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