The stars will be shining tonight as the Arts and Culture Network honours some of its heroes.
Tonight marks the third annual induction ceremony for the Arts and Culture Heroes Wall of Fame at the Cultural Centre in Chatham.
The inductees of the Arts and Culture Heroes Wall of Fame for 2024 are listed below:
Visual Arts
· Tracy Bultje – Landscape Artist (Chatham)
· Frank Jordan — Wildlife Artist (Chatham)
· Leonard Jubenville – Landscape and Figurative Artist (Pain Court)
Performing Arts
· Lawrene Denkers – Actor (Chatham, East Kent)
Music
· Tom Lockwood – Guitarist, Songwriter (Chatham)
· Frances Adaskin – Pianist, Teacher (Ridgetown)
· Geoffrey O’Hara – Composer, Singer, Professor (Chatham)
Dance
· David Nixon – Ballet Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic Director (Chatham)
Literary Arts
· Ray Robertson – Novelist, Essayist (Chatham)
· Arthur Stringer – Novelist, Screenwriter, Poet (Chatham)
Cultural Builders
· Buxton Homecoming – Community Celebration (North Buxton)
The Arts and Culture Network will also be honouring the winners of its inaugural Emerging Youth Artist Scholarship Awards — Teryn Romanick and Thomas Martin.
Plaques naming each inductee are permanently mounted on the Heroes Wall of Fame at the Chatham Cultural Centre.
Tonight’s celebrations begin with a reception in Studio One at 6pm. The ceremony, being held in the Kiwanis Theatre, gets underway at 7.