2024 Award winners
We are pleased to announce that the following individuals and organizations have been selected as winners of the Richard and Nancy Wendt Award of Excellence and Mayor's Arts Awards by the Cultural Arts Commission and Mayor Cassie Franklin. Please join us to celebrate their achievements on Thursday, April 10!
Wendt Award - Brenda Stonecipher
Mayor's Arts Award - Bunker Arts Collective
Mayor's Arts Award - Leland Dart
Mayor's Arts Award - Huong Viet Performing Arts Group
Mayor's Arts Award - Christopher Gove (Teen Storytellers Project)
Honorable Mention - Keith Corning
Honorable Mention - The Dance School
About the award ceremony
Join us on April 10, 2025, to celebrate the next round of Mayor's Arts Award winners at the Everett Performing Arts Center (2710 Wetmore Ave.) Attendees enjoy local performers, light refreshments, and a no-host bar. The event is free.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for social hour, and the awards program starts at 7 p.m.
Watch the replay of the 2024 event:
30th Annual Wendt & Mayor's Arts Awards ceremony
About the awards
Richard & Nancy Wendt Award of Excellence
The Richard & Nancy Wendt Award of Excellence is given annually to a person or organization that has demonstrated outstanding support of the arts throughout their lifetime. The award is named for Dr. Richard Wendt, who passed away in 2007, and his wife Nancy Wendt, who passed away in the spring of 2021. Following Nancy’s death, the decision was made by the Cultural Arts Commission – with the support of Richard and Nancy’s daughters – to rename the award to include Nancy’s name. From here forward, this lifetime achievement award will be known as the Richard and Nancy Wendt Award of Excellence to honor the legacy of these two remarkable people.
Mayors Arts Awards
The Mayor's Arts Awards recognize the many ways a vibrant arts community is created and sustained. Each year, the Cultural Arts Commission gives out several Mayor's Arts Awards to people or organizations that have made Everett a better place through their creative efforts, vision, or patronage.
Cultural Arts Commission
The Everett Cultural Arts Commission is composed of volunteer commissioners who are appointed by the mayor. The mission of the commission is to initiate, sponsor, organize and promote cultural and artistic programs and services for the enrichment and enjoyment of the Everett community.