1982 ARTS COUNCIL ARTS AWARDS
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1982CONNECTICUT JOURNAL
Mary Hunter Wolf, Murry Sidlin, right and Paul Rutkovsky, recipients of the 1982 awards from the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.
Annual awards of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the these three such awards in state, will be bestowed from 4 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. Saturday in the Yale University Art Gallery. Former Mayor Richard C. Lee will preside for the third year as master of ceremonies and Mayor Biagio DiLieto will make the presentations to the four recipients.
"The production of art in this region is so spectacular," said a spokesman for the council, "that an event of this kind is warranted."
The program will begin with a violin solo by Paul Kantor, followed by a one-act play titled "The Switchman," written by J.J. Areola and adapted for the stage by D.W. Faulkner.
For "achievements, services and artistic accomplishments which serve as an inspiration and standard of excellence to the arts community of South Central Connecticut, " as the presentation will read, hand-calligraphed scrolls will be presented to the 21-year old Creative Arts Workshop of New Haven, and to Murry Sidlin, conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.
Those to be cited for "exceptional growth and for exploring new forms and ideas," are Paul Rutkovsky, 35 year old performance artist and founder of Papier Mache Video Institute, and Mary Hunter Wolf, theatrical director, producer, television editor, actress and former chairman of the State Commission on the Arts, whose career began in 1927.
A special Laureate Award will be presented to Laetita Pierson for "continuous exemplary service to the the arts in the region." Mrs. Pierson had a significant role in forming the Arts Council, the Audubon Arts Center in downtown New Haven, the Creative Arts Workshop and the program of public plantings by the New Haven Garden Club. She will have a show of her own drawings and paintings at the Creative Arts Workshop, May 14-19.
The awards ceremony will end with a reception in the Gallery Sculpture Hall. Tickets at $12 must be reserved in advance by calling 772-2788.
