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Nick Receives Lexus Leader of the Arts Award
for June
Atlanta – Lloyd Nick, director of Oglethorpe University Museum
of Art, has been named June’s Lexus Leader of the Arts. The award is
a monthly series of vignettes recognizing Atlanta’s cultural
leaders. Nick is recognized for his initiative in bringing
nationally and internationally acclaimed fine art exhibitions to the
museum.
Since 1984, when Nick founded the museum, he has originated and
curated 47 exhibitions which are accompanied by lecturers and
cultural programs from all over the world. He has developed the
museum as a major venue for displaying Asian art and culture,
especially Tibetan and Japanese art. During the 1996 Olympics, he
brought the personal collection of the Dalai Lama, along with a
personal visit from the Dalai Lama in 1998, to Atlanta and was
responsible for the exhibition traveling across the country for six
years.
Nick is trained and continues to serve as an artist and his
paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout the United
States and in Monaco, Slovenia, Germany and Bulgaria. Nick received
a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Hunter College (CUNY) and a Master of
Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and has won national
competitions to study at Yale University and Skowhegan School of
Painting and Sculpture. He has been honored by several institutions,
including the National Endowment for the Humanities.
In association with the Atlanta Area Lexus Dealers, Public
Broadcasting Atlanta established the Lexus Leader of the Arts award
in 1999. The Lexus dealers of Atlanta were committed to providing
underwriting revenue for WABE and WPBA, the radio and television
stations that comprise Public Broadcasting Atlanta, and extended
that commitment to recognizing figures in our community whose
exemplary dedication to the arts has enriched the cultural life of
metropolitan Atlanta. The first award in January, 1999 went to Kenny
Leon and Elton John, for their collaboration in the production of
“Aida” at the Alliance Theatre, which then moved to its Broadway
success. An award recipient is chosen monthly by a nominating
committee on the basis of leadership, character, commitment and
accomplishment. Lexus Leaders are selected from the artistic
disciplines of music, theatre, visual arts, and dance. To date, 53
Atlantans have been honored by Public Broadcasting Atlanta as Lexus
Leaders of the Arts.
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