Cather Professor of Art Karen Kunc is among the winners of this year’s 38th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, sponsored by the Lincoln Arts Council.
The awards will be presented at the Mayor’s Arts Awards on Wednesday, June 15 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Tickets are $60 and available from the Lincoln Arts Council website starting April 7.
Artist Wendy Jane Bantam (M.F.A. 2007) is creating this year’s awards.
Kunc is this year’s recipient of the Artistic Achievement-Visual Arts Award. Kunc has taught at UNL since 1983. She became full professor in 1998 and was named WIlla Cather Professor of Art in 2003. Her work has been shown in more than 350 exhibits nationally and internationally. In 2007, she received the prestigious Printmaker Emeritus Award from the Southern Graphics Council. She recently opened Constellation Studios in Lincoln. This creative gallery, workspace and professional classroom is located in a refurbished and historic building in Lincoln’s Antelope Valley neighborhood.
Glenn Korff is being honored posthumously as the Benefactor of the Arts Award recipient. Korff graduated from UNL in 1965 and enjoyed a long career with Goldman Sachs international investment bankers in New York. Upon semi-retiring in 1992, he managed Korff Holdings, a personal investment company. His philanthropy includes many projects at the University of Nebraska and in Lincoln, including an $8 million gift to the UNL School of Music, which has been renamed the Glenn Korff School of Music in his honor.
In addition, UNL music alumnus Ed Love will receive the Legacy of the Arts Award. Love is the music director for the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra.
For a full listing of awardees, visit the Lincoln Arts Council website at http://artscene.org/.