Warren’s William Mullane named Governor’s Awards for the Arts winner
William Mullane of Warren is one of nine Governor’s Awards for the Arts winners for 2022.
The awards showcase and celebrate exceptional artists, arts organizations, arts leaders and patrons and business support of the arts in the state. The nine awardees will be honored during a ceremony May 11.
Mullane, an artist, educator, administrator and civic leader, won in the category of Community Development and Participation.
He serves as adjunct curator and exhibition designer at the Medici Museum of Art in Warren and is on the board of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley; the Raymond John Wean Foundation; the Trumbull Art Gallery; the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County; Friends of the Fellows Riverside Gardens; the Medici Museum; and the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mullane has worked to connect and inspire collaboration among local organizations and has created partnerships with Warren City Schools, the City of Warren, the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership and Students Motivated by the Arts, a news release states. He has co-curated several exhibitions at The Butler Institute of American Art, including multiple Northeast Ohio Scholastic Art Exhibitions and ceremonies.
The other winners are:
- Gladisa Guadalupe, Bedford Heights, Arts Administration;
- Richard “Duarte” Brown, Columbus, Arts Education;
- K12 Gallery & TEJAS, Dayton, Arts Education;
- Burt and Alice Saidel, Dayton, Arts Patron;
- KeyBank, Toledo, Business Support of the Arts;
- Boneyfiddle Project, Portsmouth, Community Development and Participation;
- Alan Cottrill, Zanesville, Individual Artist;
- Weichih “Rosa” Lee, Solon, Individual Artist.