Tag Archives: 2011 Mayor’s Awards
Tim Woodward Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Award For Lifetime Achievement
Tim Woodward was born in Boise and attended Boise schools. He was a communications technician in the Navy and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1971 with a degree in journalism. He went to work at The Idaho … Continue reading
Doug StanWiens Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Award For Excellence in History Education
As a high school history teacher in the Boise Public Schools, Doug StanWiens created the Boise Architecture Project (BAP), engaging students to document Boise’s historic and contemporary architecture. He started the program when he taught at Timberline; he now teaches … Continue reading
Leah Clark Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Award For Excellence in Art Education
Leah Stephens Clark founded Balance Dance Company in 1997. This contemporary youth company has trained hundreds of young women in modern dance. Balance works with several choreographers every season, both local and national. Balance presents several performances including two fully … Continue reading
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Awards For Excellence in Art Education
The Idaho Shakespeare Festival provides theater arts programming that is integrated into the curricula of approximately 73% of the school districts in Idaho, as well as parts of Oregon and Nevada. Through its school tours, Shakespearience and Idaho Theater for … Continue reading
Planmakers Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Awards For Business Support for History
John Bertram, owner of Planmakers, has dedicated his professional planning practice to developing cultural plans and preserving Boise’s architectural history. Past projects include the renewal of the 8th Street Marketplace in the 1970s, development of C.W. Moore Park, and documentation … Continue reading
Artists in Cells Exhibition – A Celebration of 10 Years of Percent for Art
I’m Glad You’re Here, Grant Olsen, 2006, Charles F. McDevitt Youth Sports Complex In celebrating 10 years of Boise’s Percent for Art program, 8 artists have been chosen to exhibit at the 2011 Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Art & … Continue reading
Saint Alphonsus Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Awards For Business Support for the Arts
In 2001 Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center initiated the design of a new building to house updated and technologically sophisticated critical care areas and surgery suites. Early in the design process they became members of The Center for Healthcare Design’s … Continue reading
Basque Museum Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in History
Cyrus Jacobs-Uberuaga House The Basque Museum and Cultural Center’s mission is to preserve, to promote, and to perpetuate Basque history and culture. The Museum’s great efforts stemming from this philosophy have caught the eye of not just us Boiseans—Basque and … Continue reading
The Cabin Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Arts
When I walk through Julia Davis Park on a sunny July morning and hear a 10-year-old shyly reading her latest poem to an enthusiastic Summer Writing Camp instructor, or engage in an Idaho Writers Guild “Back Talk” session with fellow … Continue reading
Historian Mark Baltes Awarded 2011 Mayor’s Award For Excellence in History
For over thirty years Mark Baltes has promoted the preservation of Boise history through volunteer work, his business Landmark Impressions, and with his public artwork. Baltes specializes in the creation of interpretive signage, and historical site markers. His interpretive … Continue reading
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