2019 Awardees
Every year, the LCVA honors individuals, businesses, and organizations that advance the arts in Central Virginia.
Since its inception, over forty individuals, businesses, and organizations in Southside Virginia have received the LCVA’s Community Achievement in the Arts Awards.
Former honorees include:
2019
Martha Dorrill, LeDora Ann Trent, Erin Parker, Henry Fulcher, Rochette's Florist LLC, and Illyria Theatre Company (pictured)
2018
Summer Garden Opera, Tory Wade, Red Door 104, Joan Tipton, Lucia Butler, Grace Rust, and Tray Eppes
2017
Mainly Clay, Mary Jo Stockton,The Virginia Children’s Book Festival,Gerald J. Spates, Nancy Lockwood, Alec Hosterman and Austin D. Van Horn.
2012
Eldridge Bagley, Riverside Cafe, Women's Club of Farmville, Theta Chi Fraternity, Angela Jackson, and William and Ann Oppenhimer
2011
Roy Clark, the Farmville Herald, and Crossroads Community Services Board;
2010
Dudley Sauvé and j fergeson gallery
2009
Centra Southside Community Hospital, Marianne Dennison, and Wilkins Myrick Frames and Fine Art
2008
Baine's Books & Coffee, Mary Prevo, and the Victoria Public Library;
2007
the Pamplin Depot Library, Odessa Pride, Mark and Tammy Southall of Creative Electrical Contractors, Inc., and Joy Boettcher Utzinger
2006
Carrington’s Music, Grace Putney, and The Woman’s Club of Buckingham County
2005
Café Zelia, the Farmville Presbyterian Church, The Hampden-Sydney Music Festival, and Charlene Snoddy
2004
Citizens Bank & Trust, Cub Creek Foundation, Martha Pennington Louis, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, and Margie Watkins
2003
Carter’s Flower Shop, Nancy and Ralph Haga, and the Heart of Virginia Festival
2002
Shirley Blackwell, Outdoor Film Series, David Dodge Lewis and Sandy Willcox, and Rolleighdon Books
2001
the Commonwealth Chorale, Bernice “Penny” Hackett, Harlan Horton of Durette, Irving and Bradshaw, and Charles Kinzer
2000
Carol “Cricket” Edmonson, Grant’s Glass, William Lynn, and Denise Penick
1999
Central Virginia Arts, Edwilda Isaac, Richard and Deborah McClintock, and Wachovia
1998
Baker, Williams and Green Attorneys, Mottley’s Hardware, and Patton Lockwood (posthumous)
1997
Belk-Leggett Department Store, James C. Kidd, and The Waterworks Players, Inc.
1996
First Virginia Bank-Colonial Southside, Jaqueline J. Wall, and Wintertree.