Wednesday, November 22, 2006
GAA RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED: The 2006 Governor’s Arts Awards’ recipients have been selected. They are Rock Springs’ poet and Western Wyoming Community College professor Barbara Smith; the Cultural Arts Program at Ark Regional Services in Laramie; Razmick Sarkissian, music teacher for the Sheridan County School District; and arts administrator Candra Day of Jackson. They will be feted at the 25th anniversary Governor’s Arts Awards ceremony and dinner on Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at the Taco Johns’ Center (formerly the Ikon Center) in Cheyenne. Invitations will be mailed next week. This year’s recipients were chosen from a field of 31 nominees from around Wyoming. More info about the awards and the Feb. 2 dinner coming soon to the WAC web site.