Individual Recognition
1969 – The M.C. Naftzger 
1970 – James Robertson 
1971 – Irene Vickers Baker 
1972 – Mary Jane Teall  
1973 – Cecil Riney   
1974 – Harry Litwin   
1975 – James M. Miller   
1976 – C. Henry Nathan               
1977 – Walter J. Duerksen  
1978 – Gladys Wiedemann
1980 – Richard Welsbacher
1981 – Beatrice Sandford Pease
1982 – Milly and Sam Marcus
1983 – Martin Bush
1984 – John M. Bell
1985 – Betty and Richard Minkler
1986 – Bobbie and Marvin Bastian
1987 – Ruth and Charles H. Sanderson
1988 – Mary R. Koch
1989 – The Garvey Family
1990 – Howard E. Wooden
1991 – Robert A. Puckett
1992 – Wayne Bryan
1993 – Anita and Larry Jones
1994 – Helen and Jay Galloway
1995 – Doris B. Nelson
1996 – George Gibson
1997 – Elizabeth and Charles Koch
1998 – Helen and Russell Meyer
1999 – Eric Engstrom
2000 – Marti Connelly
2005 – City of Wichita & Sedgwick County
2006 – City of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Sharon Mallory-Plane Crazy
2008 – Project Beauty
2009 – Lois Crane
2010 - No award given
2011 - No award given

Gordon W. Evans Award
(presented by the Arts Council)
Mary Lynn Oliver
Belden Mills
Dan and Shoko Sevart
Clifford W. Stone
Joe Goodwin
Christine Paulsen-Polk – Project Beauty
Delmar Klocke
Howard Ellington Family
The DeVore Family; Bill and Alta DeVore and Dick and Ginny DeVore
Georgia Stevens

Arts Organization
(From 2001)
Kansas Watercolor Society
Kay Buskirk – Northeast Area Strings Academy
Wichita Center for the Arts
Kansas Authors Club
Chamber Music at the Barn
The Kansas African-American Museum
Wichita Grand Opera
Wichita Art Museum
Orpheum Performing Arts Centre, Ltd.
Wichita Public Library
Wichita Symphony Orchestra
Wichita Community Theatre

Special Project
Paula and Barry Downing – Lowell D. Holmes, Museum of Anthropology, Special Collection
College Hill Pool
Sacred Spaces
Paula and Barry Downing
Holiday Tables – Designing Women
The Gallery at Larksfield Place
Pastoral Council, St. Anthony’s
Asian Festival, Wichita Asian Association
Terri Dozal
Mid-America All-Indian Center
Botanica Children’s Garden

Arts Educator
(From 2001)
Walt Myers
Norm Terry
Novelene Ross
J.C. Combs
Bill Harshbarger
Lisa Hittle
John Boyd
Stan Rogers
No award in 2009
Tara Walker
Joyce Cavarozzi
Dick Welsbacher

Arts Advocate/Individual
(From 2001)
Geri Colgan
Liz Kennedy
Dora Timmerman
Don and Shirley Beggs
Kelly Callen
Sterling and Paula Varner
Mary Ellen Barrier
Barbara Rensner
Jerry Martin
No award in 2010
Ron Holt

Arts Advocate/Group
(From 2001)
Arts Partners
Wichita Alliance for Arts Education
The Fiber Studio
Gallery XII
Wichita Symphony Youth Orchestra Program
Wichita Downtown Development Corporation
Editorial Board / Wichita Eagle
Marketplace Properties
No award in 2009
Plymouth Congregational Church
Tallgrass Film Festival

Individual Artist
(From 2001)
Ron Christ
Eric Schmidt
Dustin Parker
Hugh Greer
Maestro Andrew Sewell
Tom Otterness
Jerry Hahn
John Boldenow
Marilyn Grisham
Todd Whipple
Steve Murillo

Youth Recognition
(From 2001)
Nicolas Herndon
Ben Kincaid
Kelsey Mercer
Emma Craig
Boys and Girls Club – Escola De Samba
East High School Chamber Musicians (String Quartet)
Injoy Fountain
Truman Glover
Jenny Wine
Thomas Murillo
Rosie Beyer

Business Award
(From 2001)
Printing, Inc.
LineSight Gallery
Cabaret Old Town
George Laham – Bradley Fair Concert
Ron Doty – The Design Centre
Spice Merchant – Bob and Sue Boewe
Lawrence Photo
Belford Electric
Cessna Aircraft Corporation
Watermark Books

Burton Pell Award
(First Given 2006)
Linda Starkey
Jacquelyn Dillion-Krass
Robert Town
Dr. Tom Wine
Directors Award (No longer an award)
Diane Thomas-Lincoln – Sacred Space
Eric Crawford
Denny Dusek

Special Recognition Award
Mitch Berman (2011)

Chris Cherches Award
(From 2009)
West Kellogg Project
Keeper of the Plains Plaza Project
Nomar International Market