The ceremony for the York Culture Awards 2017 was held at the York Minster on Thursday 23 November 2017.
Please find below the list of winners, highly commended and finalists from the event.
BEST COMMUNITY PROJECT OR EVENT
sponsored by York St John University
Winner: York River Art Market
Finalists: Everything Is Possible: The York Suffragettes by York Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre
York Community Choir Festival
EXCELLENCE IN CULTURAL EDUCATION
sponsored by Yorkshire Ventures
Winner: Park Grove Primary Academy
Finalists: The Mount School York
York Jazz Initiative
EXCELLENCE IN CULTURAL EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
sponsored by Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Winner: Show Me That I Matter by City of York Council
Finalists: Acting Up! Youth Theatre by Riding Lights Theatre Company
Out of Character Theatre Company
BEST CULTURAL EVENT OR FESTIVAL
sponsored by First Group
Winner: York Festival of Ideas
Highly Commended: York Early Music Festival
Finalists: Big City Read (“Regeneration” by Pat Barker)
SLAP (Salacious Live Alternative Performance) Weekender Festival
York Pride
BEST CULTURAL PARTNERSHIP
sponsored by Viridian FX
Winner: York St John University & illuminating York
Finalists: Those Magic Beans & York Barbican
York Theatre Royal & York Castle Museum
EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA ARTS
sponsored by University of York
Winner: VikingVR by DC Labs & York Museums Trust
Highly Commended: ColliderCase by Bright White
Finalists: River Poems by Jake Attree, Robert Powell & Ben Pugh
The Flood by Orillo Films
BEST PERFORMING ARTIST
sponsored by The Rise, Restaurant, Terrace & Bar
Winner: Katie Greenbrown
Highly Commended: Joshua Burnell
Finalist: Hyde Family Jam
BEST PRODUCTION
sponsored by Hungate York Regeneration
Winner: The Great Gatsby by Alex Wright
Finalists: Dr Dolittle by NE Musicals York
Turandot by York Opera
BEST VISUAL ARTIST
sponsored by Lotte Inch Gallery
Winner: Emily Sutton
Finalists: Bridget Bernadette Karn
Susan Aldworth
EXCELLENCE IN WRITING
sponsored by Red Publications
Winner: Flying High! By Anneliese Emmans Dean
Finalists: The Boy Who Went Magic by A P Winter
News from Nowhere by Jane Austin
RISING STAR
sponsored by Redrow
Winner: Herve Ishimwe Ntwali
Finalists: David Law
Kitty Rowe
