We want to thank everyone that submitted nominations for these wonderful individuals and organizations!
Artist Award
This award recognizes a living Arizona artist of significant merit, leadership or reputation whose creations or contributions enrich the state and the field of the arts. This category is open to artists of all artistic disciplines.
Ying Xia Gao, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Chris Hamby, Peoria - CENTRAL
Tania Katan, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Lucy Wong, Gilbert - CENTRAL
Bobb Cooper, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Liliana Gomez, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Steven Ciezki, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Such & Champ Styles, Tempe - CENTRAL
John Suttman, Winslow - NORTHEAST
Rhonda Urdang, Flagstaff - NORTHEAST
Arlene MinuskinPrescott - NORTHWEST
Quiahuitl Villegas, Tucson - SOUTHEAST
Jose Dorame, Yuma - SOUTHWEST
Arts Administrator | Organization
This award recognizes a nonprofit arts organization or a person that has demonstrated significant support for or participation in activities fostering excellence in, appreciation of, or access to arts in the State of Arizona.
Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler - CENTRAL
WHAM Art Association, Surprise - CENTRAL
Dansense~Nrtyabodha, Inc., Scottsdale - CENTRAL
Community Performance and Art Center, Green Valley - SOUTHEAST
Border Arts Corridor, Douglas - SOUTHEAST
Andre Licardi, Glendale - CENTRAL
Yuma Art Center, Yuma - SOUTHWEST
Carolyn Eynon Singers, Scottsdale - CENTRAL
Joy Patridge, Scottsdale - CENTRAL
Prescott Center for the Arts, Prescott - NORTHWEST
Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, Flagstaff - NORTHEAST
Flagstaff Community Band, Flagstaff - NORTHEAST
House of Broadcasting Radio & Television Museum, Inc, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Nancy Lattanzi, Sedona - NORTHEAST
Sam Gomez / Sagrado Galleria, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Marcia Meyer - The Be Kind People Project, Paradise Valley - CENTRAL
Scottsdale Arts, Scottsdale - CENTRAL
Sonoran Arts League, Cave Creek - NORTHWEST
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale - CENTRAL
Lead Guitar, Tucson - SOUTHEAST
Yavapai-Apache Nation Aritst Guild, Camp Verde - NORTHEAST
Young Arts Arizona LTD, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Dr. Julian Ackerly, Tucson - SOUTHEAST
Scottsdale Philharmonic, Scottsdale - CENTRAL
Kathy Allen, Tucson - SOUTHEAST
Littlewood Fine Art & Community Co-Op, Yuma - SOUTHWEST
Sonoran Glass School, Tucson - SOUTHEAST
Yuma Orchestra Association, Yuma - SOUTHWEST
Rising Youth Theatre, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Teniqua Broughton, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix - CENTRAL
SOUNDS Academy, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Business
This award recognizes for-profit businesses that demonstrate significant support locally or statewide for the arts through contribution(s) of time, energy, personnel, expertise, financial support and/or other activities which foster excellence in, appreciation of, or access to the arts. This category is not limited to arts-related businesses and may include retail, hospitality, services, manufacturing or any other business sector.
Rolls and Bowls, San Luis - SOUTHWEST
Jarrod's Coffee, Tea & Gallery, Mesa - CENTRAL
On Media, Phoenix - CENTRAL
Partridge & Associates CPAs, PLC, Scottsdale - CENTRAL
LDVinci Art Studio, Chandler - CENTRAL
Philanthropy
This award recognizes extraordinary philanthropic leadership through the contribution of financial resources to non-profit arts and culture organizations, and by encouraging the philanthropic support of others.
McKivergan Foundation, Yuma
Dorothy Lincoln Smith, Paradise Valley
Allan Affeldt, Winslow
Chuck and Laurie Goldstein, Paradise Valley
Jon & Liney Jessen, Yuma
Victor Navarro, Tucson