BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alabama State
Council on the Arts awarded Theresa Harper
Bruno the Jonnie Dee Riley Little Lifetime Achievement Award
for her leadership, service and support of the arts in Alabama. The award was given at the
Celebration of the Arts awards ceremony on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery.
The Jonnie Dee Riley Little Lifetime Achievement Award named
after the late Jonnie Dee Riley
Little represents recognition for an individual who has
devoted significant contributions to the arts in Alabama. Theresa
Bruno, a Juilliard-trained musician, has spent her life
immersed in the arts. When her career as a concert pianist came to
an abrupt halt, she directed her creative energies into helping
others benefit from the arts.
Bruno has served as chair of the Alys Stephens Performing Arts
Center at UAB, one of the Southeast's premier cultural venues.
Bruno has led the Alys Stephens Center through a major
reorganization, working to strengthen its focus on excellence in
arts programming. The Center presents world-renowned artists in
music, dance, theatre, and comedy. Under her leadership, the Alys
Stephens Center established ArtPlay, an arts education and outreach
initiative. Through ArtPlay, K-12 students across central
Alabama have the opportunity to
learn from world-class artists and see live performances.
Altogether, more than 70,000 Alabama children, and adults, have benefited
from ArtPlay's workshops, classes, residencies, master classes,
school shows and other activities.
Bruno has also taken the arts into another transformational
space--the hospital--with UAB's Institute for Arts in Medicine
(AIM), which places artists-in-residence throughout UAB Hospital to
provide creative experiences designed to help patients heal.
Theresa Bruno has indeed made a
significant impact on the arts in Birmingham and Alabama.
Aside from her leadership in supporting and promoting the arts,
Bruno is also an accomplished artist. As President and Designer for
Jordan Alexander Jewelry, she creates beautiful and
everyday-wearable fine jewelry that represents her own
free-spirited style.
Since the Jordan Alexander collection's debut in late 2010, the
line has been featured on the covers
of Glamour, O Magazine and jewelry
industry leader JCK Magazine. Celebrities, prominent
figures and media personalities have taken to the line,
including First Lady Michelle
Obama, Pink, Katie Couric, Joan Rivers, Julia Roberts, Miranda Lambert, Brooklyn
Decker, Kristen
Stewart and more.
To view her latest creations, visit
jordanalexanderjewelry.com.
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