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Champions of the Arts
Gala – 10th Anniversary
Nearly 400 supporters joined the Arts Council for
Monterey County to celebrate Philip Glass as
Champion of the Arts/Lifetime Achievement, raising
thousands of dollars for arts education. They also
honored: Mac McDonald, Luminary; Monterey Bay
Plein Air Painters Association, Nonprofit; Nancy
Ausonio, Philanthropist; Pilar Mendoza, Professional;
Paul Contos, Educator; and Steve Vagnini, Volunteer.
Bill Monning, Philip Glass
Beth Oas, Mac McDonald, Kelli Uldall
Christine Sandin, Paul
Contos, Charlotte Eyerman
Patti & John Phillips, Vivian Lindley
Linda Greer, Nancy Ausonio
Dave & Karen Nordstrand
Jaqui Hope, Pilar
Mendoza, Janice Garcia
Michael Walas, Alicia
Stirling-Julian, Scott Julian
Kimberlee & David Klarich
Wendy Brickman, Mary Claypool Heidi Zamzow, Nancy Gaffney
Matthew Schuss, Steve Vagnini,
Charlene Schuss
Mary Alice Cerrito Fettis, John McCleary,
Arlene Krebs, Paulette Lynch
Christine Boulanger, Janet McDaniel,
Jean White, Carol Biddle, Ken White
Photos by DMT Imaging