The board of the Averitt Center for the Arts has three finalists to choose from in the search for the Statesboro-based arts organization’s second-ever permanent executive director. They are Jamie Grady of New York City, Bruce Marquis of Ashland, Kentucky, and Dawn Oliver of Statesboro. Tim Chapman, the center’s executive director from its debut in 2004, oversaw the opening of the Emma Kelly Theater and adjacent main gallery on East Main Street, followed by the center’s growth as a centerpiece of Statesboro’s cultural life.