Beaverton to Present Arts Awards

The City of Beaverton Art's Program has picked the recipients of the 2016 Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Awards.

The awards - which will go a variety of people and institutions such as an arts instructor at Westview High School, the Beaverton Library, and the Washington County Visitors Association - will be handed out the city council meeting on June 14th at 6:30 p.m..

2016 Annual Award Recipients
These winning individuals, organizations, and businesses were nominated by their peers and selected by the Beaverton Arts Commission (BAC) Board of Directors. They are being recognized for their important contributions to local and regional arts.

• BAC President’s Award – Brian Rogers, Executive Director of Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust
• Art in the Marketplace Award – Beaverton Civic Theatre
• Art Partners of the Year Award – HomePlate Youth Services
• Arts & Culture Excellence Award – Tina Arth and Darrell Baker (posthumously)
• Business of the Year Award – Washington County Visitors Association
• Art Supporter of the Year – Beaverton City Library
• Partner in Arts Education Award –Michael Johnson, Principal of Arts & Communication Magnet Academy (ACMA)
• Outstanding Art Instructor – Kenneth Bischoff, Westview High School
• Art Leadership Award – Global Art of Dance Studio (Myong-Hui Murphy and Lisa Chang)
• Global Art of Dance Studios/Hula Halau Ohana Holo'oko'a has been awarded a $1000 grant from the Beaverton Intercultural Council (BIC). The group has been selected to perform at the 2016 Cheonan World Dance Festival held in Beaverton’s sister city, Cheonan, South Korea. This is the first time a dance group from Beaverton has applied and been invited to participate at the annual festival.
• 2016 Scholarship Recipients
• Student honorees were recommended by their teachers, selected by an arts education panel, and approved by the BAC Board of Directors. Ten students will receive scholarships sponsored by the Beaverton Arts & Culture Foundation and Southminster Presbyterian Church Celebration of Creativity.
• Outstanding High School Visual Art Students
• Bailey Volchok, Westview High School
• Blain Radford, ACMA
• Samuel Garnett, Beaverton High School
• Allysa Murphy, Aloha High School
• Jacqueline Lu, Sunset High School
• Justin Rostad, Aloha High School
• Outstanding High School Performing Art Students
• Elizabeth Reynaud, Jesuit High School
• Emma Younger, ACMA
• Ian Schipper, Westview High School
• Aidan Burns, ACMA

Caption: The city’s arts programs and Hello Neighbor, through a generous grant provided by The Nike Community Impact Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, collaborated with HomePlate Youth Services to bring photojournalism classes to the Wednesday drop-in space at Merlo Station High School. The Hello Neighbor project is on display through the end of June. HomePlate is receiving the Art Partners of the Year Award. (Photo/City of Beaverton)