News Release
Chesapeake Energy Corporation to receive Governor's Arts Award
Nov. 6, 2007
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ann Dee Lee
Public Information Director
Oklahoma Arts Council
(405) 521-2931
anndee@arts.ok.gov
Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, will be honored by Governor Brad Henry at the 32nd Annual Governor’s Arts Awards. Chesapeake will receive the Earl Sneed Memorial Business Award which recognizes businesses and corporations that exhibit outstanding support of the arts in Oklahoma. Accepting the award will be Sr. Vice President for Corporate Development Tom Price.
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Arts Council, 16 individuals and four organizations will be honored for their contributions to the arts in their communities or throughout the state. The ceremony is scheduled for 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 28th in the 4th Floor Rotunda of the State Capitol and is open to the public. Presiding at the ceremony will be Council Chair Jim Tolbert and Interim Executive Director Suzanne Tate.
Chesapeake is the largest independent producer and third-largest overall producer of natural gas in the United States. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Chesapeake encourages its employees to become involved in community projects. Chesapeake has long been a significant annual contributor to the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, as well as the programs and fundraisers of the Oklahoma City Orchestra League. Each year, employees staff a day of the annual Symphony Show House, a project which raises money benefiting the Philharmonic and its music education programs.
In addition to Chesapeake’s significant support of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, this company is a corporate donor for an impressive list of other arts and cultural activities. These include Allied Arts, Ballet Oklahoma, Bright Music Society of Oklahoma City, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences, Lyric Theatre, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma Children’s Theatre, Oklahoma Creativity Project, Oklahoma Heritage Association, Oklahoma Youth Orchestra, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park and the Tulsa Opera.
A reception on the first floor of the Capitol will follow the 4 p.m. ceremony. A complete list of Governor’s Arts Awards recipients and their photos are available at www.arts.ok.gov. For more information about the Governor’s Arts Awards, please contact Ann Dee Lee at (405) 521-2931 or at anndee@arts.ok.gov.
ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA ARTS COUNCIL
The Oklahoma Arts Council is a state agency whose mission is to improve lives through the arts by promoting and sustaining the development of a thriving arts environment, which is essential to quality of life, education and economic vitality for all Oklahomans.
---End---