Famed Dominican playwright, director, graphic artist, set designer, poet and short story writer, carnival designer and composer, Dr Alwin Bully, is adding another prestigious award to his collection.
This year he is the recipient of the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Earl Warner Trust “in recognition of his outstanding achievement in the Performing Arts and his ongoing advocacy for the Caribbean cultural expressions.”
In a letter to Dr Bully from the Trust, which was made available to Dominica News Online, he was told that he was being held in the “highest esteem.”
“The Trust, through the Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes and honors the work of outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to theatre arts in the Caribbean…” the letter reads.
As part of the award, the 2022 Earl Warner Memorial Lecture entitled “The Sternest Passion: Alwin Bully and the Caribbean Cultural Renaissance” will be delivered by another outstanding Dominican, Dr. Lennox Honychurch, Caribbean anthropologist, historian, academic and artist.
Dr. Honychurch will give the lecture on October 28 at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados.
According to the Trust, the lecture will speak on Dr. Bully’s “personal contribution to the Arts.”
The Earl Warner Trust is a charitable, non-profit entity established to honor the memory and work of noted Barbadian theatre director and dramaturge Earl McDonald Warner.
Past recipients of the award include, Dr. Cynthia Wilson of Barbados, the late Errol Jones of Trinidad and Tobago and Dr. Michael Gilkes of Guyana and many other Caribbean luminaries.
The Trust has a branch in Jamaica whose primary focus is to support students in the performing arts with scholarships and bursaries, traditionally to students of the Jamaica School of Drama, Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.
Other awards and recognition bestowed on Dr Bully include, but are not limited to:
-National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s 2007 Cacique Award for Regional Theatre
-Induction into Jamaica’s Culture for Development Hall of Fame
-The University of Technology’s (in Jamaica) 2006 Arts Award
-The LIME Creole Lifetime Award for contribution to arts and culture in Dominica and the region
-University of the West Indies (UWI) Alumni Award of Excellence for outstanding contribution to culture in Dominica and the Caribbean
– A degree of Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa from UWI for his contribution to Caribbean society in the field of culture and arts
A well deserved award to a noble educator, artist and nation builder – Alwin Bully. May God bless you and yours always.
Congratulations, Dr. Bully
CONGRATULATIONS TO DR ALWIN BULLY. You deserve every award for your contribution to the arts and culture. You are blessed and gifted!!!
An award well deserved. Thank you Dr. Bully for all that you have contributed and given to all of us who have had the honor of working with you. Congratulations and keep smiling. The honor of a Lifetime award is to bask in the appreciation given to you. Thank you again for everything.