Twin Cities arts leader Catherine Jordan is being honored for her longtime championing of arts and culture.
Jordan, who has served such organizations as the Bush Foundation, Intermedia Arts and Circus Juventas over the past several decades, is one of the recipients of the first annual Artspace Artist Awards, which will be presented Monday in a celebration at the Cowles Center for Dance in Minneapolis.
The award comes from Artspace, the nation's leading nonprofit arts developer with a billion dollar portfolio of nearly three dozen residential and office properties across the nation, including the Cowles Center.
Jordan is one of four winners annnounced; the others, all of whom live in Artspace properties and each of whom will receive $5,000, are photographer Tabatha Mudra of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; poet and visual artist Linda Cover of Santa Cruz, N.M.; and Quest Skinner, a painter and teacher in Washington, D.C.
Monday's celebration, called "Breaking Ground," features the dance and drum duo Buckets and Tap Shoes; singer Ashley DuBose from NBC's "The Voice"; and New Orleans jazz trumpet supremo James Andrews.
John Moe, host of American Public Media's comedy show "Wits," will do similar honors Monday.
Tickets, $20, are on sale.
