Announcing 2012 Governor's Awards Call for Nominations

Governor's Awards

Criteria for nominees include (but are not limited to):

Impact in furthering/advocating for the humanities in Alaska;
Excellence in achievement in a field of study, area of research, or project related to the humanities;
Life-, group-, or institution-long commitment to the humanities in the state;
Innovation in the wisdom and methods of the humanities;
Leadership in expanding understanding and appreciation of the humanities in the state;
Representing the best of the humanities in Alaska to the rest of the nation and the world.

Eligibility

Any Alaskan individual, organization, or institution that has advanced the humanities in Alaska is eligible to be nominated. Current Board of Directors and staff of the Alaska Humanities Forum are not eligible for consideration.

Award Selection and Ceremony

Nominations may be submitted by mail, fax, or electronically, no later than September 3, 2012. Self-nominations are not allowed. A panel will be convened in early September to review nominations and pass along a list of proposed awardees for final approval to the Governor of Alaska. Final awardees will be contacted by the Alaska Humanities Forum, in conjunction with the Office of the Governor of Alaska. Governor's Awards will be announced in late September, 2012.

Download the 2012 Governor's Award for the Humanities Nomination Form

Download the 2012 Governor's Award for the Arts Nomination Form

2010 Award Recipients

Eight outstanding citizens and one rural arts council were selected by Governor Parnell as the 2010 recipients of the Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities. The awards were presented during a dinner event at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge on Thursday, October 21, 2010. The awards were sponsored by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Office of the Governor.

Awards for the Arts:

Individual Artist Award
Sonya Kelliher Combs, Anchorage

Individual Artist Award
Barry McWayne (posthumous), Fairbanks

Arts Education Award
Tom Manning, Juneau

Arts Organization Award
Nome Arts Council

Lifetime Achievement Artist Award
Paul Rosenthal, Juneau

Native Artist Award
Martha Lalla Williams, Anchorage

Awards for Humanities:
Gordon Pullar, Anchorage
Bill Schneider, Fairbanks
Ron Spatz, Anchorage

For more information about the Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities, call the Alaska State Council on the Arts at 907.269.6610 or visit: www.eed.state.ak.us/aksca

2009 Award Recipients

The Awards for the Humanities is an annual series of awards honoring the contribution of individuals and groups that enrich the civic, intellectual, and cultural life of all Alaskans through the wisdom and techniques of the humanities. Governor Sean Parnell presented the 2009 Governor's Awards for the Humanities to Dr. Rudolph Krejci and Dr. James Kari, and the 2009 Alaska History Teacher of the Year Award to Lynda Leal. The awards were presented during a dinner event at the Hotel Captain Cook on Thursday, October 22, 2009. The awards are sponsored by the Alaska State Council on the Arts, the Alaska Humanities Forum and the Office of the Governor.

Awards for the Arts:

Lifetime Acheivement
Pauline Lee, Petersburg

Margaret Nick Cooke for Native Arts and Languages
Florence Pestrikoff, Kodiak

Individual Artist
Sheila Wayne, Anchorage

Business Leadership in the Arts
Koniag, Incorporated, Kodiak

Arts Advocacy
Wanda Chin, Fairbanks

Awards for Humanities:

Distinguished Service to the Humanities
James Kari, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Alaska Native Language Center, UAF
Rudolph Krejci, Ph.D., Doctoral Program Advisor, UAF

Alaska History Teacher of the Year
Lynda Leal, Bartlett High School, Anchorage

2008 Award Recipients

Awards for the Arts:

Lifetime Acheivement
Arthur & Eleanor Braendel, Anchorage

Arts Organization
Bunnell Street Arts Center, Juneau

Arts Education
Cristine Crooks, Juneau

Individual Artist
Dan DeRoux, Juneau

Awards for Humanities:

Distinguished Service to the Humanities
Dr. James Muller, Anchorage and Dr. Rosita Worl, Juneau

Alaska History and Culture Studies Teacher of the Year
Raymond Voley