[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 92 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN RECOGNITION OF CLEVELAND ARTS PRIZE WINNER MARSHA DOBRZYNSKI

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                          HON. MARCIA L. FUDGE

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 24, 2011

  Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of my constituents 
who, because of her service to the students of Northeast Ohio, has been 
bestowed a great honor by her community. On June 28, 2011, Marsha 
Dobrzynski will receive the 51st annual Cleveland Arts Prize.
  The goal of the Cleveland Arts Prize is to support and encourage 
artists, and to promote public awareness of artistic creativity in 
Northeast Ohio through the work of Arts Prize recipients.
  The oldest award of its kind in the United States, the Arts Prize is 
a testament to the standard of excellence and quality of artists in 
Northeast Ohio. In addition to artists, the Arts Prize honors 
individuals who have expanded the community's participation in the arts 
and helped make the region more hospitable to creative artistic 
expression.
  Marsha Dobrzynski, the Executive Director of Young Audiences of 
Northeast Ohio, an integrated program with more than 30 arts, cultural, 
philanthropic and educational institutions will receive the Martha 
Joseph Prize for Distinguished Service to the Arts. Since 1994, Marsha 
has continually demonstrated her unsurpassed dedication to ensure that 
children throughout Northeast Ohio have equal access to the arts and 
the consequent benefits experience in the arts can bring to their 
personal growth and education.
  Her bold leadership and tireless efforts throughout her tenure at 
Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio have made it possible to incorporate 
arts education into the lives of more than 242,000 children a year, 
providing the much needed framework for a strong education in the arts 
and a path for arts-based careers through her introduction of the 
ArtWorks program. The extraordinary value that she has brought to this 
important discipline strongly reflects the principles of this award and 
her championship of arts in education is rightfully recognized.

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