Arts NC State Award Winners
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The Arts NC State Performing, Creative, and Visual Arts Awards celebrate NC State students – of all majors and concentrations – who create and perform in dance, music and theatre. To read more about the awards, visit: go.ncsu.edu/artawards
Questions?
For more information, please contact Amy Sawyers-Williams, Manager of Arts Outreach and Engagement at 919.513.1044 or email amy_sawyers-williams@ncsu.edu.
Click on the links below to read about historical award winners
2023-2024 Award Winners
2021-2022 Award Winners
2021 Visual Art Award Winners
2020-2021 Creative & Performing Art Award Winners
2019-2020 Award Winners
Past Winner Lists (2019 and prior)
2019:
Creative Artist Winners
- Bassam Bikdash: Music
- Katie Quinn: Dance
- Olivia Prevost: Dance
Performing Artist Winners:
- Hannah Monroe: Dance
- Isa Cortes: Dance
- Ryan Vasconcellos: Theatre
- Nicholas Murphy: Music (Piano)
- Colin Nash: Music (Voice)
- Will Shen: Music Wind/String/Percussion (Clarinet)
Visual Artist Winners:
- Britney Symone
- Tea Blumer
- Heike Schneider & Abram Magaldi (Joint Submission)
2017-2018
Pictured above (from left), Arts NC State executive director Rich Holly, Emma Simon, Daniel Hueholt, Helena Boldizar, Jasmine Rouse, MaryJo McCoy, Natalie Sherwood, Noah Baldwin, Dedreanna Scott, Adrian Haywood, and Arts NC State director of development Jill Orr. Photo Credit Ross Joyner.
Click here for press release
Creative Artist Award
Dance
Adrian Haywood and Dedreanna Scott
Music
Noah Baldwin
Theatre
Natalie Sherwood
Performing Artist Award
Dance
MaryJo McCoy- NCSU Dance Company
Jasmine Rouse- Panoramic Dance Project
Music
Helena Boldizar- Vocal Performance
Daniel Hueholt- Piano Performance
Theatre
Natalie Sherwood
Visual Artist Award
Emma Simon
2016-2017
2016-2017 WinnersCreative Artist Award
Dance
Gini Brown and Raine Conti
Theatre
Peter Lalush
Performing Artist Award
Dance
Gini Brown- NCSU Dance Company
Danyale Calhoun- Panoramic Dance Project
Music
Kristen Lovell- Vocal Performance
Chelsea Abad- Piano Performance
Chris Suggs- Trumpet Performance
Theatre
Areon Mobasher
Visual Artist Award
Claire Hider
The award winners will receive a monetary prize, be featured in our 2017-2018 Creative State Magazine, and will be honored at the annual Bowers Award Ceremony in the fall of 2017.
2015-2016
2015-2016 Award Winners
Link to Press Release HERE
2015-2016 Award Recipients
2015-2016 Performing Artist Awards
- Dance: Rebecca Anderson and Holley Holmes
- Music: Areon Mobasher (Voice), Spencer Monaco (Instrument), Drew Marshburn (Piano)
- Theatre: Natalie Sherwood
2015-2016 Creative Artist Awards
- Music: Carter Harris, Waltzometry for Jazz Ensemble
- Theatre: Teal Lepley, Of Ghosts and Strangers
- Dance: Leslie Barber, Everything in My Head
2014-2015 Award Recipients
2014-2015 Performing Artist Awards
- Dance: Alexandra Cohen and Jacob Marx
- Music: Gautaum Nagara
- Theatre: Blair Downs
2014-2015 Creative Artist Awards
- Theatre: William Stewart, INK
- Theatre honorable mention: Britnique Hodge and Bethel Maekele
2013-2014 Award Recipients
Performing Artist Awards
- Dance: Holley Holmes
- Music: Alexandre Mangot
- Theatre: Morgan Piner
Creative Artist Awards
- Music: Cody Ellington
- Theatre: Christian O’Neal
2012-2013 Award Recipients
Performing Artist Awards
- Dance: Agee Taylor
- Music: Nathan Schnoor
- Theatre: Andrew Enloe and Brett Williams
Creative Artist Awards
- Music: Robert Zachary Howell
2011-2012 Award Recipients
Performing Artist Awards
- Dance: Hayley Dirscherl, graduate studies, Biomedical Engineering
- Music: Daniel Kim, Nuclear Engineering and Biological Engineering
- Theatre: Robert Steinberg, Marketing
Creative Artist Awards
- Theatre: Michael Seebold, English (World Literature) and Philosophy
- Read more about the 2011-2012 award recipients >
2010-2011 Award Recipients
Performing Artist Awards
- Dance: Kelly Ann Bryant
- Music: Daniel Cunningham
- Theatre: Brett Williams
Creative Artist Awards
- Dance: Ashley Nicole Walls
- Music: Joseph M. Pilot