Gesher’s Craig Nowak Wins Distinguished Arts Service Award
Craig Paul Nowak is the 2024 recipient of the Nancy Coumoundouros Distinguished Service to the Arts Award bestowed at the Farmington Area Arts Awards on Sept. 28.
Nowak is the program manager at the Creative Expressions Program at Gesher Human Services. The program serves people with mental health challenges and intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing a space for creative expression and growth.
“As an artist myself, I understand that the arts are more than just enrichment,” Nowak said. “They’re not merely painting or singing or writing or acting for enjoyment, but that’s part of what makes them so impactful. We enjoy them, and they often act as a doorway to profound personal purpose and supportive communities in ways that other pursuits often aren’t.”