Added: Jul 30, 2010

From: magnoliamovies

Duration: 8:28

This was the intro given by Carol Dalhouse and Betty Branch when Mom received the 2010 Individual Perry F Kendig Award for the Arts. Arts Extras: Arts Council to honor the late Ann Masters - By Mike Allen For more than a decade, Ann Davey Masters was most familiar to Roanokers as executive director of the Clean Valley Council. But before then, she worked as curator and marketing manager for the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, the institution that evolved into the Taubman Museum of Art. She invested her time and her life in the museum and once spent the night there during the infamous flood of 1985. Masters will posthumously receive a Perry F. Kendig Award for support of the arts at a ceremony in June. Peter Rippe, the museum's executive director at the time Masters was curator, called the award "long overdue recognition for her valuable contributions to the arts in the Roanoke Valley." "We're thrilled," said Masters' daughter Helen "Sam" Durham. She and her sister, Cam Miller, feel that their mother would have been bowled over by the honor, and the acknowledgment of the difference she made in the arts community. "I don't think there is anything that would honor her more or humble her more or surprise her more." Masters, who died in December, will be honored by The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge on June 9 at Roanoke College, along with the other winners. Those include Roanoke artist Betty Branch, writer and Virginia Tech professor Roland Lazenby and Opera Roanoke artistic director and conductor Steven White. Business arts supporters awards will go to George Cartledge Jr., George Cartledge III, Robert Bennett and Grand Home Furnishings. The Arts and Cultural Organization award will go to John McEnhill, executive director of the Jacksonville Center for the Arts in Floyd. Sarah Tune Doherty will receive the young professional award, and Lisa Martin, program manager of the Reynolds Homestead in Critz, will receive the award for arts education. Durham said that her mother would have been especially delighted to accept an award alongside Branch, who was a close friend. Masters had a collection of regional artwork, most inscribed to her personally by artists who were also good friends. She saw her role at the museum as a way to make a difference in the lives of others, and her move in 1994 to join the Clean Valley Council was a tough decision -- though consistent with her wish to keep making a difference, her daughter said. Durham said the award "means the world to my sister and myself." The Perry F. Kendig Awards is a fundraiser for the arts council. Admission is $60. For more information, visit theartscouncil.org or contact Meagan Smith at 342-5790, Ext. 4 or smith@theartscouncil.org.

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