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PRESS RELEASE: Otis Redding Foundation congratulates Justin Andrews, Charles Cox, Mary Pinson, and Joey Stuckey on receiving the Macon Arts Alliance 2024 Cultural Awards
(Macon, GA – October 21, 2025) The Otis Redding Foundation congratulates Justin Andrews on being a recipient of the Macon Arts Alliance 2024 Cultural Award recipient together with Charles Cox, Mary Pinson, and Joey Stuckey. Justin is the Director of Special Projects for the Otis Redding Foundation and is a dynamic leader in arts and education.
“Through his community work in the arts, Justin is continuing a legacy of service,” stated Julie Wilkerson, Executive Director, Macon Arts Alliance. “His mother Karla Redding-Andrews is a past Cultural Award recipient and his grandmother, Zelma Redding, inspired our highest honor, the Zelma and Otis Redding Spirit of Community Award, which recognizes artists who have achieved national and international acclaim and have chosen to give back to the Macon community in a big way. We are blessed to have Justin and his family in Macon.”
About Macon Arts AllianceMacon Arts Alliance has 40 years of history promoting, creating and expanding arts programming. It is our mission to foster support for the advancement of arts and culture in Central Georgia. We strive to be an innovative leader of a thriving regional arts community . We value strategic partnerships that strengthen the diversity and vibrancy of arts and culture for tourists, residents, artists, businesses, and civic organizations. Macon Arts Alliance is the designated Arts Agency for Macon-Bibb County and charged with implementing the 2020 Cultural Plan for Macon. https://www.maconartsalliance.org/https://kwww.maconartsalliance.org/culturalplan/
About the Otis Redding FoundationThe Otis Redding Foundation is dedicated to education through music, empowering young people to pursue their dreams. Through programs like Camp Dream and the Otis Music Camp and the soon to-be-opened Otis Redding Center for the Arts, the Foundation continues to inspire and develop the next generation of artists.
