Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities 2016

Live broadcast of the Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities 2016 from the Juneau Arts & Culture Center.

Thursday January 28, 2016.

2016 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Awardees

• Lifetime Achievement Award: June Rogers, Fairbanks
• Individual Artist: Pat Garley, Palmer
• Arts Advocacy Award: Nancy DeCherney, Juneau
• Margaret Nick Cooke Award: Vicki Soboleff, Juneau

2016 Governor’s Awards for the Humanities Awardees

• Distinguished Service to the Humanities
  • Cyrano’s Theatre Company, Anchorage
  • Steve Henrikson, Juneau
  • Lucy Ahvaiyak Richards, Barrow

• Alaska Studies Educator of the Year
  • Marc Swanson, Seward

Alaska State Writer Laureate

• Frank Soos, Professor Emeritus, University of Alaska, Fairbanks