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2022 Craft Award recipient Ann Holtschlag and CMA Executive Director Della Watkins

March 2, 2023

Ann Holtschlag honored with the CMA’s Craft Leadership Award

PRESS RELEASE

March 2, 2023

Columbia, S.C. – The Columbia Museum of Art is proud to have presented the 2022 John Richard Craft Leadership Award to Ann Holtschlag. A committed volunteer and community advocate, Holtschlag epitomizes the values the CMA recognizes each year with the Craft Award. CMA Board President Cathy Love and CMA Executive Director Della Watkins presented the award to Holtschlag at an elegant appreciation dinner celebrating her service on Wednesday, March 1. The Craft Award, named for the museum’s first director, is the highest honor the CMA bestows.   
 
“Ann’s leadership, resourcefulness, and dedication to the CMA are amazing gifts, enriching programming and the lives of many, and we celebrate her tremendous volunteer spirit,” says Watkins. 
 
Holtschlag has been a staunch supporter of the CMA for over 20 years, helping to form the museum’s group of highly trained volunteer guides known as the Docent Corps into what it is today, supporting exhibitions as a docent, and serving on numerous CMA committees. She is especially proud of and integral to Art Blossoms — the annual exhibition fundraiser now in its third year — reaching out to South Carolina gardening communities and opening the doors of the museum for new interactions. A native of Seattle, Holtschlag also enjoys sharing her enthusiastic approach to all things Columbia through her volunteerism with Historic Columbia, the SC State Museum, and Columbia Green.   
 
“Being a docent at the CMA is a gift I have given myself, and it’s a gift that keeps on giving with every new exhibition, installation, and event,” says Holtschlag. “Many docents have become my dear friends, and a talented and dedicated staff has enriched my life beyond measure.”  
 
The visitor also motivates her volunteer service — Holtschlag enjoys seeing how guests engage in each work of art and loves those “aha!” moments when a visitor joins the conversation with an insight or comment.  
 
“Art enriches our lives and is like food for the soul,” says Holtschlag. “It sends a message every time you look at it.”  


Image above: 2022 Craft Award recipient Ann Holtschlag (left) and CMA Executive Director Della Watkins (right). Photo courtesy Victor Johnson / Columbia Museum of Art.

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