Tuesday afternoon the College arts community convened for The Arts at Dartmouth Awards Ceremony. College artists, actors, filmmakers, writers and musicians received awards in recognition of their achievements at Dartmouth.
The ceremony opened with musical performance by Kojiro Umezaki, which was followed by a welcome and a key note address by Deborah Sale, the Chief of Staff to the New York Lieutenant Governor. Sale has also worked at Columbia Pictures and as radio and television journalist. In her address she called for increased support of the arts to maintain their high profile in today's society.
The extensive awards presentation followed Sale's address.
Kelly Copper '93 received both the Ruth and Loring Dodd Drama Prize for the best play of the year and the Warner Bentley and Henry B. Williams Fellowship Endowment to allow her to continue her theater work in a professional context.
The career of Julia Whitworth '93, which included performances in Feast of Song, West Side Story, and Pippin as well as for her outstanding contributions to other theatre at Dartmouth, earned her the Benjamin and Edna Ehrlich Prize.
Whitworth's "Divided Duties," an Honors Thesis project in collaboration with Peter Nigrini '93, which addressed gender issues in Shakespeare, currently playing at the Hopkins Center.
Music major Brandon Adams '93 also received multiple awards. He was awarded the Macdonald Smith Prize was awarded for his high achievement in musical performances. The Charles S. Fleet 1953 Prize was given to Adams for his commitment and contributions to the Glee Club. Adams also received an award from the Hopkins Center to allow him to pursue a professional internship or graduate study.
Torin Porter '93, whose projects included the small white dog sculptures and interactive puppets that appeared on the Green this spring, was recognized for his work in studio art. Porter also received the Sudler Prize for his outstanding work in the performing arts.
The Department of Drama gave the David Birney Award to drama major Peter Nigrini '93 for his significant contribution in the areas of design and production in such plays as the 1992 mainstage production "Curse All the Starving Class" and this spring's "Divided Duties."
Melissa Brown '93 won the Department of Studio Art's Perspectives on Design Award for her work in and contributions to the department. Brown's studies of shape and form can be seen in the Jaffe Friede and Strauss galleries in the Hopkins Center, which are currently exhibiting the art of senior studio art majors. Several other artists honored in the ceremony are also showing work in the galleries.
The Alexander Laing Memorial Writing Award for the Best Original Screen Play went to John Stanton '93 and Rich Molson '94. Stanton and Molson are both first time screen writers who had not taken a film studies class before.
Laura Howse '93 and Audrey Bennett '93, whose works were recently exhibited at the Dirt Cowboy Cafe, were among those who received the Robert Read Prize for their work in the graphic arts.
