cleveland arts prize archive

For over forty-five years The Cleveland Arts Prize has championed the arts, artists and cultural caretakers of the region. In 1999, the organization began collecting images, words, and stories about the work and lives of Arts Prize awardees. This ongoing project documents the accomplishments of all Cleveland Arts Prize awardees, past and present.
Cleveland Arts Prize Artist AwardeeS
NAME	year	prize	subtitle
Norman Krumholz	2007	Design	Urban Planner
Lewis Nielson	2007	Music & Dance	Composer
Eric Coble	2007	Literature	Playwright
Christopher Pekoc	2007	Visual Arts	Visual Artist
Ryan Lott	2006	Music & Dance	Composer
John Nottingham & John Spirk	2006	Design	Industrial Designers
Harvey Pekar	2006	Literature	Author
Dianne McIntyre	2006	Music & Dance	Choreographer
Andrew Borowiec	2006	Visual Arts	Photographer
Vince Leskosky	2003	Design	Architect
Nikola Resanovic	2003	Music & Dance	Composer
Johnny Coleman	2003	Visual Arts	Installation Artist and Sculptor
George Bilgere	2003	Literature	Writer
Thom Stauffer	2002	Design	Architect
Dan Chaon	2002	Literature	Writer
Christina DePaul	2002	Visual Arts	Artist
Andrew Rindfleisch	2002	Music & Dance	Composer
Ronald Reed	2001	Design	Architect
Gregory D’Alessio	2001	Music & Dance	Composer
George Fitzpatrick	2001	Visual Arts	Artist
Bruce Weigl	2001	Literature	Poet and Memoirist
Sarah Willis	2000	Literature	Novelist
Laurence Channing	2000	Visual Arts	Graphic Artist
David Shimotakahara	2000	Music & Dance	Choreographer
David S. Bernstein	2000	Music & Dance	Composer
Nusha Martynuk	1999	Music & Dance	Choreographer
Margaret Brouwer	1999	Music & Dance	Composer
Linda Butler	1999	Visual Arts	Photographer
David Young	1999	Literature	Poet
Mary Doria Russell	1998	Literature	Novelist
Marilyn Shrude	1998	Music & Dance	Composer
Holly Morrison	1998	Visual Arts	Visual Artist
Raymond Premru	1997	Music & Dance	Composer
Kenneth Dingwall	1997	Visual Arts	Painter
Diana Tittle	1997	Literature	Writer
Paul Westlake, Jr.	1995	Design	Architect
John L. Moore	1995	Visual Arts	Painter
Heinz Poll	1995	Music & Dance	Choreographer
David Gooding	1995	Music & Dance	Composer
Paul Schoenfield	1994	Music & Dance	Composer
Masumi Hayashi	1994	Visual Arts	Photographer
Frank Paino	1994	Literature	Poet
Mary Grimm	1993	Literature	Author
La Wilson	1993	Visual Arts	Sculptor
James Waters	1993	Music & Dance	Composer
Lilian Tyrrell	1992	Visual Arts	Weaver
Les Roberts	1992	Literature	Novelist
James Primosch	1992	Music & Dance	Composer
Wendell Logan	1991	Music & Dance	Composer
Stephen J. Bucchieri	1991	Design	Architect
Ellen G. Landau	1991	Literature	Art Historian
Don Harvey	1991	Visual Arts	Sculptor
Judith Salomon	1990	Visual Arts	Ceramist
Halim El-Dabh	1990	Music & Dance	Composer
Adrienne Kennedy	1990	Literature	Playwright
Carl Floyd	1989	Visual Arts	Sculptor
Richard Wilson	1989	Music & Dance	Composer
Lesko Associates	1988	Design	Architects
Kenneth Nevadomi	1988	Visual Arts	Painter
Eleanor Munro	1988	Literature	Author
Herbert Gold	1987	Literature	Novelist
Edward J. Miller	1987	Music & Dance	Composer
Brent Kee Young	1987	Visual Arts	Glass Artist
Shirley Aley Campbell	1986	Visual Arts	Painter
Frank Wiley	1986	Music & Dance	Composer
Dennis Dooley	1986	Literature	Author and Biographer
Moe Brooker	1985	Visual Arts	Painter
Howie Smith	1985	Music & Dance	Composer
Blunden-Barclay	1985	Design	Architects
Alberta Turner	1985	Literature	Poet
Wenda F. von Weise	1984	Visual Arts	Quilted Tapestry Designer
Richard A. Hawley	1984	Literature	Novelist
