ArtsBuild, the local agency that seeks to strengthen the community through the arts, will honor Alice L. Smith and Booker T. Scruggs II during the 2018 Ruth Holmberg Arts Leadership Award presentation on March 13.
“Both Alice Smith and Booker Scruggs have demonstrated exceptional leadership and have made lasting contributions in our community,” says ArtsBuild President Dan Bowers.
“ArtsBuild is thrilled to be able to honor these two outstanding leaders in the arts with this award.”
The award was created by ArtsBuild in 2014 as the Arts Leadership Award to recognize an individual who has made significant contributions to the arts in Chattanooga and is actively engaged in the cultural life of the community. The first award honored Holmberg, who died in 2017, for her support of the city’s arts and cultural community over the past 70 years. The award has borne Holmberg’s name since that first year.
ArtsBuild will host the March event at the Hunter Museum of American Art.