Tonight at City Hall, three of the Spokane Arts Commission's annual awards went to local theater luminaries:
The Arts Organization Award went to ARt, the Actor’s Repertory Theatre of the Inland Northwest (Michael Weaver and Grant Smith)
The Artist Award went to the creators of “York”: David Casteal, Susan Hardie and Bryan Harnetiaux
And the Bold Strokes Award (new for 2005) went to Nike Imoru, the artistic director of Spokane Interplayers Ensemble.
Congratulations to all.
Echoed congratulations to all, with a question:
ReplyDeleteWhat is the Bold Strokes Award? Is it just for theatre folk, or is it a general arts award? What are the criteria for the decision?
Can your journalist side find any answers, Michael?
I have to admit that majors congrats go out to Michael Weaver for bringing Spokane true professional theatre back again ... You guys and your crew deserve all the awards you can get ... thanks from the entire Spokane community
ReplyDeleteAccording to Carol Shore, who's in group sales and marketing at Interplayers, Nike was given the Bold Strokes Award "for picking up the pieces here and developing a fine slate of plays, both last year and this season -- and also for taking Someone Who'll Watch Over Me and doing the outreach into the prison system."
ReplyDeleteObviously it's an award for innovation, and well-deserved.
Spokane doesn't seem to realize how lucky it is to have a world-class talent like Nike in its midst. She's under-appreciated, and at least this award went some distance toward correcting that.
Right now, directing the Lewis and Clark show at G.U. and opening Irma Vep, she's a bit busy.
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ReplyDeleteyeah yeah for Nike
ReplyDeleteWhy do you say that the town doesn't appreciate Nike? I have heard nothing but positive remarks from anyone who has ever worked with her or even met her. Personally, I find her direction a bit hit and miss but I don't hold it against her. Like everyone, I wish her nothing but the best. How is she under-appreciated?
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