Donna Dewberry’s Pledge Specials Win First Annual
American Public Television Programming Award

The Donna Dewberry fundraising specials, produced by Cutters Productions and UNC-TV, won the Most Successful Pledge Program award at the first annual American Public Television (APT) Programming Awards. The pledge specials, Donna Dewberry’s Painting Extravaganza and One Stroke Painting With Donna Dewberry, garnered the award for generating the most contributor support across the public television system.  The fundraising programs have aired more than 4,502 times on 355 stations. 

The one-hour pledge specials are based on the popular One Stroke Painting With Donna Dewberry series seen on public television.  Each week, host Donna Dewberry demonstrates her ”One-Stroke Painting” technique and teaches viewers how to turn plain surfaces and everyday objects into professional-looking, one-of-a-kind decorative artworks.

The APT Programming Awards, presented November 13 at APT’s annual Fall Marketplace meeting in Palm Springs, California, were designed to identify programs and producers whose ingenuity, professionalism and dedication has made a difference in public television. In all, nine awards were handed out.  For 41 years, APT has been a prime source of programming for the nation's public television stations. APT is known for identifying innovative programs and developing creative distribution techniques for producers.

For more than five years, UNC-TV and Cutters Productions have been committed to creating programming that educates, enlightens and entertains.  In addition to the Donna Dewberry series and pledge specials, UNC-TV and Cutters Productions also produce the public television series For Your Home, Glass With Vicki Payne, Paint! Paint! Paint! and the pledge specials Kid Concoctions and Memories & Scrapbooking For Your Home.  For more information about these producers and programs, please visit www.unctv.org and www.cuttersproductions.com.