arts
•Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education
•Innovation in the Arts
•Excellence in an Artistic Discipline

The Mayor's Arts Awards for Arts Teaching
This award is given to outstanding applications of imagination and creativity taught in the DC Public Schools and DC Public Charter Schools. It serves to honor arts teachers who have demonstrated leadership in enhancing the quality of art education for DC's student population. An arts teacher may be nominated by school principals, parents, students, arts organizations or department supervisors.

Please note nominees must teach at DC Public Schools and DC Public Charter Schools. Nominations can be made in following categories:

•Performing Arts
•Visual Arts
•Language Arts

Please download and use the PDF nomination guideline forms below.

Related Documents:
•2011 Mayor's Arts Awards Guidelines
•2011 Mayor's Arts Awards Guidelines for Teaching







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