COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS AWARDS

LCVA to Honor Roy Clark, Farmville Herald, and Crossroads Community Services

Every year, the LCVA honors individuals, businesses, and organizations that advance the arts in Central Virginia.  But it’s not every day that a Grammy-award-winning entertainer comes to Farmville to receive one of the awards.  In May, the LCVA will present the Community Achievement in the Arts awards to musician Roy Clark (individual), the Farmville Herald (business), and Crossroads Community Services Board (organization).  The art center will also name its volunteers of the year, Melissa Panzarello of the University’s theatre department and Longwood junior Chelsea Colón.  An award ceremony and reception, free to all, will be held on Sunday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in Blackwell Ballroom. Click here to read more.

Previous Winners

Since its inception, over forty individuals, businesses, and organizations in Southside Virginia have received the LCVA’s Community Achievement in the Arts Awards.  Former honorees include: for 2010 Dudley Sauvé and j fergeson gallery; for 2009, Centra Southside Community Hospital, Marianne Dennison, and Wilkins Myrick Frames and Fine Art; for 2008, Baine's Books & Coffee, Mary Prevo, and the Victoria Public Library; for 2007, the Pamplin Depot Library, Odessa Pride, Mark and Tammy Southall of Creative Electrical Contractors, Inc., and Joy Boettcher Utzinger; for 2006, Carrington’s Music, Grace Putney, and The Women’s Club of Buckingham County; for 2005, Café Zelia, the Farmville Presbyterian Church, The Hampden-Sydney Music Festival, and Charlene Snoddy; for 2004, Citizens Bank & Trust, Cub Creek Foundation, Martha Pennington Lewis, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, and Margie Watkins; for 2003, Carter’s Flower Shop, Nancy and Ralph Haga, and the Heart of Virginia Festival; for 2002, Shirley Blackwell, Outdoor Film Series, David Dodge Lewis and Sandy Willcox, and Rolleighdon Books; for 2001, the Commonwealth Chorale, Bernice “Penny” Hackett, Harlan Horton of Durette, Irving and Bradshaw, and Charles Kinzer; for 2000, Carol “Cricket” Edmonson, Grant’s Glass, William Lynn, and Denise Penick; for 1999, Central Virginia Arts, Edwilda Isaac, Richard and Deborah McClintock, and Wachovia; for 1998, Baker, Williams and Green Attorneys, Mottley’s Hardware, and Patton Lockwood (posthumous); for 1997, Belk-Leggett Department Store, James C. Kidd, and The Waterworks Players, Inc.; and for 1996, First Virginia Bank-Colonial Southside, Jaqueline J. Wall, and Wintertree.