About the 2014 Viola Awards
2014 Award Winners
2014 Nominees
2014 Event Photos & Videos
About the 2014 Viola Awards
The 6th Annual Viola Awards Gala was held on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at High Country Conference Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. 550 artists, patrons of the arts and arts supporters came out to celebrate excellence in the arts and sciences.
Emcees Tony & Linda Sutera, both former Viola Award winners in the Performing Arts category, kept the night moving and performed vignettes from previous theatrical productions. Performances included Sambatuque, Tony Norris and Flagstaff Youth Theater.
Official 2014 Viola Award Winners
Announcing the winners of the 2014 Viola Awards for Excellence in the Arts!
The Mayor’s Legacy Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Arts
Baje Whitethorne, Sr.
Excellence in the Visual Arts
Shawn Skabelund
Virga: The Hunt for Water
Excellence in Storytelling
Nicole Walker
Quench Your Thirst With Salt
Excellence in Leadership
Bonnie Stevens
Business for the Arts
Brandy’s Restaurant
The Mayor’s Legacy Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Arts
Kay Poen
Excellence in the Performing Arts
Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra
Lost in Space
Excellence in Arts Education
Karin Hallberg
Excellence in Science Education
Josh Armstrong
Emerging Artist Award
Ben Jordan
Official 2014 Viola Award Nominees
Nominees for
Excellence in the Visual Arts
Sponsor: Jodi & David Sacco
Four Seasons Murals
Mike Frankel, John Rogers & Tom Williams
The Mars Kaleidisphere
Jenn Jones
Recycled Art Fashion Show
Mural Mice
Route 66 Phoenix Avenue Mural
NAU Art Museum
Tangibles: Beauty & Purpose in the Art of the Book
Shawn Skabelund – WINNER
Virga: The Hunt for Water
Nominees for
Excellence in the Performing Arts
Sponsor: Melissa Cripps State Farm
Ed Kabotie Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra – WINNER Flagstaff Youth Theater NAU School of Music Tony Norris, Season Ellison & Kathleen McGeever Velocity Squared Bob Yowell Sponsor: Flagstaff Medical Center Mike Levin M.L. Lincoln James Q. Martin Seth Muller James Jay & Jesse Sensibar Nicole Walker – WINNER Sponsor: Freeman Law Firm Sponsor: Full Circle Trade & Thrift Sponsor: APS Sponsor: North Country HealthCare Sponsor: National Bank of Arizona
The Cemetery Club
Stories To Life
Lost in Space
The Little Mermaid
Richard Wagner 200th Birthday Celebration Concert
Hard Times on the Mother Road
Flux
Spring Awakening
Nominees for
Excellence in Storytelling
College Girl
On Thinking
Wrenched
Streams of Consequence
Convergence
Narrow Chimney Reading Series
Quench Your Thirst With Salt
Nominees for
Excellence in Leadership
Nominees for
Excellence in Arts Education
Nominees for
Excellence in Science Education
Nominees for
Emerging Artist
Nominees for
Business for the Arts2014 Viola Event Photos & Videos
2014 Viola Award Nominee Videos
Excellence in the Visual Arts
Excellence in the Performing Arts
Excellence in Leadership
Excellence in Science Education
Excellence in Storytelling
Excellence in Arts Education
Emerging Artist
Business for the Arts
