Art Chowder July | August 2018, Issue 16 | Page 58

M
aloney says that Spokane Arts wants to build on
the success of last year’s Arts Awards, which nearly
200 people attended. The 2017 award winners included
acclaimed visual artist Melissa Cole (Imagination);
Spokane Symphony executive director Jeff vom Saal
(Leadership); You Express Studios (Collaboration)
for working with the City of Spokane to establish
a parklets program downtown; and Liz Rognes
(Inclusion), recognizing both her advocacy for queer
artists and her work running the Girls Rock program,
which empowers young women through music by
giving them the tools to write