Adrienne Moore given Manship Marquee Award – Manship Theatre will present the award to Moore Dec. 12

Baton Rougean Adrienne Moore knows a thing or two about working with nonprofits and arts communities. That work is what she has done for the past 40 years.

For her good deeds, the Manship Theatre announced that Moore will receive its 2013 Manship Marquee Award. The award will be presented to Moore before the George Bell and Friends Holiday Jazz Show December 12 at 7:30 p.m.

The Marquee Award highlights a Baton Rouge resident who has given at least 15 years of service to the Capital City’s arts community. The award started in 2012, and Zia “The Cat” Tammami was the first recipient.

Moore contributes her success with nonprofit work to her volunteers and other leaders who were dedicated to advancing the community.

Since moving back to Baton Rouge at the end of 1990, Moore has worked with numerous organizations in the city, including serving as the executive director for the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge where she helped to establish the Shaw Center for the Arts. She also served as director of LSU’s Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs.

Moore sees Baton Rouge as a vibrant place where arts and economy can collide.

“I love the arts and think they can transform communities, bring cultures together, and they are incredible economic engine,” she says.

Moore currently serves as a member of the board of the Shaw Center and BREADA and is on the planning committee for Planned Parenthood.

She has seen the city’s transformation first hand with her work in developing the city’s cultural plans.

“When I first came home, Third Street was the most depressing street I had ever seen,” she says. “You could roll a bowling ball down it and hit nothing. What you’ve seen happen—it’s been a miracle, frankly. The fact that in these 20 years, the will has been so strong to see cultural development through, you see a resurgence of young people committing to life here.”

Moore says the younger generations moving to Baton Rouge continue to inspire her, and she looks forward to the next developments.

“For me, I want to do all I can to help the young people live and stay here,” she says. “We’ve backed off from being so territorial and started working together for the greater good. It’s made a huge difference. You’ll see things like the downtown development district and the role Derek Gordon played with the jazz and Sunday in the Park concert series. I wouldn’t have believed it would have happened in 1991, but it keeps going.”