2019 Ivy Tech Community Arts Awards Winners

Amy Brier. Courtesy photo

edited by CARMEN SIERING

In December, Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington, in partnership with the City of Bloomington Arts Commission, hosted the 2019 Community Arts Awards. Award categories and recipients were: 

• Arts Advocate: Danielle Urschel, artist and owner of Obsolete Press, LLC

• Arts in Education: Amy Brier and Frank Young, master stone sculptors and founders of Indiana Limestone Symposium

• Arts in Business: Oliver Winery, whose corporate giving focuses on the arts and health care

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter LoPilato, owner of The Ryder magazine and film series

• Regional Arts Service: Back Roads of Brown County Studio Tour

Winners were juried by an independent community group, including artists, administrators, and long-time area residents who support the arts. 

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