Past Honorees

Arts Innovator
2019: Susan Barrett

Community Impact Artist
2020/2021: Pacia Elaine Anderson
2018: Antionette Carroll
2017: Regina Martinez
2016: De Andrea Nichols
2015: Cecilia Nadal
2015: Frieda L. Wheaton

Emerging Artist
2020/2021: Ellie Balk
2019: Jacqueline Thompson
2018: Yvonne Osei
2017: Kat Simone Reynolds
2016: Sabina England
2015: Shualee Cook
2013: Andrea Purnell
2012: Gina Alvarez
2011: Dail Chambers
2010: Celia Schacklett
2009: Nicole Lemkemeier
2008: Ashley Tate
2007: Abigail Birhanu
2006: Sarah Giannobile
2005: Lindsay Scott
2004: Jill Downen
2003: Jenna Bauer

Lifetime Achievement
2020/2021: Haniny Hillberg
2013: Joanne Kohn
2011: Helen Gannon
2010: Sally Bliss
2009: Judith Aronson*
2008: Jeanne Trevor
2007: Patricia Degener*
2007: Mae Wheeler*

Major Contributor to the Arts
2020/2021: Linda Lee
2019: Kathie Winter
2018: Lana Pepper
2017: Sally S. Levy*
2016: Phoebe Dent Weil
2015: Thelma Steward
2013: Carol Voss
2012: Kim Eberlein
2011: Noémi Neidorff
2010: Alison Ferring
2009: Carol Staenberg
2007: Mary Strauss
2006: Nancy Kranzberg
2005: Helen Kornblum
2004: Virginia Weldon
2003: Donna Moog

National Women in the Arts
2007: Niecy Nash
2006: Jenna Fischer
2005: Deborah Borda

Outstanding Arts Professional
2020/2021: Lisa Melandri
2019: Brea McAnally
2018: Allison Felter
2017: Nancy Bell
2016: Priscilla Block
2015: Kelly Pollock
2013: Agnes Wilcox
2012: Sara Burke
2011: Kathleen Sitzer
2010: Renée Franklin
2009: Roseann Weiss
2008: Sue Greenberg
2007: Cynthia Prost
2006: Francesca Herndon-Consagra
2005: Jill McGuire
2004: Stephanie Riven
2003: Carol North

Outstanding Teaching Artist
Formerly, Outstanding Arts Educator
2019: Carmen Dence
2018: Asha Premachandra
2017: Vivian Anderson Watt
2016: Stacy West
2015: Ilene Berman
2013: Lynn Rubright
2012: Lois Ingrum
2011: Yvette Woods
2010: Lee Nolting
2009: Jessica Hentoff
2008: Lois D. Conley
2008: Jane Ellen Ibur

Outstanding Working Artist
2020/2021: Kathryn Bentley
2019: Kari Ely
2018: Cheeraz Gormon
2017: Shirley Bradley LeFlore*
2016: Denise Thimes
2015: Amy Kaiser
2013: Lydia Ruffin
2012: Con Christeson
2011: Barbara Harbach
2010: Susan Slaughter
2009: Edna Patterson-Petty
2008: Carrie Houk
2007: Kathleen Finneran
2006: Jackie Masei
2005: Linda Kennedy*
2004: Kim Massie*
2003: Joan Lipkin

Outstanding Young Artist
2008: Emily Piro

President's Award
2012: Susan Uchitelle
2011: Juanita Hinshaw
2009: Donna Wilkinson*
2008: Peg Grigg*
2006: Jo Ann Taylor Kindle
2005: Susan Sherman
2003: Ann Ruwitch

*deceased