Arts & Entertainment

Montclair Presented with Four People's Choice Awards Thursday

After the 14 winners were announced earlier this year, the awards were presented at the 2012 Discover Jersey Arts People's Choice Awards Ceremony.

Montclair won big in the 2012 Discover Jersey Arts People's Choice Awards, which invited arts lovers to vote for their favorite New Jersey–based nonprofit arts groups in a wide variety of categories.

Montclair carried four out of the 14 categories in the fifth annual People's Choice Awards where nearly 7,000 total ballots were cast. 

The Montclair organizations won the following:

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  • Favorite Downtown Arts District: Montclair
  • Best Film Festival: Montclair Film Festival
  • Favorite Place to Take an Adult Arts Class: Montclair Art Museum's Yard School of Art
  • Favorite Place to Take a Kid's Art Class: Montclair Art Museum's Yard School of Art

On Thursday, the awards were presented at the 2013 New Jersey Conference on Tourism. 

At the awards ceremony on Thursday stand, from left to right Montclair Mayor Robert Jackson; Luther Flurry, executive director of Montclair Center Corporation;  Bob Feinberg, chairman of the board of the Montclair Film Festival; Lora Urbanelli, director of the Montclair Art Museum; and Catherine Mastrangelo, marketing and communications coordinator of the Montclair Art Museum.

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