The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville\u2019s largest annual fundraiser is an experience \u2013 not a gala.<\/p>\n
The 49th annual Arts Awards: Neon Noir, held at Decca Live on Saturday, May 9, offered guests an interactive, multi-level experience as it recognized and celebrated the individuals and organizations that continue to power Jacksonville\u2019s creative sector. With nearly 100% of the evening\u2019s proceeds going directly back into the city\u2019s arts and culture sector, this annual event continues to drive artistic excellence within the city\u2019s creative economy just as much as the honorees it recognizes.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s award recipients included:<\/p>\n
Art Educator: Doris McNeil<\/p>\n
Art of Giving: Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi<\/p>\n
Art Innovator: Willie Evans, Jr.<\/p>\n
Community Impact: Kady Yellow<\/p>\n
Robert Arleigh White Award for Advocacy: Darren Dailey<\/p>\n
Small Business of the Year: LOL Jax Film Festival<\/p>\n
Corporate Business of the Year: GFWC Jacksonville Beaches Woman\u2019s Club<\/p>\n
Helen Lane Founders Award: Kandice Clark<\/p>\n
2026 Creative Catalyst Recognition: (Public Funding)
Mayor Donna Deegan and City Council President Kevin Carrico
(Private Funding) Bryan Moll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville\u2019s largest annual fundraiser is an experience \u2013 not a gala. The 49th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-321712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}