2022 Governor’s Arts Award Honorees
The Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of Arkansas Heritage, honored seven outstanding members of Arkansas’s arts community at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Wednesday, March 16. Congratulations to all award winners and especially to two with Hot Springs arts community connections.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Linda Williams Palmer of Hot Springs
Linda Williams Palmer is a colored-pencil artist, painter and former gallery owner in Hot Springs. Palmer’s most notable artistic project is her documentation of Arkansas’s Champion Trees.
Individual Artist Award: Perrion Y. Hurd of Little Rock
Perrion Y. Hurd is a master printmaker, public art muralist and teaching artist, and recently painted a mural at Market Street and Central Avenue in Hot Springs.
The annual awards program has recognized individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations for their contributions to the arts in Arkansas since 1991. Recipients are nominated by the public, then selected by an independent panel of arts professionals. For details about all the honorees, please visit www.arkansasheritage.com.
