{"id":1864,"date":"2010-04-30T06:06:12","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T06:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2010\/04\/30\/arts-awards-york-county\/"},"modified":"2014-11-01T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T12:27:27","slug":"arts-awards-york-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/arts-awards-york-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out this list ready for induction in a York County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame – Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

From York, Pa., to Philadelphia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Rudy, York County-born sculptor with an international reputation, works on the War Memorial at the University of Pennsylvania. The artist, who lived from 1904-1986, appears on a short-list of York County achievers to be recognized locally. (York County Heritage Trust photo.) For more on Rudy, visit Yorkblogger June Lloyd’s: Artist Charles Rudy, Native of York, Was Very Talented and Versatile<\/a>. Also of interest: Beautiful First Moravian Church in York, known for its neat features<\/a> and Photographer Craig Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner and former York countian: ‘I always had a camera’<\/a> and Start Your Engines: World-renowned artist Jeff Koons drives into center of York’s art community<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former York City Economic Development Director Matt Jackson has reinforced the call <\/a>for annual recognition of York County’s many accomplished artists and entertainers.
\nIn a guest column in the York Sunday News<\/a> (5\/2\/10), Jackson is recommending, among many other good ideas, a York County Arts Hall of Fame.
\nWho would be possible inductees?
\nJackson put up a sampling of names, many familiar to Yorktownsquare.com readers:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Music<\/strong>
\n— Members of Live<\/a>: Platinum-selling alternative rock musicians with deep York roots.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dominick Argento<\/a>: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer of lyric opera<\/p>\n

— Del McCoury<\/a>: Grammy Award-winning bluegrass musician
\n— Martie Erwin Seidel and The Dixie Chicks<\/a>: Grammy-award winning country musicians
\n— Chris Thorn<\/a> of Blind Melon: Platinum-selling rock musicians (1989-1995)
\n— Tim Warfield<\/a>: Globe-trotting tenor saxophonist
\nPerforming Arts<\/strong>
\n— Temple Kane<\/a>: Radio City Rockette and Broadway dancer
\n— Cameron Mitchell<\/a>: Film, television, Broadway actor, founding member of New York’s Actor’s Studio (1918-1994)
\n— Ann Roth<\/a>: Prolific, Academy Award-winning costume designer for films and Broadway
\n— Charlie Thomas<\/a>: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, member of The Drifters<\/p>\n

– Craig Sheffer:<\/a> Star of several Hollywood movies.
\nVisual Arts<\/strong>
\n— Jeff Koons<\/a>: Internationally renowned pop artist
\n— Horace Bonham<\/a>: Internationally acclaimed Victorian painter (1835-1892)
\n— Rob Evans<\/a>: Nationally renowned painter and independent curator
\n— Lewis Miller<\/a>: Pioneering Pennsylvania German folk artist (1796-1882)
\n— Lorann Jacobs<\/a>: Prolific sculptor, city monument-maker
\n— Charles Rudy<\/a>: Nationally renowned sculptor, gifted teacher (1904-1986)
\nLiterature and Drama<\/strong>
\n— Rita Mae Brown<\/a>: Prolific, best-selling author, screenwriter
\n— John Luther Long<\/a>: Playwright and novelist, author of “Madame Butterfly,” inspiration for Puccinni’s operatic masterpiece (1855-1927)
\n— Ken Ludwig<\/a>: Prolific Broadway playwright
\nArchitecture and Public Design<\/strong>
\n— Dempwolf Family<\/a>: Victorian architects extraordinaire (posthumously)
\n— Frank Dittenhafer<\/a>: Architect of a city’s renaissance<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also of interest:<\/strong>
\nFor another bunch of Arts & Entertainment achievers with York County roots, check out: York County Arts Hall of Fame.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

*Edited, 3\/19\/12<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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