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ALABAMA Volume XXI, Number 1 ARTSState Arts Awards Issue 2005 Members Alabama State Council on the Arts BERNICE PRICE CHAIRMAN Montgomery REBECCA QUINN VICE CHAIRMAN Huntsville FRANK HELDERMAN SECRETARY Florence EVELYN ALLEN Birmingham JULIE HALL FRIEDMAN Fairhope RALPH FROHSIN, JR. Alexander City DOUG GHEE Anniston ELAINE JOHNSON Dothan DORA JAMES LITTLE Auburn JUDGE VANZETTA PENN MCPHERSON Montgomery VAUGHAN MORRISSETTE Mobile DYANN ROBINSON Tuskegee JUDGE JAMES SCOTT SLEDGE Gadsden CEIL JENKINS SNOW Birmingham CAROL PREJEAN ZIPPERT Eutaw Opinions expressed in AlabamaArts do not necessarily reflect those of the Alabama State Council on the Arts or the State of Alabama. ALABAMAARTS In this Issue 2005 State Arts Awards Volume XXI Number 1 A Celebration of the Arts STATE ARTS AWARDS 2005 3 Al Head, Executive Director, ASCA Gloria Narramore Moody 4 Moody has Heart for City, the Arts Michael Huebner George Lindsey 8 From Weekly Series to Lifetime Achievement Terry Pace Betty Grisham 13 Teacher, Patron and Artist Extraordinaire Clayton Bass Bobby Horton 17 Understanding the Soul of American Music William M. Jarnigan Jimmy Lee Sudduth 21 His Work Is REALLY Down to Earth Margaret Lynne Ausfeld Margie and Enoch Sullivan 25 Pioneers of Bluegrass Gospel Music Anne Kimzey Vestal Goodman 29 “The Queen of Gospel Music” Beth Chapman 33 2005 Celebration of the Arts Awards Performers 36 The Alabama Artists Gallery Exhibition On the Cover: Gouache on paper by Annie Kammerer Butrus, Birmingham, “Fallen Fruit: Summer, red”, 11" x 14", 2003. Butrus received an individual artist fellowship in 2004 from the Alabama State Council on the Arts. This work expresses changes in the contemporary Alabama landscape. Library of Congress Card No. 74628447 STATE ARTS AWARDS 2005 • ALABAMAARTS • 1 Alabama’s Council on the Arts Mission Statement The mission of the Alabama State Council on the Arts is to promote Alabama’s diverse and rich artistic resources while highlighting excellence and educational experiences. The Agency The Alabama State Council on the Arts is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Alabama. It was established in 1966 by an act of the Alabama Legislature. The agency supports not-for-profit arts organizations, programming in the arts for the general public, and individual artists. The State Arts Council works to expand the state’s cultural resources and preserve its unique cultural heritage and places a high priority on arts programming by and for schools. The Council’s primary means of supporting the arts and making the arts more accessible to varied audiences is through a multi-faceted grants program which covers all disciplines and fields of creative expression. The Council The fifteen members of the Council are drawn from communities throughout the state. They are appointed by the Governor for six-year terms, and selection is based on expertise in the arts, business, or community affairs. The officers of the Council are elected by its members. The Council meets four times each year, at various locations throughout the state. It approves agency programs and policies, develops long range plans, and makes final decisions on state and federal grant dollars under its jurisdiction. 2 • ALABAMAARTS • STATE ARTS AWARDS 2005 A Celebration of the A rts by Al Head labama is blessed with an abundance of resources — Our state, in many ways, is the sum total of the hundreds many natural, some fabricated—but most are trea- of communities that exist within it’s particular boundaries. Asures that lie in the richness of our people. In fact, It has often been said that communities do not stay the the personality of our state can best be reflected through same, either growth and progress occurs, or decline and examples of human endeavor that are sprinkled across our erosion is realized. One of the consistent characteristics of a diverse landscape. Human endeavor is evident in education, progressive community is a vibrant cultural environment. the corporate world, public service, cultivating the land, but, You don’t have a vibrant cultural environment without perhaps, there is no area where the unique footprint of our creative people, visionaries, supporters of ideas and dreams, people is better expressed than through the arts. In the visual, those appreciative of quality and people who will give of performing and literary arts, the best of the state of Alabama themselves for the common good. The Council’s Arts is represented through stories, images and sounds created by Awards Program is all about these kinds of people and the a wide range of talented artists. quality of life they enhance. The arts in Alabama are created, supported, taught, Finally, we hope the awards evening will be an inspiration preserved and presented by some very special people. The for other