Finalists - Media Artist/Broadcaster

And now, the 2012 Buckey Awards for Excellence in the Arts is proud to present the finalists for Outstanding Media Artist/Broadcaster 

(drum roll, please . . . )

(in alphabetical order)

Bo Woods

BrYan Matuskey

David Veatch

Sandy Moss

Tom Agostino

Congrats to our finalists and all 31 nominees in this category!

To cheer on your favorites and see who goes home with the Buckey, join us on Saturday, March 10th at the historic Elks Opera House. You can find out more and see about getting tickets here.

Red Carpet coverage by KAWC's Alice Ferris and Pop Rocket Magazine founder Tena Overacker on Access 13 from 6:30pm to 7pm

Awards Show from 7pm to 9pm

Hosted by Andrew Johnson-Schmit and Outstanding Media Artist/Broadcaster award presented by Access 13's Executive Director Monika Marrihia Bishop.

To read about it all in the Daily Courier, click here.

Finalists - Musical Artist

And now, the 2012 Buckey Awards for Excellence in the Arts is proud to present the finalists for Outstanding Musical Artist (drum roll, please . . . )

(in alphbetical order)

Anton Teschner and Drew Hall

Don Cheek and the Cheektones

Here Come Cowboys

Jonathan Best

Merry Musical Moms

Congrats to our finalists and all 66 nominees in this category!

To cheer on your favorites and see who goes home with the Buckey, join us on Saturday, March 10th at the historic Elks Opera House.

Red Carpet coverage by KAWC's Alice Ferris and Pop Rocket Magazine founder Tena Overacker on Access 13 from 6:30pm to 7pm

Awards Show from 7pm to 9pm
Hosted by Andrew Johnson-Schmit and Outstanding Musical Artist award presented by 2011 honorees Tres Ikner and Jen Juniper of Dutch Holly

To read about it all in the Daily Courier, click here.

Daily Courier on the Buckeys!

Check out this article on the 2nd Annual Buckey Awards in today's Daily Courier!

Buckey Banner Unveiled

Coming soon to the Elks Opera House marquee, 

Robert Carnahan's awesome banner for 2012 Buckey Awards.

To find out more and to get tickets, simply click here.

Lifetime Contribution Honoree - Bill Nebeker

The 2nd Annual Buckey Awards for Excellence in the Arts (Saturday, March 10th at the Elks Opera House) announced today that their Lifetime Contribution to the Arts of Yavapai County award will go to Bill Nebeker. Please joins us in celebrating the life and work of a great artist. Its going to be a great night for the arts in Yavapai County!


To find out more and to see about reserved seat tickets to the Buckey Awards, click here.

Buckey Awards Poster Image!!

The amazing Robert Carnahan designed this year's Buckey Awards poster. Here's the central graphic for the poster, featuring an image of the Rough Rider bronze on Courthouse Square taken when Buckey O'Neill, our namesake, had recently left this world.

But he left behind a rich tradition of collaborationist, small town creatives with a lead, follow or get the heck out of the way attitude. We salute you, Buckey, and we thank you, Mr. Carnahan.

Look for this poster to appear around Yavpai County and on this blog very soon!

See you March 10th at the Elks Opera House for the 2nd Annual Buckey Awards for Excellence in the Arts!

Arts Educator Nominees (as of 2-9-12)

Buckey Award for Outstanding Arts Educator - Nominees so far (as of February 9, 2012):

Amanda Chartier
Amy Van Winkle - choral at Bradshaw Mtn HS
Ann Hein
Anna Flurry
Bree Miles
Brian Moss
Bruce Lanning, drama instructor at Yavapai College
Charles Huckeba
Chris Tenney (Bradshaw Mtn. High School)
Dan Bradstreet, PHS
Dana Cohn
Debbie Hammer
Debra McWilliam
Delisa Myles
Don Rantz
Dr. Will Fisher
Drew Hall
Ellen Greenblum
Elynn Colliani
Heather Davis Flip City Gymnastics
Henry Flurry
Jean Lippencott- theactorsvoice.com
JEAN LUTZ
Jen at Prescott College
Juanita Hull-Carlson
Judy Clothier
JUDY PARIS
Julie Comnick
K. L. Cook
Karen Churchill
Katie Peterson, violin-fiddle-teacher
Katy Standhardt  
Kent Gugler
Linda Sheehan
Lisa Kaiser
Louisa Nelson, PHS
Lynn Vanlandingham
Mary Schulte (MAG)
Michael Mahany
Mike Murphy, Art Educator, Prescott High School
Mike Vax
Ms. Bender (40 years) taylor hicks
Noelene Eldridge - Painting Instructor
Pamela Dunmire
Patti Ortiz
Paul Abbott
Paul Walter
Peter Eldridge
R Wall
Rick Hartner Sitting Duck Studio
Ron Harvey - Kestrel High School
Ryan Blundell
Ryan Liebe
Sister Anne @ Sacred Heart/Irish Step Dancing
Steph Griffin - Skyview School
Steven Parent, drum teacher
Gail Mangham
Von Holland

If you know the nominee, please ask them or their school to contact me at prescottartsbeat@gmail.com as soon as possible so we can put them on the nominees contact list.

Remember, you can only vote once. Nomination votes will be accepted until midnight, February 17, 2012. You can follow along with the voting and keep up to date on the awards show on March 10th by going to www.buckeyawards.blogspot.com.

To get a ballot of your very own, go to http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5i8skq9gxesnupa/start