EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 22, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Complex State University Theatre Professor and Resident Costume Designer Gregory J. Horton was lately awarded the prestigious Kennedy Middle Gold Medallion in Theatre for Region IV through the Kennedy Center American College or university Theatre Pageant (KCACTF).
“To be honored regionally and nationally by the academy is unbelievable,” mentioned Horton. “I have achieved a significant milestone and the feeling is indescribable.”
The Gold Medallion is the optimum regional award presented by KCACTF, with Location IV covering North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Ga, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Southern Virginia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The eight KCACTF areas per year honor people or organizations that have built extraordinary contributions to the educating and creating of theatre and have significantly dedicated their time, artistry and enthusiasm to the improvement of the Kennedy Heart American College Theater Competition. Most importantly, recipients have demonstrated a potent dedication to the values and objectives of KCACTF and to excellence in instructional theatre. It is the most prestigious regional award specified by KCACTF and is thought of a person of the biggest honors in theatre education and learning.
“We are excited for Professor Horton as this prestigious award recognizes his huge abilities, extraordinary contributions and perseverance to theatre,” said Frances Ward-Johnson, Ph.D., dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS).
Prior to arriving at N.C. A&T in 2005, Horton taught at Olivet College in Michigan, Alabama Condition University, Florida A&M College and Saint Louis University in Missouri. A previous interim chair and associate chair in the CAHSS Section of Visual and Executing Arts, Horton has contributed to the department’s important accomplishments. The division has participated in KCACTF for much more than 30 a long time, winning many awards and honors, together with First Runner-Up nationally and Ideal Engage in regionally, for the 2022 manufacturing of “Pretty Hearth,” a engage in directed by Horton.
Horton has acquired several accolades, such as the Superb Achievement in Costume Structure Award from the Countrywide Black Theatre Competition, The Hillside Superior School Theatre Alumni Award and the KCACTF Distinguished Costume Award.
Horton has costumed casts and directed performs as a visitor designer and director at college or university and skilled theaters close to the state. In 1996, he served as assistant wardrobe supervisor for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. He led 250 volunteers in dressing contributors in the opening and closing ceremonies. He shopped for outfits for Celine Dion, Gladys Knight, Stevie Surprise and Minor Richard.
The Durham indigenous majored in outfits and textiles, with a small in theater, at North Carolina Central College. He earned his MFA in costume layout at Michigan Point out College.
“Professor Horton has completed so quite a few excellent matters for the Office of Visual and Undertaking Arts and the Theatre Method,” mentioned John Henry, Ph.D., associate professor and interim chair of the division. “His powerful management via endurance, perseverance and efficiency has brought ongoing success to the plan, as exhibited by our school, college students and alums.”
