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Arts Council of Windham County

Nunziata receives ‘Friend of the Arts’ award

BRATTLEBORO -- The Arts Council of Windham County’s annual "Friend of the Arts" award was presented to Gail Nunziata by Marie Procter, ACWC honorary trustee, on Oct. 22 as part of the ACWC annual meeting held at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

Nunziata was chosen to receive the award for her many contributions to the arts. She serves on the Alliance for the Arts steering committee and faithfully keeps AFTA members informed about up-coming arts events and opportunities for artists.

 

As managing director of Brattleboro Arts Initiative and Latchis Corporation, she is in an ideal position to champion the arts. She has been in charge of raising funds for the renovation and improvement of the Latchis Theater properties and has overseen a continual stream of cultural and artistic events offered at the theater.

She is a representative on the Town Art Committee, is a member of Building a Better Brattleboro and its design committee and acts as liaison for a public art partnership between the Arts Council of Windham County, the Town Arts Committee and Building a Better Brattleboro.

In addition to her many arenas of public service for the arts, Nunziata has been a member of the Brattleboro Concert Choir for many years and was a featured vocalist in the 2009 Brattleboro Sings benefit for the Vermont Jazz Center.

In her acceptance remarks, Nunziata spoke of arts activism and the particular responsibility it has assumed in

   Brattleboro, that of economic impact. She described how this impact is generated by the activities at the Latchis.     She encouraged all to continue to work in their own realms to "shake up the universe with art."

Fourteen years ago, the first Friend of the Arts Award was presented to Beverly Alberts, who was present at the meeting on Thursday. Other previous award recipients present included Joy Wallens-Penford, Meris Morrison and Doug Cox.

The Arts Council elected five new members to the board of trustees: Elsa Borrero, Marty Cohn, Ege Cordell and Cordero and Paul Stone. Douglas Cox and Marjorie Sayer were confirmed as new trustees who came on board mid-year and Adam Silver and Ede Thomas were renewing trustees. Continuing trustees are Kate Anderson, president, and Greg Worden, vice president.

The annual meeting was followed by a program in celebration of Arts & Humanities Month, provided by the Vermont Humanities Council, presented by Adam Boyce on the theme, "Old Time Rules Will Prevail: The Fiddle Contest in Vermont."

For more information about the Arts Council of Windham County, contact them at info@acwc.us.