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Museum Director Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Alabama State Council on the Arts presented Gail Andrews, R. Hugh Daniel director of the Birmingham Museum of Art, with the Jonnie Dee Riley Little Lifetime Achievement Award on May 24. The award was presented during the council’s biennial Celebration of the Arts Awards Program in Montgomery. Gov. Kay Ivey and council Gail Andrews Executive Director Al Head welcomed guests during the event, which recognizes Alabamians for their work and contributions to the arts in Alabama and throughout the United States. “The awards program of 2017 is a showcase of ‘the best of the best.’ Our recipients reflect the scope and breadth of creativity, commitment, generosity and leadership that make the arts ‘happen’ every day in Alabama,” said Head. “These individuals give us reasons to be proud of our state and the place we choose to call home.” Among the eight awards given, the Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has devoted a lifetime of energy, service and contributions to the arts in Alabama. The award is named for a past council member, Dr. Jonnie Dee Riley Little. Cindy Monk A California native, Andrews arrived (205) 229-2427 in Birmingham in 1976 to work as the Cindy@Cindy Monk.com museum’s first curator of decorative AlabamaMatureMoves.com arts. In 1991, as interim director,
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PEOPLE she managed a $21 million building expansion that increased the size of the museum by 50 percent. During Andrews’s leadership, the museum’s holdings have grown from 13,000 objects to 27,000 objects, as she placed a steady emphasis on collecting. Securing the endowment of five museum positions, Andrews also increased the general endowment by $20 million. Thousands of educational programs were completed during her directorship. She successfully engaged a new generation of patrons with introduction of the Art on the Rocks event series, now in its 13th season and being emulated by other cultural institutions. As a leader in the museum field on a national level, she served as president of the Association of Art Museum Directors from 2007 to 2008. With an overall tenure spanning four decades, Andrews recently announced her retirement, set for early fall.
Kristi Stacks Named to Lead Better Basics
Better Basics, a nonprofit focused on empowering children by reducing illiteracy, has named Kristi Stacks as its new executive director. Stacks, who recently retired from Mountain Brook Elementary School, was selected by Kristi Stacks Better Basics’ board of directors based on her more than 20 years of experience at all levels of education, including as an educator and administrator. She also is experienced in radio
and television, having previously served as a broadcaster, reporter, producer and director, and is National Board certified. She replaces Dr. Ammie Akin, who resigned due to family commitments and continues to serve as an active volunteer for Better Basics. “Kristi is very well respected within the education community, embodies our core values and will inspire Better Basics employees,” Shirley Fagan, president of the board of directors, said in a statement from the group.
“Teaching children has been my life’s goal, and I can’t imagine a more rewarding place to continue that goal than Better Basics,” Stacks said in the statement. “The proven and consistent results that Better Basics’ programs achieve are outstanding. I look forward to implementing my skills in education and administration at the helm of this worthwhile organization.” Better Basics works with public schools throughout Alabama to help students gain an appreciation of reading and improve literacy. ❖
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