| Cleveland Arts Prize SPECIAL PRIZE AWARDEES (jump to Cleveland Arts Prize ARTISTS AWARDEES) |
| NAME |
YEAR |
PRIZE |
SUBTITLE |
| Michael J. Horvitz |
2009 |
Robert P. Bergman |
Arts Leader and Patron |
| Mitchell Kahan |
2008 |
Robert P. Bergman |
Director, Akron Art Museum |
| Thomas Schorgl |
2007 |
Robert P. Bergman |
CEO of Community Partnership For Arts and Culture |
| Gregory Reese |
2006 |
Robert P. Bergman |
Director, East Cleveland Library |
| Robin VanLear |
2001 |
Robert P. Bergman |
Arts Outreach Innovator |
| Bill Rudman |
2000 |
Robert P. Bergman |
Innovative Arts Educator |
| Charles Fee |
2009 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Producing Artistic Director, Great Lakes Theater Festival |
| Nina Freedlander Gibans |
2009 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Community Arts Leader |
| Stephanie Morrison-Hrbek |
2009 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Co-founder, Choreographer, New West Theater |
| Richard Gildenmeister |
2008 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Master Bookseller |
| Graham Grund |
2008 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Arts Leader and Activist |
| Michael Ruhlman and Michael Symon |
2008 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Culinary Stars |
| Don Vanderbrook |
2008 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Master Floral Designer |
| Brendan Ring |
2007 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Owner of Nighttown |
| Cindy Barber |
2007 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Owner of Beachland Ballroom |
| Susan Channing |
2007 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Director of SPACES |
| Toby Devan Lewis |
2007 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Arts Patron and Philanthropist |
| Idea Center |
2006 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Communicators, Educators, Presenters |
| Jimmy Scott |
2006 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Jazz Singer |
| William P. Blair & William R. Joseph |
2006 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Advocates for the Arts |
| Jeannette Sorrell |
2003 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Founding Music Director , Apollo's Fire |
| Pauline Thesmacher |
2002 |
Martha Joseph Prize |
Master Voice Teacher |
| Barbara S. Robinson |
2001 |
Special Prize |
Arts Advocate |
| Robert P. Madison |
2000 |
Special Prize |
Architectural Pioneer, Mentor, and Arts Patron |
| Herbert E. Strawbridge |
1999 |
Special Prize |
Arts Patron and Advocate |
| Marilyn Gell Mason |
1999 |
Special Prize |
Director, Cleveland Public Library |
| Marjorie Witt Johnson |
1999 |
Special Prize |
Pioneering Dance Teacher |
| Robert P. Bergman (posthumous) |
1999 |
Special Prize |
Director, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Kathleen Coakley |
1998 |
Special Prize |
Public Art Advocate |
| Case Western Reserve University |
1997 |
Special Prize |
Advocate and Patron of the Arts |
| Mary Elizabeth and G. Robert Klein |
1997 |
Special Prize |
Partners in Cultural and Civic Leadership |
| The Cleveland School of the Arts |
1996 |
Special Prize |
Inspiring Example for Urban Education |
| Frances P. Taft |
1995 |
Special Prize |
Revered Teacher, Noted Scholar, Discerning Arts Patron |
| John Ewing |
1995 |
Special Prize |
Co-Founder and Director, Cleveland Cinematheque |
| Karel Paukert |
1995 |
Special Prize |
Curator of Musical Arts, CMA Master Organist and Impresario |
| Ernestine and Malcolm Brown |
1994 |
Special Prize |
Pioneering Gallery Owners and Art Educators |
| The Men and Women of The Cleveland Orchestra |
1993 |
Special Prize |
As Individual Artists and Cleveland’s Ambassadors to the World |
| Penelope D. Buchanan |
1992 |
Special Prize |
Art Educator and Director, Teacher Resource Center, CMA |
| The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation |
1992 |
Special Prize |
Facilitators and Supporters of Arts Education |
| Evan H. Turner |
1991 |
Special Prize |
Director, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Katherine B. Williams |
1991 |
Special Prize |
Patron and Cultural Leader |
| Lillian C. Zevin |
1991 |
Special Prize |
Publisher and Friend of Literature |
| Gerald Freedman |
1990 |
Special Prize |
Artistic Director, Great Lakes Theater Festival |
| Marjorie Talalay |
1990 |
Special Prize |
Co-Founder and Director, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art |
