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St. Louis Arts Awards to honor performing arts advocates and educators

Gene Dobbs Bradford, executive director of Jazz St. Louis, will be honored for excellence in the arts at the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards in January.
File photo | Dennis C. Owsley
Gene Dobbs Bradford, executive director of Jazz St. Louis, will be honored for excellence in the arts at the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards in January.

The Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis will honor two performing arts advocates with lifetime achievement awards during the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards.

The council announced today that in January it will honor music educator Johnetta Haley of Alton and Dennis Reagan, president and CEO of The Muny, with awards for a lifetime of dedication to the arts.

Gene Dobbs Bradford, executive director of Jazz St. Louis, will be honored for excellence in the arts at the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards in January.
Credit File photo | Dennis C. Owsley
Gene Dobbs Bradford, executive director of Jazz St. Louis, will be honored for excellence in the arts at the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards in January.

Gene Dobbs Bradford, executive director of Jazz St. Louis, will receive the award for excellence in the arts. Keith Tyrone Williams, chair of musical theater at Grand Center Arts Academy, will be named arts educator of the year.

In a news release, Cynthia Prost, president of the Arts and Education Council, said she was proud to honor the individuals and organizations that make St. Louis a creative place.

"It is their passion and commitment to the arts that continue to make St. Louis a thriving community for us all to live, learn, work and play," she said.

The Saint Louis Fashion Fund, Art on the Square, and World Wide Technology Inc. will all receive awards for their commitment to supporting the arts in St. Louis.

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Willis Ryder Arnold is an arts and culture reporter for St. Louis Public Radio. He has contributed to NPR affiliates, community stations, and nationally distributed radio programs, as well as Aljazeera America, The New York Times blogs, La Journal de la Photographie, and LIT Magazine. He is a graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and a recipient of the Society of Professional Journalist’s award for Radio In-Depth Reporting.