October 18, 2010

The United States Conference of Mayors and Americans for the Arts are seeking nominations for the 2011 Public Leadership in the Arts Awards for local leadership. These awards are given annually in recognition of a mayor whose vision, leadership, and role in advancement of the arts and arts education within his or her community provided heightened visibility to the value of the arts.

In response to a high number of nominations for mayor, beginning in 2011, two Mayoral Awards will be presented. One award will honor a mayor of a city with a population under 100,000 and the other will honor a mayor of a city with a population over 100,000.

The United States Conference of Mayors and Americans for the Arts will formally present next year's recipients at The United States Conference of Mayors 79th Winter Meeting. Recent award recipients include: Honolulu (HI) Mayor Mufi Hannemann (2010), Seattle (WA) Mayor Greg Nickels (2009), and Las Vegas (NV) Mayor Oscar Goodman (2008).

The deadline to submit a nomination for these awards is November 19. For more information or to submit a nomination for the 2011 Public Leadership in the Arts Awards, visit the website: http://www.americansforthearts.org/news/annual_awards/public_leadership/default.asp or send an e-mail to Jocelyn Bogen at The United States Conference of Mayors at jbogen@usmayors.org or Jay Dick at Americans for the Arts at jay@artsusa.org.