County super earns community service award

News release

Arts and Culture El Dorado recently announced that El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools

Dr. Ed Manansala will receive the 2023 Normadene Carpenter Award. The annual honor recognizes exceptional achievement and extraordinary contributions to the community. Proceeds from the event support the programs and services of Arts and Culture El Dorado.

Manansala is a collaborator, a passionate advocate and an innovator. He champions arts and cultural programs in El Dorado County schools, fully understanding the vital importance of creativity in the lives of young people.

“While it is an honor to be chosen to receive this year’s Normadene Carpenter Award, the honor must really go to all our county’s educational leaders and staff, who consistently provide high-quality instruction and support to the youth in our county,” noted Manansala.

“Our county is proud to be known for its value of arts education, which we recognize as vital to the development of the whole child, and ultimately the cultural health and development of our community.”

The Carpenter Award reception and award ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 22, in the Galleria at David Girard Vineyards. Friends and supporters will gather for a cocktail reception to celebrate Mananasala and the work of the El Dorado County Office of Education. Girard, the honorary event chair for the Carpenter Award, emphasized the importance of the event and the organization it supports. “Arts and Culture El Dorado is a highly respected non profit public benefit organization that annually presents the Carpenter Award to an outstanding honoree.

The prestigious award recognizes the individual’s demonstrated excellence in one or more of the many elements that contribute to a community’s artistic and cultural vitality.”

Proceeds from the event will benefit Arts and Culture El Dorado, which provides vital arts and cultural programs and services to El Dorado County. Arts and Culture El Dorado serves as a catalyst for good works. It’s the state-local partner to the California Arts Council and in that role provides targeted programs and services, a vibrant gallery exhibition series and initiatives that support and sustain the cultural life of the region. Founded in 1984 as El Dorado Arts Council, the organization offers programs for veterans and students, families and young people, artists and arts organizations, and residents and visitors to the region. Tax-deductible charitable donations and ticket purchases may be made at artsandcultureeldorado.org/ carpenter-award.