Alabamians to join with our honorees in molding State Council on the Arts, every other year, recognizes a group communities that reflect the cultural richness of our diverse of these people and attempts to honor both personal accom- population. The arts and artists of Alabama are indeed one of plishments and contributions to the state. The task of our state’s most valuable resources and with a bit of nurturing choosing a limited number of persons to spotlight is difficult these resources can help our state be vibrant and progressive n on one hand, but incredibly rewarding on the other. There are in all the right ways. many to choose from. Their stories are remarkable. Their impact on the state is immense. This year’s program not only gives us a great opportunity to thank some outstanding individuals for their service but also provides an occasion to celebrate the arts and artists in Al Head is the Alabama. Public officials in the state are increasingly realizing Executive Director the important role the arts play in education, early and life-long learning, cultural tourism, economic development, community of the Alabama State revitalization and enhancing the overall quality of life for the Council on the Arts. entire population. We have a lot to celebrate and be proud of in the state. The arts are a big part of the positive activity taking place in virtually all of our communities, big and small. The richness of the arts in Alabama need not be a “best kept secret” and the wonderful people behind the scenes making the arts happen deserved to be continually appreciated. STATE ARTS AWARDS 2005 • ALABAMAARTS • 3 THE JONNIE DEE RILEY LITTLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Gloria Narramore Moody MOODY HAS HEART FOR CITY, THE ARTS by Michael Huebner utographed pic- New York management tures, many with firm that drives the Apersonal notes, careers of opera singers. line Gloria Narramore She has also been active Moody’s upstairs studio in on the boards of her Redmont Park home. Alabama Shakespeare Photos of Renee Festival, Opera Fleming, YoYo Ma, Samuel Birmingham, Berkshire Ramey, the Guarneri Opera, and was presi- Quartet, John Browning, dent of the Tuscaloosa Awadagin Pratt, Emanuel Symphony. Last year she Ax and other classical was named outstanding music greats share space philanthropist by the with thick scrapbooks of Alabama chapter of the Photo: The Birmingham News Staff/Bernard Troncale. newspaper clippings, Gloria Moody, shown in her home in Redmont Park, is one of the state’s most respected arts Association of awards and other memo- philanthropists. Fundraising rabilia. Yet to be hung were Professionals. the score and baton Richard 2001, Moody has been named to the Westerfield used for his final ASO board of “From the Top,” the NPR PRECOCIOUS PIANIST appearance in May. radio program hosted by pianist Moody was 4 when she first sat They’re reminiscences of a remark- Christopher O’Riley that showcases down at the piano, playing music she’d able musical life that began as a prodi- young talent from around the nation. heard on the radio and reproducing gy and led to her status as one of The Gloria Narramore Moody music her older sister was playing. Alabama’s most respected and influen- Foundation, established by her late “That didn’t make for good rela- tial arts philanthropists, and on May 4, husband, Frank Moody, stands at or tions, but she lost interest in it,” Moody she’ll be recognized at the Alabama near the top of contributor lists for recalls of her sibling. State Council on the Arts awards pro- numerous Alabama arts organizations. She was 11 when her parents, on the gram when she receives the Jonnie Dee For many years Moody was on the advice of area musicians, sent the bud- Little Lifetime Achievement Award. board of overseers for the Boston ding musician to renowned piano ped- President of Alabama Symphony Symphony Orchestra and was vice pres- agogue Roy McAllister at the Photo: Courtesy of the University Alabama. Orchestra’s board of directors since ident of Janice Mayer and Associates, a University of Alabama. Moody 4 • ALABAMAARTS • STATE ARTS AWARDS 2005 remained his student throughout her music training at UA. STEINWAY, “My parents were not musicians, NOT BUICK and they didn’t know if I was getting along well,” says Moody. “But every- For the next two years where I went I played the piano. The she immersed herself in head of the music school heard me music, for a time teaching play at Girl Scout camp. Playing piano in a private school. Then became synonymous with my life.” she met an old friend. Moody continued to teach and per- “I’d known Frank form after she graduated from college Moody my whole life,”she Photo: Courtesy of Gloria Narramore Moody. and married into a prominent says. “Frank was 18 years Gloria and Frank Moody at their home on Overlook Road, Tuscaloosa.