CITY AND COUNTY ART Award PROGRAMs

Each year, the City of Santa Barbara and County of Santa Barbara recognize exceptional community arts supporters with the City Business in Art Award program and the County Leadership in Arts Award program.

 
 

City of SANTA BARBARA BUSINESS in Art Award

Each year the Santa Barbara community is invited to nominate businesses that demonstrate commitment to the cultural vibrancy of Santa Barbara through: support for artists/culture bearers/creatives, and arts and culture organizations through collaborations or partnerships, innovative programs or methods, and/or philanthropy.

ELIGIBILITY

Candidates for the award must conduct business within Santa Barbara City Limits as a retail or commercial establishment, sole practitionership, LLC, or corporation. Businesses that have already received the award are not eligible for consideration.

PROCESS

The nomination process is open to all members of the Santa Barbara community.

Nominators should provide specific examples to support the following criteria:

  • Distinguished leadership in support of the arts through partnerships, innovative methods or programs, or philanthropic contributions

  • A large scope of impact and support that extends beyond immediate business interests

  • A visionary and innovative approach to championing the arts

  • Successful cultivation of relationships and partnerships with individual artists and/or organizations in the arts community

  • Significantly benefitted or improved the arts and culture community

All nominations will be reviewed and evaluated by the City Arts Advisory Committee. Award recipients will receive a framed certificate as well as recognition through social media channels.

For questions, please contact Nicholas Ragheb at nicholas@sbac.ca.gov.

Past business in art award Recipients

Montecito Bank & Trust | Ablitt’s Fine Cleaners & Tailors I Doug Lochner- Art That Works I EOS Lounge I Voice Magazine I Paseo Nuevo Mall l Montecito Bank & Trust | Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science and Technology (SBCAST)I 2015 Hotel Indigo I Laura Knight, Pascucci Restaurant I MichelKate Interiors & Art Gallery and Brad Nack I lynda.com I Gary Atkins Sound Systems I Art Essentials I The Santa Barbara Independent I Art From Scrap I Santa Barbara Downtown Organization First Thursdays I Barry Berkus I CASA Magazine

county Leadership in Art Award

The Leadership in the Arts Award was established in 2006 by the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission as an annual award “to honor and recognize individuals or organizations that have made a significant impact on the arts and culture of our region through innovative thinking and exemplary commitment to promoting sustaining, and advancing our quality of life through the Arts.”

congratulation to this year’s honorees:

 

Celesta Billeci

 

City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department

PAST leadership in arts award Recipients

Josef Woodard | Montecito Bank & Trust I Solvang Theater Fest l City of Buellton’s Arts & Culture Committee I Patricia Gregory I Kate and Brooks Firestone and Family I The Arts Fund l Vicki Andersen | Lompoc Mural Society | Kathy Koury and the Children's Creative Project | Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation l Connie Rohde-Stanchfield | Rod Lathim | Zaveeni Kahn-Marcus, founding director of UCSB Multicultural Center l Kerry Methner and Mark Whitehurst: Voice Magazine | Bill Cirone and Tina Fanucchi | Joe and Margie Talaugon | Nat Fast l Susan Rose