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# Arts and culture honored at ’05 Abbot Awards
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/arts-and-culture-honored-at-05-abbot-awards/
- Published: 2005-09-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:50:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Venice, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The 2006 season of The Other Venice Film Festival officially kicked-off on the main stage of the Abbot Kinney Street Festival last weekend when, in association with The Venice Community Trust, the OVFF presented the 2005 Abbot Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Community.

Born from The Other Venice Film Festival, The Abbot Awards are presented to members of greater Venice who have demonstrated excellence to local art and culture. In this, the year of the Venice Centennial celebration, Abbot Award recipients include: actor Orson Bean for “Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Arts;” Gregory Hines for “Outstanding Achievement in Performing Arts;” Ed Ruscha for “Outstanding Achievement in Fine Arts;” and Carol Tantau, for “Outstanding Achievement in Community Service.”

The Other Venice Film Festival (OVFF), a community event dedicated to screening full-length, short and animated films that embody the spirit, energy and diversity of Venice, is now accepting film submissions of all lengths for its third season, March 17-20, 2006\. Applications are available for download at www.venice-ofilmfest.com.

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(Photo: Special to the Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 30, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/093005.pdf?ref=smdp.com)