Shortlist Announced: Hearts For The Arts Awards 2020
Culture Counts is a proud partner of the National Campaign for the Arts' (NCA) Hearts For The Arts Awards 2020. A big thank you to all our members who put forward nominations. The Awards' announced their shortlist on Tuesday 14 January 2020.
Hearts For The Arts celebrate the unsung heroes championing the arts, often within a climate of severe financial challenges. Nominations represent the arts across the UK for each of the award categories:
Best Arts Initiative
Best Arts Project - Community Cohesion
Best Arts Project - Arts, Health and Wellbeing
Best Arts Champion - Local Authority or Cultural Trust Worker
Best Arts Champion - Councillor
“What a shortlist. We were delighted to receive so many nominations from across the UK, and we’d like to thank our partners this year for working so hard to make this happen. The breadth of projects and people nominated show that the arts are well-rooted in our communities, despite increasingly difficult times for local authority funding. I am so happy that Hearts For The Arts is able to celebrate the creativity, ingenuity and tenacity of those on this year’s shortlists.”
Samuel West, Chair of the National Campaign for the Arts
Short List
In Scotland, Fife Cultural Trust have received two nominations. One in the Best Arts Project - Arts, Health and Wellbeing category for Moments in Time. While Pauline Smeaton is nominated for Best Arts Champion - Local Authority or Cultural Trust Worker.
For more information on all the shortlisted nominees visit forthearts.org.uk/campaigns/hearts-for-the-arts/.
The winners of the Hearts For The Arts Awards 2020 will be announced on Valentine’s Day, Friday 14 February. The winners will be selected from the shortlist by a panel of key arts industry
experts and practitioners.
Learn More
The National Campaign for the Arts present the Hearts For The Arts Awards each year. The awards are delivered by UK Theatre, in partnership with Culture Counts; the Local Government Association; Thrive; Theatre NI, Voluntary Arts Wales, Wales Council for Voluntary Action.