The 2025 Arts United Awards will occur on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 5-7 pm.
The Arts United Awards presentation is Northeast Indiana’s premier celebration of the people, organizations, and projects that make significant contributions through arts and culture to communities throughout our region.
Thank you to SYM Financial Advisors for sponsoring this year’s awards!
2025 Nominees
Nominees are individuals, teams, projects, events, and/or organizations who have made artistic and cultural contributions to one or more communities located within the 12-county region of Northeast Indiana that includes Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Miami, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley counties.
- Alan Grinsfelder (2025 Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Apple Orchard Knewz
- Collective Expressions
- David Fenstermacher (2025 Volunteer of the Year)
- Eleanor Marine (2025 Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Em Organ (2025 Mayor’s Arts Award)
- Erin Bean
- Johanna Bourkova-Morunov
- Katy Gray
- Kaylan Buteyn (2025 Distinguished Artist of the Year)
- Lisa Ellis
- Maria Tan (2025 Emerging Artist of the Year)
- Mellissa Depew
- Michael Greene (2025 Volunteer of the Year)
- Philharmonic Family Series
- Plein Air Syracuse
- Sarah Harber
- Seth Green (2025 Margaret Ann Keegan Award for Arts Education)
- Stories from the Stacks – Theatre for Young Readers
- Straw Bale Art Trail (2025 Outstanding Artistic Endeavor)
- The Peacemakers
- The Prom
- Vanessa Escobar
2025 AWARD CATEGORIES
Distinguished Artist of the Year
Emerging Artist of the Year
Margaret Ann Keegan Award for Arts Education
Outstanding Artistic Endeavor
Volunteer of the Year
GENERAL ELIGIBILITY
Nominees should be individuals, teams, projects, events, and/or organizations who have made artistic and cultural contributions to one or more communities located within the 12-county region of Northeast Indiana that includes Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Miami, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley counties.
AWARDS TIMELINE
October 1, 2024
Nomination Forms Live
Friday, January 15, 2025
Nomination Forms Due by 11:59 pm
February/March 2025
Nominees Announced to the Public
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Arts United Awards Celebration
Location: ArtsLab Theatre, 300 E. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Time: 5-7 pm, detailed event schedule to come
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