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The “Sue Hess Legacy Arts Advocate of the Year Award” is named in honor of our first Chair of the Board of Trustees. The award recognizes individuals whose advocacy efforts have significantly increased support for and public recognition of the Arts in Maryland. Here is the list of all of the winners since the inaugural award was given in 2009:
2020: Rebecca Massie Lane, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
2019: Julia Di Bussolo, Executive Director, Arts Every Day
2018: Sandy Oxx, Carroll County Arts Council
2017: Busy Graham, Founder, Artivate and Carpe Diem Arts
2016: Herb Massie, Director of Community Engagement, Baltimore Clayworks
2015: Brooke Kidd, Founder/Director, Joe's Movement Emporium
2014: Fred Lazarus IV, Former President, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
2013: Susan S. Farr, Former Executive Director, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
2012: Toby Orenstein, Founder & Artistic Director, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts
2011: E. Scott Johnson, Attorney, and Former Chair, Maryland State Arts Council
2010: Nancy Haragan, Founder & Former Executive Director, GBCA
2009: James Gillespie, Former Executive Director, Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council
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