Announcing the 2023 Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Arts Awards Honorees
The Cultural Council of Birmingham Bloomfield, in conjunction with our community partners, The Community House, Downtown Newsmagazine, the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, and Bloomfield Cablevision, announces the 28th annual Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Arts Awards, honoring persons who have had an extraordinary impact on the cultural life of our community. The public is invited to celebrate the honorees at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S Cranbrook Rd, Birmingham, MI 48009 on Fri. October 13, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The ceremony will be broadcast on local cable and be available on our website following the event:

Stephanie Pizzo, 2023 Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award
Dancer, Collaborator, Educator
Stephanie Pizzo joined the Eisenhower Dance Company (EDD) as a founding member in 1991. At various points in her dance career she served as Resident Choreographer, Associate Artistic Director, and Co-Artistic Director. Ms. Pizzo now leads the company into her 7th season as Artistic Director. She focuses on collaborating with the highest quality national and international artists and creating strong ties within the metro Detroit community through the art of dance, using the art of contemporary dance both as a means to present beautiful, athletic, and engaging repertory but also as a vehicle to reflect on and explore issues of social significance.

Under Pizzo’s leadership, education plays a major role in the company: a new state of the art dance complex, funded by the Strum Allesee Foundation opened this past January in Bloomfield Hills, allowing for world-class dance education and fitness opportunities. Jurors were particularly impressed by Pisso’s educational community outreach and work with schools of all socio-economic groups.
Contact: : pizzo@eisenhowerdance.org    (248) 379-2032

Kegham Tazian, Special Lifetime Achievement Award
Artistic Expression of Humanity
Kegham Tazian will receive a Special Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring both his tremendous body of artwork, and his impact on thousands of art students during his 47-year tenure as Professor of Fine Arts at Oakland Community College. As educator and artist, he has continually pushed the conventional boundaries of creative expression.
The “Best in Show” prize at OCC’s annual student art show is otherwise known as the Kegham Tazian Art Prize and is funded, in part, by the Tazian family.  In 2011, Mr. Tazian and his family established the Kegham Tazian Endowed Scholarship to further promote the pursuit of fine arts at OCC.  
Tazian’s sculptures and paintings are globally renowned, and his works can be found in public and private collections worldwide, including various corporations, municipalities, churches, embassies, and museums. The City of Birmingham, where Tazian resides, is fortunate to have been gifted one of his bronze sculptures, Pyramid Earth, which is installed in Linden Park.
The Community House, which is celebrating its centennial in Birmingham this year will receive the Partners with the Arts Award recognizing ‘100 years of service’ supporting the arts, and their role helping to make the Birmingham-Bloomfields a unique cultural hub. The award is given directly by the Cultural Council to honor a business, non-profit or organization in our community that supports the arts in a distinguished manner.
Contact:   Julie Smude (248) 644-5832