Dennis Eberhard	1984	Music & Dance	Composer
William B. Morris	1983	Design	Architect
Larry Baker	1983	Music & Dance	Composer
Edith Iglauer Daly	1983	Literature	Author
Claude Conover	1983	Visual Arts	Ceramist
Phyllis Sloane	1982	Visual Arts	Painter-Printmaker
Lee K. Abbott	1982	Literature	Fiction Writer
Edwin London	1982	Music & Dance	Composer
Loris Chobanian	1981	Music & Dance	Composer
Dennis Nahat and Ian Horvath	1981	Music & Dance	Choreographers
Athena Tacha	1981	Visual Arts	Sculptor
Albert Borowitz	1981	Literature	Author
Walter Aschaffenburg	1980	Music & Dance	Composer
Janet Moore	1980	Literature	Author and Art Educator
David E. Davis	1980	Visual Arts	Sculptor
Mary Oliver	1979	Literature	Poet
Hugh Kepets	1979	Visual Arts	Painter
Eugene O'Brien	1979	Music & Dance	Composer
William Trout	1978	Design	Architect
Toni Morrison	1978	Literature	Novelist
Ralph Woehrman	1978	Visual Arts	Painter-Printmaker
Gerald Humel	1978	Music & Dance	Composer
Ruby V. Redinger	1977	Literature	Novelist-Biographer
Richard Anuszkiewicz	1977	Visual Arts	Painter
Frederick Koch	1977	Music & Dance	Composer
Arthur Shepherd (posthumous)	1977	Music & Dance	Composer
John Pearson	1975	Visual Arts	Painter
George E. Condon	1975	Literature	Author
Richard Howard	1974	Literature	Poet
Richard Fleischman	1974	Design	Architect
Matthias Bamert	1974	Music & Dance	Composer
Kathryn Karipides	1974	Music & Dance	Choreographer
Joseph B. O'Sickey	1974	Visual Arts	Painter
Viktor Schreckengost	1973	Visual Arts	Industrial Designer and Painter
Norman K. Pertulla	1973	Design	Architect
Hale Smith	1973	Music & Dance	Composer
C. H. Cramer	1973	Literature	Historian
Robert Ward	1972	Music & Dance	Composer
Philip Johnson	1972	Design	Architect
Clarence H. Carter	1972	Visual Arts	Painter
Bruce Catton	1972	Literature	Historian
Thomas P. Cullinan	1971	Literature	Novelist-Playwright
H.C. Cassill	1971	Visual Arts	Printmaker
Rudolph Bubalo	1970	Music & Dance	Composer
Joseph McCullough	1970	Visual Arts	Painter
Harlan W. Hamilton	1970	Literature	Author
Don Hisaka	1970	Design	Architect
Robert Wallace	1969	Literature	Poet
Peter van Dijk	1969	Design	Architect
Julian Stanczak	1969	Visual Arts	Painter
John Terence Kelly	1968	Design	Architect
Frederick J. Lipp	1968	Literature	Novelist
Frederick A. Miller	1968	Visual Arts	Silversmith
Bain Murray	1968	Music & Dance	Composer
William D. Ellis	1967	Literature	Novelist
Raymond Wilding-White	1967	Music & Dance	Composer
John Clague	1967	Visual Arts	Sculptor
Victor Babin	1966	Music & Dance	Composer
Ed Mieczkowski	1966	Visual Arts	Painter
Donald Erb	1966	Music & Dance	Composer
Don Robertson	1966	Literature	Novelist
Robert A. Little	1965	Design	Architect
Paul Travis	1965	Visual Arts	Painter
Klaus George Roy	1965	Music & Dance	Composer
Grace Goulder	1965	Literature	Author
Fred S. Toguchi	1965	Design	Architect
William McVey	1964	Visual Arts	Sculptor
Thomas Munro	1964	Literature	Art Historian
Starling Cumberworth	1964	Music & Dance	Composer
Eleanor Frampton	1964	Music & Dance	Choreographer
Kenneth Bates	1963	Visual Arts	Enamellist
Carl Wittke	1963	Literature	Historian
Toshiko Takaezu	1962	Visual Arts	Potter
Raymond DeCapite	1962	Literature	Novelist
Marcel Dick	1962	Music & Dance	Composer
J. Byers Hays	1962	Design	Architect
John Paul Miller	1961	Visual Arts	Goldsmith
Jo Sinclair	1961	Literature	Novelist
Herbert Elwell	1961	Music & Dance	Composer

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

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