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The Next Level Arts Awards 2015
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
The New Works Writers
Series sponsored the Next Level Arts Awards on May 15, 2015
at the Scott High School’s Louise Brower Little Theater. The
program celebrates dancers, actors, visual artists, graphic
designers, directors, writers and scenic designers who have
donated their time and efforts in promoting arts in central
city Toledo.
This year’s program
acknowledged the accomplishments of 36 local artists or
organizations for their contributions to the community:
Katrina Barnhill, Clark Brooks, Richard Brown, Tisha
Carroll, Sylvia Carter, Geneva Chapman, Megan Yasu Davis,
Stephanie Dixon, Melissa Feagin-Hinton, Darius Hall, Andrea
Harris, Crystal Harris, Melvin Johnson, Andre Knighten, Kyna
Kynard, Armon Miller, Leigh Miller, Rita Mister, Amber and
Autumn Mitchell, Deonte Moss, Wakeso Peterson, Hunter Prey,
J’nelle Pullum-Terrell, K. Laverne Redden, John Scott,
Terrell Shelmon, Vicky Simpson-Brooks, Curtis Smith, Simone
Spruces Torres, Tonya Steward, Kenneth Taylor, Stewart
Walker, Monica Watkins, Latoya Williams and the Art Tatum
Center and the Tillman Gallery.
The evening’s mistress of
ceremonies was Doni Miller, host of abc13TV’s Bridges
program.
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Sponsors included the
Toledo Museum of Art, WalMart, Maumee Indoor Theater,
Kroger, Target, J’nell Pullum-Terrell and Washtenaw
Community College.
In addition to the awards,
the night also brought out entertainment in the form of
Scott’s Dawg House Dance Team and vocalist Krystal Monique.
New Works Writers Series
is the brainchild of founder and director Imelda Hunt, Ph.D. |
