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Board names Cindy Hathaway annual arts award winner; grant and mural cycles, events announced
Summary
At its Feb. 13 meeting the Littleton Arts and Culture Board selected Cindy Hathaway as the 2025 annual arts award recipient and reviewed program updates including the mural application window, third grant cycle dates and upcoming Arts in event on April 2.
The Littleton Arts and Culture Board selected Cindy Hathaway, executive director of Western Welcome Week, as the board’s 2025 annual arts award recipient at its Feb. 13 meeting. Ballots counted and read into the record showed 6 votes for Cindy Hathaway, 2 for Trish Sanjello of Arapahoe Community College and 1 for the Littleton Symphony Orchestra.
Board members said the annual award recognizes individuals and organizations that have made a sustained, transformative contribution to local arts and culture; nominees for 2025 also included the Depot Art Gallery (Littleton Fine Arts Guild) and the Pride of Littleton marching bands. The board will invite the winner and other nominees to the organization’s spring events and list them in the program.
Program and project updates presented to the board included:
- Mural program: Application window is open and the board reported three applications so far; the window closes at the end of February and more information is expected at the March meeting.
- Lodgers-tax grants: The city’s third grant cycle opens Feb. 28 and will close on April 11; staff encouraged board members to distribute postcards with QR codes linking to the online application. The board noted last year’s cycle received 62 applications and staff set a personal goal to top that number in 2025.
- Arts in (annual networking event): Scheduled for April 2; invitations are by RSVP and the event will present the arts and culture award and economic-impact data.
- Culture & Arts Partners quarterly meeting: The first quarterly meeting of the year drew about 30 participants; the next meeting is May 21.
Other community news mentioned during the meeting: Littleton Symphony reported a sold-out Valentine’s Day concert (about 650 tickets sold); Littleton Youth Ballet is rehearsing Alice in Wonderland for two weekends of performances at Lone Tree Arts Center; and Arapahoe Community College is offering workshops and classes tied to local arts outreach.
No formal board action was recorded for the mural program or grant cycle announcements at the Feb. 13 meeting.
