Horizon Awards

The Fresno Arts Council (FAC) honors the exceptional contributions of individuals, organizations and businesses with its yearly hosted event called Horizon Awards. This much awaited event started in 1984 to provide recognition to the Fresno community dedicated in the excellence in the arts.

2011 Horizon Awards

The 26th Annual Horizon Awards will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Fresno City Hall (buy tickets to attend). 

Donors contributing over $100 (could be processed online) will receive two tickets to the ceremony and will be listed in the Program under Horizon Circle as contributors, over $250 as Sponsors and over $1000 as Patrons. These are very special categories and we ask you to please become a part of these efforts. or by giving in-kind contributions.

The different nomination categories include:

• Artist – This award is given to artists representing the visual, performing, or literary arts whose work demonstrates commitment, creativity and excellence in their respective fields.
• Business - This award is given to the business whose encouragement and patronage has helped broaden the interest and support of the arts in Fresno.
• Citizen - Recognition is given to an individual whose dedication, service and involvement have contributed to the enhancement and prosperity of the arts in the community.
• Educator - The Ella Odorfer Educator award is given to an arts educator in recognition for contributions made in the classroom and the community to promote growth and enrichment in the educational systems through the arts.
• Special - This award is designed to recognize exemplary contributions made in behalf of the advancement of the arts in the Fresno Community by an individual, a business, or an organization.
• Youth - In an effort to acknowledge and encourage the younger talents within the community, this award is bestowed upon a young artist, or group who has demonstrated a high degree of talent and promise in any of the art disciplines

Learn more about the 2011 Horizon Awards.

Past Recipients:

2010
 

• Artists: Edna Garabedian and Agustin Lira & Patricia Wells Solorzano
• Business: Jacqueline Doumanian
• Citizen: Catherine M. Rehart
• Ella Odorfer Educator: Dr. Corrinne Hales
• Special: Stephanie Pearl
• Youth: Anne Rempel

2009

• Artist: Willis J. Portis
• Business: Toshiro Yoshioka, Tokyo Garden Restaurant
• Citizen: Peter & Angela Dal Pezzo
• Educator: Dr. Roy Klassen
• Special: Granville Homes, Inc.
• Special: League of Mexican American Women
• Youth: Patrick Contreras

2008

• Stanley C. Bitters
• Pat Wolk
• Peter Everwine
• Jon Carroll
• Kaye Migaki
• Yifan Luo
• Ronald Eichman, Fresno Grand Opera

2007

• Dr. Anna Hamre
• Marcel Nunis
• John Moses, Fresno Filmworks
• Kay Bonner Cummings
• Adolf Odorfer (1902-1995)
• Kathryn Johncox
• Dr. Bob Bennett
• Marissa Honda

2006

• David Mas Masumoto
• Jacquelin Pilar
• Good Company Players
• Terry W. Allen
• Valley Public Radio, KVPR
• Charles Hanzlicek
• Eva Scow

2005

• Joel Abels
• Polly Brewer
• Duane Weston
• Dede Nibler
• Arriba Valle Central, Univision Ch. 21
• Sabrina Cavalletto

2004

• Susana Ramos Esquivel
• George Ollikkala
• Robert Ogata
• Dixie Salazar
• Valley Public Television, KVPT
• Chris Sorensen

2003

• John Chookasian
• EECU
• Dotty Abbate
• Margaret Hudson
• Radio Bilingue
• Erynn Richardson

2002

• Carmencristina Moreno
• August Madrigal
• Ruiz Foods, Inc.
• Howard Growdon
• Carol Robertson
• Gary Soto
• Matt Crum

2001

• Heinz Kusel
• Kathleen Wosika
• Boro Landscaping
• Virginia Farquhar
• Robert & Jan Hansen Family
• Christa Lynn Pehl
• Gordon Goede
• Eric Brelsford