Arts Education Awards nominations

The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC), Red Bank, invites nominations for the 2007 Arts Education Awards.

The awards recognize outstanding and creative arts programming and the talented teachers and administrators who create them by nominating exceptional arts educators, administrators, schools or interdisciplinary projects.

Teachers, administrators and community leaders may nominate themselves or their programs, or others may nominate them.

Each award category requires a completed nomination form, available for download at www.monmoutharts-council.org as well as support materials, including a description of the nominee, school or program and two letters of endorsement. Completed nomination forms and supporting documents must be postmarked by April 18. For more information, contact MCAC Arts Education Director Sandy B. Taylor, sbt@monmoutharts-council.org.

The awards ceremony will be held Thursday, May 10, at the new Middletown Township Arts Center located on Church Street.

The cost for the event is $20 for MCAC members, $25 for nonmembers, $15 for students and $10 for MCAC student members. R.S.V.P. by May 4 to the arts council at (732) 212-1890 or e-mail to info@monmoutharts-council.org.