EVERETT, APRIL 9: The city of Everett has announced the winners of two local awards, with a celebration on Thursday, April 10.
The awards given were the Richard and Nancy Wendt Award of Excellence and the Mayor’s Arts Awards by the Cultural Arts Commission and Mayor Cassie Franklin.
- Wendt Award – Brenda Stonecipher
- Mayor’s Arts Award – Bunker Arts Collective
- Mayor’s Arts Award – Leland Dart
- Mayor’s Arts Award – Huong Viet Performing Arts Group
- Mayor’s Arts Award – Christopher Gove (Teen Storytellers Project)
- Honorable Mention – Keith Corning
- Honorable Mention – The Dance School
Doors open for this free event at 6 p.m. for a social hour, while the awards program begins at 7 p.m. at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.
Performances taking place include:
- Music from Making Waves – youth band at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
- A film by Teen Storytellers Project
- Traditional Vietnamese music by the Huong Viet Performing Arts Group
- Poems by Duane Kirby Jensen
- Dance performance by The Dance School
About the awards
The Richard & Nancy Wendt Award of Excellence is given annually to a person or organization that has demonstrated outstanding support of the arts throughout their lifetime. The award is named for Dr. Richard Wendt, who passed away in 2007, and his wife Nancy Wendt, who passed away in the spring of 2021.
The Mayor’s Arts Awards recognize the many ways a vibrant arts community is created and sustained. Each year, the Cultural Arts Commission gives out several Mayor’s Arts Awards to people or organizations that have made Everett a better place through their creative efforts, vision, or patronage.
Nominations for 2025 will open this month and will be open until the end of the year.
Based on a press release from the City of Everett