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Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award

The 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award honoree was Martha Richards.

The Women in the Arts & Media Coalition hosted a digital presentation of the 2020 VintAge Award, which celebrates the voice and vision of women in the arts and media as they age, on Saturday, November 14 via Zoom.

See photos below!

The 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award honoree was Martha Richards, the Founder and President of WomenArts, originally The Fund for Women Artists, an affiliate member organization of the Coalition. The award was presented to Ms. Richards by Dame Rosemary Squire, Co-Founder of Ambassador Theatre Group and Trafalgar Entertainment and the first woman to be named UK Entrepreneur of the Year.

The event was co-hosted by Avis Boone and Yvonne Curry, Co-Presidents of the Coalition, along with Shellen Lubin and Mary Hodges, Co-Presidents of the League of Professional Theatre Women, the organization which founded the Coalition through the concerted efforts of Elsa Rael for whom the award is named, was also be in attendance.

The ceremony included speakers who have worked with Ms. Richards throughout her illustrious career.

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Alice Tuan

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Avis Boone and Yvonne Curry

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Avis Boone

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Elsa Rael

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Martha Richards

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Martha Richards

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
, 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award recipient

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Mary Hodges and Shellen Lubin

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Mary Hodges

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Paul Tetreault

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Dame Rosemary Squire and Martha Richards

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Dame Rosemary Squire

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Shellen Lubin

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Shellen Lubin, Avis Boone, Yvonne Curry, and Mary Hodges

Photo Flash: The Women In The Arts & Media Coalition Presents the 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award
Shellen Lubin, Avis Boone, Yvonne Curry, and Mary Hodges



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