[Calendar Description automatically generated with medium confidence] 🌟 Nominations sought for 2024 AMOCAT Arts Awards! 🌟 📅 Nomination deadline: Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:59 pm The Tacoma Arts Commission is accepting nominations for the 2024 AMOCAT Arts Awards, which recognize the people, organizations, and groups that positively impact Tacoma with their passion, innovation, and commitment to the arts. NEW! Individuals, organizations, and patrons who have previously been selected as an Award recipient are now eligible to be nominated and considered again, after 5 years have passed since their last award. The Tacoma Arts Commission will review all nominations and select one finalist in each award category based on the breadth and depth of the nominee’s community impact as well as the quality of the work being done by the nominee, not by the number of times the nominee was nominated. The 2024 AMOCAT Arts Awards will be presented at Kaleidoscope, the Tacoma Arts Month opening party on Wednesday, October 2nd, at STAR Center, 3873 S 66th Street. All 2024 AMOCAT Arts Awards nominees will be shared publicly on the Tacoma Arts Month website. Award Categories: * Community Outreach by an Individual – Community outreach, engagement, and involvement in the arts in Tacoma by an individual. * Community Outreach by an Organization – Community outreach, engagement, and involvement in the arts in Tacoma by an organization. * Arts Patron – A community partner who significantly supports or contributes to the arts in Tacoma. To Make a Nomination: Fill out the online nomination form via Submittable: https://tacomaarts.submittable.com/submit<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tacomaarts.submittable.com/submit/__;!!CRCbkf1f!QGK-hHdhjBzr89rZP9QR7rdHKs0HY-Afu0cChc3glxVJ7cSI4Ns_ox6t2tUasqM9evC4Ot8u7u6SBRW317HdEc6-HLt-kITs$> If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Garcia at (253) 453-9793 or dgarcia2@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:dgarcia2@cityoftacoma.org> Thank you for celebrating the vibrant arts community of Tacoma!