|
AWARDS
SFP's Awards and Honors:
2005:
Ruth Felt
is honored with the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award from
Chamber Music America
2005: Ruth Felt is honored with the William Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters
2004: San Francisco Performances
recognized for its arts education work in California public
schools by the California Department of Education
2003:
San Francisco Performances
recognized for model arts education programs in Acts of
Achievement, a publication of the Dana Foundation in
partnership with Arts Presenters and the Kennedy
Center
2003:
San Francisco Performances
received award for excellence in Design and Communication in
the Web Site Category from Western Arts Alliance
2001:
San Francisco Performances
recognized by the California State Assembly for "highly
respected work of bringing arts to our students in public
schools while promoting the value of the performing
arts"
2001:
San Francisco Performances
given the Community Leadership Award by the San Francisco
Foundation, for "widespread promotion of the performing arts
and creating well-respected and effective arts education and
notable artists-in-residence programs"
2000:
Ruth Felt is honored with the
Leadership in Human Relations Award by the National Conference
for Community and Justice
2000:
Ruth Felt is honored with the
Bernard Osher Cultural Award
1999: San Francisco Performances named one of eight Cornerstone Arts Organizations in the state of California by the James Irvine Foundation
1999: San Francisco Performances and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts jointly awarded the first arts grant made in California by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation of $2 million for endowment and artist-in-residence programs
1998: San Francisco Performances awarded a three-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant of $100,000 to support the Dance
program
1998: Ruth Felt and San Francisco Performances honored as leaders in the fight against AIDS by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS
1997: Ruth Felt received the Charles and Eleanor de Limur Award for distinguished contributions to the arts in San Francisco
1997: One of 10 presenters nationally selected by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund for Audience Development, Leadership in Multi-Disciplinary Presenting
1996: Ruth Felt received the 1996 Willis Award from the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators for excellence in programming and leadership in the Western arts community
1996: One of 12 presenters nationally to be selected for the National Dance Project, Leadership in Dance Initiative
1994: San Francisco Performances recognized in a special tribute from Governor Pete Wilson for its education and outreach programs in the San Francisco public schools and community
1993: Ruth Felt honored by the San Francisco Community Music Center for her exceptional commitment to the Center and involvement in its programs
1988: Named one of 21 outstanding non-profit presenting organizations, Profile on Exemplary American Presenters
1986: SF Chamber of Commerce Award for major contributions to the cultural life of the Bay Area.
1985: The first Harold Shaw Award in recognition of high achievement in presenting recitals.
| 