| Peter B. Lewis |
1990 |
Special Prize |
Patron and Cultural Activist |
| Christoph von Dohnanyi |
1989 |
Special Prize |
Music Director, The Cleveland Orchestra, Champion of New Music |
| Dr. Lester G. Glick |
1988 |
Special Prize |
Cultural Leader and Advocate |
| Joseph McCullough |
1988 |
Special Prize |
President, The Cleveland Institute of Art |
| The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |
1988 |
Special Prize |
Compiled and Edited by David D. Van Tassel and John J. Grabowski |
| William E. Ward |
1988 |
Special Prize |
Chief Designer, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Allen C. Holmes |
1987 |
Special Prize |
Activist for Community Enhancement |
| Dorothy Humel Hovorka |
1987 |
Special Prize |
Leader in Cultural Enterprises |
| Alice Chalifoux |
1986 |
Special Prize |
Master Performer and Teacher |
| Wilda M. Donegan and Robert E. Woide |
1986 |
Special Prize |
Catalysts for Arts Education |
| David B. Guralnik |
1985 |
Special Prize |
Lexicographer |
| Jack Renner and Robert Woods |
1985 |
Special Prize |
Record Industry Pioneers |
| Ray Shepardson |
1985 |
Special Prize |
Cultural Catalyst |
| Ben Shouse |
1984 |
Special Prize |
Arts Advocate |
| Dorothy and Reuben Silver |
1984 |
Special Prize |
Actors and Directors |
| Hyman Schandler |
1984 |
Special Prize |
Violinist and Conductor |
| Dorothy Fuldheim |
1983 |
Special Prize |
News Commentator and Author |
| Vincent Dowling |
1983 |
Special Prize |
Producing Director, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival |
| Betty Cope |
1982 |
Special Prize |
General Manager, WVIZ-TV 25 |
| Edward B. Henning |
1980 |
Special Prize |
Chief Curator of Modern Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Lorin Maazel |
1980 |
Special Prize |
Music Director, The Cleveland Orchestra |
| Richard Oberlin |
1980 |
Special Prize |
Director, The Cleveland Play House |
| Jane Fallon |
1979 |
Special Prize |
Gallery Director and Art Spokesperson |
| Joan Mondale |
1979 |
Special Prize |
Wife of the U.S. Vice President, Advocate of the Arts |
| Robert C. Weiskopf |
1979 |
Special Prize |
Enlightened Patron of Music |
| Robert Gaede |
1979 |
Special Prize |
Architect, Historical Preservationist |
| Walter Anderson |
1979 |
Special Prize |
National Endowment for the Arts, Catalyst for Support of Music |
| George Szell (posthumous) |
1978 |
Special Prize |
Music Director, The Cleveland Orchestra |
| William M. Milliken (posthumous) |
1978 |
Special Prize |
Director, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Anne and Robert Levine |
1977 |
Special Prize |
Founders, The Publix Book Mart |
| Ellen Johnson |
1977 |
Special Prize |
Professor, Oberlin College, Author |
| Wallace G. Teare |
1977 |
Special Prize |
Architect and City Planner |
| Alexander C. Robinson III |
1974 |
Special Prize |
Architect and Civic Leader |
| Janet Moore |
1974 |
Special Prize |
Teacher, Curator, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Walter Blodgett |
1974 |
Special Prize |
Organist, Conductor, Curator, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Robert Conrad |
1973 |
Special Prize |
Vice President and Program Manager, WCLV |
| Victor Babin (posthumous) |
1972 |
Special Prize |
Director, The Cleveland Institute of Music |
| Edris Eckhardt |
1971 |
Special Prize |
Pioneer in Glass Sculpture |
| Louis Lane |
1971 |
Special Prize |
Resident Conductor, The Cleveland Orchestra |
| Sherman E. Lee |
1971 |
Special Prize |
Director, The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Dr. Jerome Gross (posthumous) |
1969 |
Special Prize |
Violinist, Surgeon, Friend of Music |
| Eugenia Thornton Silver |
1969 |
Special Prize |
Literary Critic, Friend of Literature |
| Richard M. Gensert |
1969 |
Special Prize |
Structural Engineer |
| Arthur Loesser |
1968 |
Special Prize |
Pianist, Author and Teacher |
| F. Karl Grossman |
1967 |
Special Prize |
Founder and Conductor, The Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Martha J. Joseph |
1967 |
Special Prize |
Cultural Leader |
| May Hill Arbuthnot |
1967 |
Special Prize |
Associate Professor Emeritus, Western Reserve University |
| Alla Wakefield |
1964 |
Special Prize |
Founder, Publisher, and Editor, Fine Arts Magazine |
| Howard Whittaker |
1963 |
Special Prize |
Director of the Cleveland Music School Settlement |
| Russell and Rowena Jelliffe |
1963 |
Special Prize |
Founders and Directors, Karamu House |