IF YOU know someone who has made a great artistic contribution in the area then give them the recognition they deserve with a nomination in the Great Lakes Arts Awards.
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Previously known as the Great Lakes Cultural Awards, the council-run awards are held every second year and have been revamped for 2015.
‘‘Since the inaugural awards in 2007, there have been no changes to the process other than to run them as a biennial event instead of annually,’’ Great Lakes Council’s community development co-ordinator, Lyndie Hepple, said.
‘‘We had some feedback that the name ‘cultural awards’ was a little ambiguous, so we’ve renamed the process the Great Lakes Arts Awards, since everyone understands what ‘the arts’ means.’’
Other changes include reducing the number of categories from seven to five and including a new category for literary arts, an area that had not been previously recognised.
‘‘The aim of the awards is to acknowledge and honour outstanding contributions to visual, performing and literary arts in the local government area and to recognise individuals, groups and organisations for artistic excellence, innovation, achievement and/or support of the arts,’’ Ms Hepple said.
The categories in the awards include: visual arts, performing arts, literary arts and youth (under 18).
The fifth category, enlightened support, would be awarded to an individual, group or organisation that had made a significant contribution to any creative discipline either by endowment or by creative practice.
Nominations for the awards (see greatlakes.nsw.gov.au) open on Monday, April 6, and close at 4.30pm on Friday, May 15. The awards night is at Club Forster on June 12.
