The Greater Augusta Arts Council celebrates 40 years of honoring arts excellence with the 2025 Augusta Annual Arts Awards Gala June 20.
“This year’s event represents a broader range of Augusta’s amazing creative community, with more awards and an elevated gala and dinner celebration,” according to a news release.
The gala will be at 7 p.m. June 20, at the St. Paul’s River Room. Tickets are $65 for Arts Council Members, $75 for non-members and $125 for couples. Tickets are available at AugustaArts.com.
The winners include:
Lifetime Achievement Award: Christine Miller Betts
President’s Award: Steven Kendrick
Executive Director’s Visionary Leadership Award: Barbara Feldman, Storyland Theatre
Emerging Artist Award: Maddie Cartwright
Arts Professional Categories include:
Visual Artist – Tiphiknee De Herrera
Digital Design/Photography – Mark Alberton
Entertainment – Krys Bailey, Le Chat Noir
Literary – Lucinda Clark
History & Preservation – Corey Rogers, Lucy Craft Laney Museum / Golden Blocks
Fashion – Jordan Ariel Batin, My Best Friend’s Sewing Room
Culinary Arts – Justin Hayes
Arts Educator – A.B. Osborne, Augusta University
Arts Volunteer – Denise King, for 25 years of service to GAAC
Arts Media – The Morning Mix with Cliff Bennett
Arts Sponsor –Jim Dalton, Beachview Tents & Rentals,
Kath Girdler Engler Public Art Award – Przemyslaw Kordys (PK)
Arts Non-Profit/Organization of the Year – Augusta Junior Players, Roy Lewis
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