Cultural Arts Award nomination form 2025

The Village of Arlington Heights Arts Commission is seeking nominations for the 2025 Arlington Heights Cultural Arts Award

The Village of Arlington Heights Arts Commission is proud to celebrate achievements in the arts, especially when produced by individuals and groups that our community has helped in some way to nurture, inspire, or support. The Arts Commission's goal is to assist in building on the sense of pride and community in our Village, especially among the artists who reside and work here. To support community efforts in support the arts, the commission annually selects a winner for the Arlington Heights Cultural Arta Award. With this award, the Arts Commission also hopes to inspire future generations of artists.

Criteria for Nominations

Nominees will be those individuals or groups directly responsible for the creation of substantial and accomplished creative work in any artistic medium, including (but not limited to): painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, textile art, multi-media art, film, television, video, music, sound, dance, theatre, performance, and all forms of literature.
Nominees must exhibit a resume which would include local and regional achievements, and where possible, national and international accomplishments. Any number of accomplishments will be considered, if what has been produced has been recognized as particularly outstanding.
Nominees should have a past or present relationship with the Arlington Heights community in some way, such as residence, education, or work. Any evidence that an artist has given back to the community should be highlighted in the nomination. Eligibility for making a recommendation: Any person or persons may make a recommendation, although artists may not nominate themselves and to avoid conflicts of interest, current Arts Commissioners may not submit nominations. Completing the Recommendation Form Complete the attached Recommendation Form and provide as much information as possible about your candidate. You may use additional sheets of paper, but indicate to which section the additional information relates. Do not send examples of the nominee's work (e.g., videos, photographs, books

Nominations must be submitted through this form. Recommendations not following this format will be returned to the person submitting the nomination with a request for revision. The winner will be chosen on the quality of their achievements, however the more complete and accurate a submittal, the easier it will be for the award selection committee to make its decision.

Letters of Support
Additional letters of support may come from others who have knowledge of and can endorse the recommended party's contribution. Such letters of support will be added to the submittal.

Complete the below form to submit your nomination. You can attach letters of support as a document in the form below. If you are experiencing difficulties, you can email letters to dmach@vah.com.

You can also choose to send letters of support to:

Arts Commission Liaison
Village of Arlington Heights
33 S. Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Schedule and Timing of the Process
Nominations will be accepted until April 25, 2025. Upon receipt of a recommendation, the Arts Commission will send an acknowledgement to the person submitting. If your nomination is not selected, the Arts Commission encourages you to submit your nomination again the following year.

Award Selection Committee
After the submittals are reviewed, the winner will be selected by the Cultural Arts Award Selection Committee. It is possible that in any given year a Cultural Arts Award winner will not be chosen.

Repeat Submissions
If you have previously submitted a nomination, please update the recommendation form and include any information about additional achievements that have occurred since the first submission.

Award Ceremony
The Arlington Heights Cultural Arts Award will include the presentation of a trophy at a public ceremony as well as a formal announcement of the accomplishments of the winner.

Questions or Concerns?
If you have any questions, please email the Arts Commission Liaison, Derek Mach, dmach@vah.com.

Your Name

First NameLast Name

Your Email

example@example.com

What is the name of the individual or group you are nominating?*

Describe how the person or group you are recommending has demonstrated achievement in the arts. Include a description of their body of work achievements and any references to sites or articles that will add information to those achievements. You may add how your candidates contributions have impacted a particular creative arts field group community or humanity at large. Also include any additional ways in which your candidate has been recognized elsewhere such as in museum collections in the media or by other awards. We encourage you to be as detailed as possible.*

What relationship does your candidate have to Arlington Heights? Please include information if they are a current or past resident, attended an Arlington Heights school, etc.*

Upload optional supporting documents including letters of support. You can select multiple files to upload at once.

If you have additional items to submit, please feel free to send them to:

Arts Commission Liaison Village of Arlington Heights
33 S. Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Questions? Email dmach@vah.com. Deadline for submissions is Friday, April 25, 2025