|
The Orange County arts community will gather on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, in the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, to honor its stars at the 22nd Orange County Arts Awards, hosted by the county’s non-profit arts council, Arts Orange County.
This year’s Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award for lifetime contributions to the Orange County arts community will recognize: Robert Garfias, an internationally-renowned musicologist, educator and arts advocate; Orange County Museum of Art, founded 60 years ago and fulfilling its long-held dream of opening a world-class museum on the Segerstrom Center for the Arts campus; Sophie & Larry Cripe, passionate theatre-lovers, leaders and supporters of South Coast Repertory, Chance Theater, and other Orange County theatres.
Achievement Awards will also be given to the following: Emerging Artist/Arts Leader Awards will be given to Marytza Rubio, a fiction writer and literary arts advocate, and to William Camargo, a celebrated visual artist and community builder. An award for Emerging Arts Organization will be given to Lyric Opera of Orange County, a five-year old company championing opera experiences for all ages countywide.
2021 marks the 22nd edition of the Orange County Arts Awards (held annually except for 2020) and the thirteenth time that the Orange County Arts Awards will take place at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Preceding the ceremonies, honorees and sponsors will enjoy a pre-event reception and elegant dinner in the rotunda of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall before joining all ceremony guests for the evening’s program in the Samueli Theater.
Emcees for this year’s event are Thúy Võ Đặng, Curator for the Southeast Asian Archive at University of California, Irvine, a current ArtsOC Board member, and a past Board member of Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association. She is also co-author of the recently published A People’s Guide to Orange County (with Gustavo Arellano and Elaine Lewinnek), and Richard Stein, President & CEO of Arts Orange County.
“Arts Orange County proudly honors the people and organizations that have profoundly impacted the creative life of our community,” commented Stein. “Each year, we look forward to recognizing those in the arts who have contributed to Orange County over the course of a lifetime and those who are currently making an impact. This is an evening that celebrates our diverse artistic community, where we honor and thank those whose dedication to the arts enriches and benefits so many throughout Orange County.”
More information may be found here.
| 
