The Monmouth Arts Education Awards is a distinguished annual event held to honor and acknowledge the power of arts education in Monmouth County. Each year at the ceremony Monmouth Arts gives out six awards and two emerging artist scholarships, while guests are entertained by exciting performances and presentations. The public is encouraged to nominate candidates for awards, and students should apply directly for scholarships.
2019 HONOREES & SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Community Arts Education Organization
Two River Theater
Community Champions of the Arts
Nicholas & Shayne Mishoe, Company of Dance Arts
Arts Organization Leader
Bruce Gallipani, Rockit Live! Foundation
Arts Education Advocate
Heather Brown Cadalzo, Inspired Minds Fine Art School
Outstanding Educator in Visual Arts
Kate Okeson, Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School
Outstanding Educator in Performing Arts
Ben Ringer, New Jersey State Youth Orchestra
The Jay and Linda Grunin Scholarship for the Arts
Sebrina Gao, Communications High School
The MC² Scholarship for Performing and Literary Arts
Maxwell R. Connery, Rockit! Academy and Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School
Maxwell Connery is a senior at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional HS, and in the Fall will be attending NYU Tisch School of the Arts – Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music as a Songwriter Entrepreneur. A multi-instrumentalist, trained in classical, jazz and contemporary styles, Maxwell is the singer-songwriter of 2018 Asbury Music Award winners “Sonic Blume.” Recently named one of the “Top NJ Bands to Hear in 2019” by NJ Star-Ledger, their second album “Beach Karma,” was also named one of the “Top NJ Records of 2018.
Sebrina Gao is a 17-year old senior at Communications High School. Sebrina has been the recipient of many regional and national awards, and is a student of Shelley Ortner. She aims to pursue a career the entertainment industry and one day, create visual development art for animated films. She will be attending the ArtCenter College of Design - Pasadena, CA in the Fall of this year.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Two River Theater
21 Bridge Rd
Red Bank, NJ 07701
Honoring Outstanding Arts Educators, Community Leaders, and Monmouth County High School Students for Excellence
in the Arts
Nominations for the 2020 Monmouth Arts Education Awards will be made available soon!
Every year, Monmouth Arts invites you to nominate outstanding individuals and/or organizations who represent what it means to enhance, teach, and advocate for arts education in Monmouth County.
Nominations can be completed through the official online form, which will be made available here in December.
If you would like to fill out a physical form and mail or fax it to us, we welcome you to do that as well. Those will also be made available here, or may be picked up from the Monmouth Arts office in Red Bank. Completed forms can be returned to:
MAIL:
Attn: Vinny Martini, Arts Education & Events Manager
Monmouth Arts
105 Monmouth St.,
Red Bank, NJ 07701
FAX:
Attn: Vinny Martini, Arts Education & Events Manager
Fax #: (732) 212-0530
PLEASE NOTE: Monmouth Arts Education Award nominations will close on March 31, 2020!
2018 Monmouth Arts Emerging Artist Scholarship Recipients
Elena Yasin is a member of both the Dance Team and Dance Academy at Matawan Regional High School under the direction of Julie McKurth. She has been training for 14 years through various programs including the Senior Ensemble at Peridance Capezio Center in Manhattan, and the Monmouth County Arts High School dance program. She plans to continue exploring the capacity of her physical and artistic abilities in expressive movement at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in the fall.
Andrew Wang is a student artist who enjoys using a variety of media and techniques in order to create pieces with an illustrative feel. Andy currently attends Communications High School, and studies under his visual arts teacher Shelley Ortner. He will attend the Rhode Island School of Design this fall.
2018 HONOREES
Community Arts Education Organization
Jennifer Chauhan & Allison Tevald, Project Write Now
Arts Organization Leader
Mark Hyczko, Freehold Downtown Concert Series
Community Champion of the Arts
Michelle Burrell, Asbury Park Technical Academy of Dance
Arts Education Advocate
July Nagy, Algonquin Arts Theatre
Outstanding Educators in Visual and Performing Arts
Tonya Lee, Art Instructor, Monmouth University
Eric Gross, Music Educator, Freehold High School
2016 HONOREES
Community Arts Education Organization
Belmar Arts Center
Arts Organization Leader
David Levy & Leslie Backlund, Co-Presidents of the Guild of Creative Art
Community Champion of the Arts
Sarah Hilton, Arts Educator for Oasis
Arts Education Advocate
Richard McKenna, Senior Vice President of Sales at Hatteras
Outstanding Educators in Visual and Performing Arts
Judy Raybon, Visual Arts Educator of Collier Youth Services
Gerald Romano, Director of Bands at Monmouth Regional High School