Trinity Rep Looking For 2015 RI Pell Award Nominees
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Trinity Repertory Company is inviting the public to nominate outstanding local artists for the 2015 Rhode Island Pell Awards for Excellence in the Arts. The Pell Awards’ criteria include excellence in the artist's chosen field, work that significantly advances the art form, and contribution to the betterment of the community and the world at large through artistic presence and community service. Awards will be presented at the theater’s gala in June.
The Pell Awards honor Senator Claiborne Pell and recognize artistic excellence in Rhode Island, the New England region and nationally. He sponsored the landmark legislation that established the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities in 1965, and chaired the Senate Education and Arts subcommittee.
Nomination criteria require the artist’s name, contact information, and a brief description of his or her work and the contributions that they have made to Rhode Island. Nominations are due by February 14.
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In 1960, an unknown political force swept Rhode Island and became one of the most unlikely United States Senators in America.
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