Big Brain Awards 2011: Meet the Winners

The results are in, and we're proud to present the recipients of New Times' 2011 Big Brain Awards. The winners in six categories were announced Saturday, April 10, at New Times' Big Brain reception, and each received $1,000 (per category). We profiled the finalists last week and will continue to...

By Amy Silverman

April 7, 2011

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The results are in, and we're proud to present the recipients of New Times' 2011 Big Brain Awards.

The winners in six categories were announced Saturday, April 10, at New Times' Big Brain reception, and each received $1,000 (per category).

We profiled the finalists last week and will continue to give you sneak peeks into their creative environments for the next few days. Awards and recipients are:

Visual Arts: Safwat Saleem

Design: Chadwick Uptain

Literary: Kim Porter

Performance: Joseph "Sentrock" Perez

Film/Video: Film Bar

Culinary: Brian and Margita Webb

To read about all 18 finalists, follow the links below:

FINALISTS

Literary
Kofi O. Okyere
Robbie Pfeffer
Kim Porter

Visual Arts
antigirl
Sarah Hurwitz
Safwat Saleem

Design
Chris Rupp
Rebecca Turley
Chadwick Uptain

Culinary
Renetto-Mario Etsitty
Mario Martusciello
Brian and Margita Webb

Film/Video
FilmBar
Francis Lazaro
Lee Storey

Performing Arts
Ruth Carter
Tom Leveen
Joseph Perez

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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.