Thursday, October 26, 2023 · Gartner Auditorium
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Arts Prize held its 63rd Annual Awards Event in Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Art, honoring artists for artistic excellence and recognizing the community leaders who help regional arts flourish. Over six decades, CAP has celebrated more than 400 artists, cultural leaders and organizations.
The program was emceed by Fox 8’s Kenny Crumpton, with performances by Dominick Farinacci (CAP ’22), Kisha Nicole Foster (CAP ’19), Sujatha Srinivasan (CAP ’22) and 2019 Verge Fellow Mariama Whyte. Liza Grossman (CAP ’16) and her string trio played the VIP reception in the museum’s atrium beforehand.
The evening also carried a memorial tribute to arts advocates William P. Blair III (CAP ’06) and Barbara S. Robinson (CAP ’01), given by Donna Collins of the Ohio Arts Council.
Recipients are selected by a distinguished jury of experts, previous winners, and prominent figures in the arts and culture community.
Fifty years of rock and roll photography, beginning with the Beatles, catching the person behind the persona. Author of All Access Cleveland.
A bassoonist and improviser, Associate Professor of Contemporary Music and Improvisation at Oberlin, who refuses to accept that the instrument has a limit.
Her designExplorr opened an Experiential Learning Center in MidTown, mentoring young Black and Latinx designers into design careers.
A photographer and filmmaker whose work circles what it means to be at home somewhere. Shown at SPACES, the Hyde Park Art Center and Akron Soul Train.
A poet from South Lorain who co-hosts a weekly poetry, comedy and music night in Cleveland where every artist is paid. She wants the next generation of writers to be able to stay here.
Judaica curator and Museum Director of The Temple-Tifereth Israel, whose career has been spent showing young people what art can do.
Creator of Curated Storefronts in downtown Akron, and curator of a private collection of some 3,000 works by contemporary artists.
Collectors and advocates whose gift of more than 100 artworks to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2020 was among the most significant in its history.
Their support funds the awards that go straight to Northeast Ohio artists.
Milton and Tamar Maltz CAP ’13
Mark and Janet Smith
Akron Children’s Hospital
Case Western Reserve University
Dealer Tire
Kathy and Ralph Dise, Dise & Company
E2G Properties
Kathy and Tom Futey
Huntington Bank
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Orchestra
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell CAP ’13
Cuyahoga Community College
Roe Green CAP ’20
Third Federal Foundation
Cleveland Magazine
Thursday, October 29, 2026 · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Every recipient since 1961 is listed in the Past Recipients archive.
Enquiries: info@clevelandartsprize.org
