Buffalo Exchange Arts Award

Buffalo Exchange Arts Award

The Buffalo Exchange Arts Award was established by Buffalo Exchange owners Kerstin and Spencer Block to encourage creativity, innovation and excellence in the arts. The focus of the award changes each year, rotating between an emphasis on emerging artists in the performing arts, emerging artists in the visual arts, and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to arts in the community through education, organization and advocacy. Artists are nominated and selected by two separate panels of experts familiar with the local arts scene. Since 1994, nearly $150,000 has been awarded to individuals in the arts community through the Buffalo Exchange Arts Award.

The Buffalo Exchange Arts Award was established by Buffalo Exchange owners Kerstin and Spencer Block to encourage creativity, innovation and excellence in the arts.

The focus of the award changes each year, rotating between an emphasis on emerging artists in the performing arts, emerging artists in the visual arts, and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to arts in the community through education, organization and advocacy.

Artists are nominated and selected by two separate panels of experts familiar with the local arts scene. Since 1994, nearly $150,000 has been awarded to individuals in the arts community through the Buffalo Exchange Arts Award.

Ashley Shea Bowman wins 2011 Buffalo Exchange Arts Award

Ashley Bowman, MFA received the $10,000 Buffalo Exchange Arts Award in the emerging performance artist category for 2011. Ashley is both Co-Artisitic Director and founding member of the Artifact Dance Poject, a small company focused on integrating dance, live music and film. Ashley earned her BFA and MFA from the University of Arizona and is currently an Instructor at the Tucson Dance Academy.

Ashley says of her work: "My choreography and strength as a dancer is dynamic in form by combining ballet, modern and jazz dance. The style of movement is contemporary and every-changing through each work I create."

Past Recipients

2010 Visual Arts	Heather Green	Nominees: Kim Largey, Ruben Urrea Moreno, Lia M. Robinson, Johnathan VanBallenberghe
2009 Arts Contribution	Andrew W. Rush
2008 Performing Arts	Brendan Guy Murphy	Nominees: Simon Donovan, Kimi Eisele, Elizabeth Kruse-Craig, Mark McLemor
2007 Visual Arts	Martin Quintanilla	Nominees: Jill Renee Smith, Matt Cotton, Rosanna Solania, S.J. Gibson
2006 Arts Contribution	Giulio Scalinger
2005 Performing Arts	Beth Braun	Nominees: Faitha Lowe-Bailey, Mary Ann Brown
2004 Visual Arts	Gwyneth Scally	Nominees: David Aguirre, Francisco Rodriguez-Maruca
2003 Arts Contribution	Paul Fisher
2002 Performing Arts	Samantha Wyer	Nominees: Leigh Ann Rangel & Tammy Rosen, Michael Walk
2001 Visual Arts	Cristina Cardena	Nominees: Joshua Goldberg, Catherine Nash
2000 Arts Contribution	Carroll Rinehart
1999 Performing Arts	Albert Tucci	Nominees: Melissa Lowe, Korby Myrick
1998 Visual Arts	Daniel Martin Diaz	Nominees: David Brown, Michael Cajero, Margaret Lauderback, David Tineo, Carlos Valenzuela
1997 Arts Contribution	James Griffith
1996 Performing Arts	Carol McLaughlin	Nominees: Chieko Imada, David Rife, Barbea Williams
1994 Visual Arts	Todd Walker	Nominees: Joshua Goldberg, Barbara Grygutis, Suzanne Knosp, Kevin Osborn

About Buffalo Exchange

Buffalo Exchange is a unique store where clothing and accessories are bought, sold and traded directly with customers. Buffalo Exchange is a sustainable company that works to protect the environment by reusing and recycling clothing.

It donates to local nonprofits through its Tokens for Bags® program, which has generated funds for nonprofits since 1994. Shoppers are encouraged to accept a token instead of a bag for their purchases, and Buffalo Exchange donates five cents to a charity their customer chooses. Not only do the charities benefit - so does the environment - by saving over 6 million bags and counting.

Buffalo Exchange in Tucson
Stores are located at 2001 E. Speedway and 6170 E. Speedway.

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