Giving

Past Recipients

Ali Black
2025

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Greg Peckham
2025

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
2025

Special Prize

 | 
Jason Vieaux
2025

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music

Jennie Jones
2025

Special Prize

 | 
Mark E. Howard
2025

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Visual Arts

Robin Pease
2025

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Amber N. Ford
2024

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Barbara Bosworth
2024

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Visual Arts

Clint Needham
2024

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music

Ellen Stirn Mavec
2024

Special Prize

Barbara S. Robinson Prize

 | 
Dr. Ronald and Eugenia Strauss
2024

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Shannon Morris
2024

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Atefeh Farajolahzadeh
2023

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Dana Jessen
2023

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music

Dr. Jacinda N. Walker
2023

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Design

Janet Macoska
2023

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Visual Arts

Joseph P. And Nancy F. Keithley
2023

Special Prize

Barbara S. Robinson Prize

 | 
Richard S. “Rick” Rogers
2023

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Stephanie Ginese
2023

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Susan Braham Koletsky
2023

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Amber D. Kempthorn
2022

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Debra Nagy
2022

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music

Dominick Farinacci
2022

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music

Gladisa Guadalupe
2022

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Dance

Julie (“Little Virgie”) Patton
2022

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Peter Debelak
2022

Discipline Prize

 | 

Visual Arts

Sujatha Srinivasan
2022

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 

Dance

Alice Ripley
2021

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Theater, Dance

Clara T. Rankin
2021

Special Prize

Barbara S. Robinson Prize

 | 
Corrie Slawson
2021

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Dr. Joseph J. Garry, Jr
2021

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Franz Welser-Möst
2021

Special Prize

 | 
Lauren Yeager
2021

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Mourning [A] BLKstar
2021

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Music

Raymond McNiece
2021

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Literature

Sean Watterson
2021

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Chuck and Char Fowler
2020

Special Prize

 | 
Helen Forbes Fields
2020

Special Prize

 | 
Jerry Sue Thornton, PhD
2020

Special Prize

Barbara S. Robinson Prize

 | 
John “Jack” Katzenmeyer
2020

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Roe Green
2020

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Scott Mueller
2020

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Steve Minter
2020

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Antwoine Washington
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Visual Arts

Archie Green II
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Music

Brittany Benton
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Music

Dominic Moore-Dunson
2019

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Dance

Ephraim Butler
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Literature

Janice Lessman-Moss
2019

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Visual Arts

John Pearson
2019

Special Prize

 | 

Visual Arts

Kisha Nicole Foster
2019

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Lexy Lattimore
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Dance

Mariama Whyte
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Music

Mary Biddinger
2019

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Literature

McKinley Wiley
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Visual Arts

Michael Stanley
2019

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Music

Na-Te` Sturdivant
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Visual Arts

Print Club of Cleveland
2019

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Ryan Charles Ramer
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Music

Samuel McIntosh
2019

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Dance

Terri Pontremoli
2019

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Tony Fitzgerald Sias
2019

Special Prize

Barbara S. Robinson Prize

 | 
Victoria Bussert
2019

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Theater

Amanda King
2018

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Visual Arts

Damien McClendon
2018

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Literature

Darius Steward
2018

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

John C. Williams, AIA
2018

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Design

John “Derf” Backderf
2018

Discipline Prize

 | 

Visual Arts

Kayla Thomas
2018

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Dance

Louise and Thomas Boddie
2018

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Mark Reigelman II
2018

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Design

Rita Dove
2018

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Literature

Robert P. Madison, FAIA
2018

Special Prize

 | 
Stephanie Fields
2018

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Literature

Stephen Bivens
2018

Verge Fellowship

 | 

Visual Arts

Suzanne DeGaetano
2018

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
William Griswold, PhD
2018

Special Prize

Barbara S. Robinson Prize

 | 
Albert Albano
2017

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Christi Birchfield
2017

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Grafton Nunes
2017

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Jeanette Sorrell
2017

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music

Kathryn Karipides
2017

Special Prize

 | 
Kevin Keating
2017

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Russell Atkins
2017

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Literature

Sarah Kabot
2017

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Dave Lucas
2016

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Dave Lucas
2016

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Dee Perry
2016

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
John Elliott
2016

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Music

Kristen Cliffel
2016

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Liza Grossman
2016

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music

Mary Verdi-Fletcher
2016

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Theater, Dance

Peter Van Dijk
2016

Special Prize

 | 
William Boehm
2016

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Felise Bagley
2015

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Theater, Dance

Gianna Commito
2015

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

H. Leslie Adams
2015

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Music

Jules and Mike Belkin
2015

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Julian Stanczak
2015

Special Prize

 | 
Mary Weems
2015

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Michelangelo Lovelace
2015

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

William A. Gould, FAICP
2015

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Brad Ricca
2014

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Literature

Deena Epstein, Senior Program Officer, The George Gund Foundation
2014

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Kasumi
2014

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Kathleen Cerveny, Director of Institutional Learning and Arts Initiatives, The Cleveland Foundation
2014

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Pamela Young, Executive Director, DANCECleveland
2014

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Raymond Bobgan
2014

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Theater, Dance

Richard Myers
2014

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Visual Arts

Valerie Mayen
2014

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Design

William Busta, Gallery Owner
2014

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Andrea Levy
2013

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Design

Chad Hoopes
2013

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Music, Dance

Douglas Max Utter
2013

Discipline Prize

Lifetime Achivement

 | 

Visual Arts

Frank Oriti
2013

Discipline Prize

Emerging Artist

 | 

Visual Arts

Fred & Laura Bidwell, Arts Patrons & Philanthropists
2013

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Jill Snyder, Executive Director MOCA Cleveland, Executive Director MOCA Cleveland
2013

Special Prize

Martha Joseph Prize

 | 
Milton & Tamar Maltz, Arts Patrons & Philanthropists
2013

Special Prize

Robert P. Bergman Prize

 | 
Patrick Carney & Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys
2013

Discipline Prize

Mid-Career Artist

 | 

Music, Dance

Discipline:
Type of Discipline
Type of Prize:
Prize Type Filter