HUNTINGTON BEACH : 3 Residents Receive City Arts Awards

Three residents were honored at a reception at City Hall this week for their contributions to art as part of the city’s fifth annual arts awards program.

The award winners are Roger Camp, for outstanding visual artist; Evelyn Cisneros, for outstanding performing artist; and Elaine Keeley, for outstanding volunteer.

Camp is head of the photography department of Golden West College, where he has taught for 15 years. He recently received an Educator Scholarship from Eastman Kodak, according to city officials who provided information about the achievements of the three honorees.

In addition, the University of Texas National Conference on Teaching Excellence has twice named Camp as a master teacher. He has also exhibited his photographs at more than 50 one-person shows and has been published in more than 100 magazines.

Camp’s photographs from the Huntington Beach Pier have received the Leica Medal of Excellence. Private and corporate collections that hold Camp’s works include IBM, Coca-Cola Inc. and the International Photography Museum.

Cisneros is a prima ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet Company, where she has been a professional dancer since 1976. She received her early training in Huntington Beach, studying ballet, tap, jazz and flamenco. She is a graduate of Marina High School.

Keeley has choreographed community theater productions for the Westminster Community Theater and the Huntington Beach Union High School District.

Keeley has served on the city’s Allied Arts Board for six years and has been chairwoman for 1 1/2 years. She has helped gain support from the City Council for the renovation of the old Southern California Edison building on Main Street into a downtown art center, set to open in the fall of 1993.

Her voluntary efforts extend to the League of Women Voters, American Assn. of University Women, Friends of the Library and Amigos de Bolsa Chica.