| Year |
Award |
Awardees |
 |
| 2003 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Joy Zinoman
|
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Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Tim Tate
CityDance Ensemble |
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Excellence in Service to the Arts |
The Washington Sculptors Group
WMATA Board of Directors, Art in Transit Program
Whitman-Walker Clinic's Art for Life Program |
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Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education |
DC Youth Orchestra |
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| |
Innovation in the Arts |
The 48 Hour Film Project, Inc. |
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| |
Special Recognition |
Roberta Flack
Roland Celette, Cultural Attache and Director of La Maison Francaise
Patton Boggs, LLP |
|
| 2002 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Arena Stage
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
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Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Spoken Resistance
Yolanda Young |
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| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
WAMU-FM
Joy of Motion Dance Center |
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| |
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education |
Rincones and Co. Dance Theatre
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts |
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| |
Innovation in the Arts |
Art-0-Matic |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
Nap Turner
Frank J. Guzzetta |
|
| 2001 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Judith Dwan Hallet
The Washington Opera
|
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| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Ruth Dickey
Duane Moody |
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| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
The Corcoran Art Gallery |
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| |
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education |
Jason Kamras
Art Around the Corner, National Gallery of Art |
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| |
Special Recognition |
Douglas Wheeler
Buck Hill |
|
| 2000 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Aviva Kempner
G. Byron Peck
|
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| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Nestor Hernandez, Jr.
Sowande Tichawonna |
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| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Karen L.B. Evans
The Shakespeare Theater |
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| |
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education |
Folger Shakespeare Library
Life Pieces to Masterpieces |
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| |
Innovation in the Arts |
Malik M. Lloyd |
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| |
Special Recognition |
Chuck Brown
Charlene Drew Jarvis
Charles C. Stephenson Jr. |
|
| 1999 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Gaston Neal
Michael Platt
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company |
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| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Keith Alan Baker
Lisa Pegram |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Kenneth Carroll
Humanities Council of Washington, DC |
|
| |
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education |
National Building Museum Youth and Family Education Program
Washington Very Special Arts |
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| |
Innovation in the Arts |
Laurie Stroblas |
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| |
Special Recognition |
Douglas Jemal, Douglas Development Corp.
Art-O-Matic
Charles C. Stephenson Jr. |
|
| 1998 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Norman Scribner
Manon Cleary
Jennifer Nelson |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Beverly Lindsay
Karen Zacarias
Toni Blackman |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Gilbert and Jaylee Mead
Davey Yarborough
JoAnn Williams
The National Museum of Women in the Arts |
|
| |
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education |
Dr. Luvenia A. George
Dance Institute of Washington
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
The Honorable Mayor
Marion Barry Jr. |
|
| 1997 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Michael Kahn
Eric Hampton
Renee Stout |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Andrew Cacho African Drummers and Dancers
Sallie Mae
WDCU-FM Radio |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Maru Montero Dance Company
East of the River Boys and Girls Steelband
Lori J. Tsang |
|
| |
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education |
Fillmore Arts Center
Levine School of Music
Marcia Mc Donell |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
Thurlow Evens Tibbs Jr.
(posthumously) |
|
| 1994 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
The Four Echoes
Kankouran West African Dance Company |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
African Continuum Theatre Coalition
Askia Muhammad
Source Theatre Company |
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| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Dana Tai Soon Burgess |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
Washington School of Ballet
WETA TV26's Around Town |
|
| 1993 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Haile Gerima
John N. Robinson
Howard Shalwitz |
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| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Asian American Arts and Media, Inc.
District Curators, Inc.
Washington DC International Film Festival |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Detra Battle |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
Elizabeth Brown
Leila Smith |
|
| 1992 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Sharon Farmer
Marita Golden |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
DC Youth Ensemble
Tomorrow's World Art Center |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Reuben M. Jackson |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
J. Carter Brown
Felix Grant
Renee Poussaint
Mstislav Rostropovich |
|
| 1991 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Richard Bauer
Tom Nakashima
Robert Northern |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Peggy Cooper Cafritz
Charlin Jazz Society
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Enrique Aviles
Kweli Smith |
|
| 1989 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Gay Men's Chorus
Hugo Medrano
Michelle Parkerson
Sharon Wyrrick |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
DC ART/WORKS
Herb White
WPFW-FM
Joy Zinoman |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Debra Tidwell |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
May Miller-Sullivan |
|
| 1988 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
Mary Jefferson
Liz Lerman
Sweet Honey in the Rock |
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| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Mike Malone
Norman and Winifred Portenoy
Takoma Station
Bill Warrell |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Y. David Chung |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
Experience Unlimited Band
Joyce Garrett and the Eastern High School Choir |
|
| 1987 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Sandra Fortune Green
Bill Harris
Shirley Horn
Living Stage Theatre Company
Ed Love |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Max Berry
Blues Alley
DC Youth Orchestra Program
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
UDC Black Film Institute |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Jorge Luis Somarriba |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
Laura Pettaway
Georgette S. Powell |
|
| 1986 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
William Christenberry
Roland Freeman
Choo San Goh
James L. Wells |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Arnold and Porter
The Dance Place
Marta Istomin
Doris Jones
Washington Review for the Arts |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
DC Contemporary Dance Theatre
Denise Ward-Brown |
|
| 1985 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Mary Day
Todd Duncan
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Lou Stovall |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Children's Studio School
Corcoran School of Art
Warren M. Robbins
Roger L. Stevens
Bart Whiteman |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Paul Wagner |
|
| 1983 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Owen Dodson
Eloise Greenfield
Lois Mailou Jones
Richard Smallwood
Erika Thimey |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Patrick Hayes
Polly Shakleton |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Julia McGrit |
|
| 1982 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Sam Gilliam
Charles Guggenheim
E. Ethelbert Miller
Louis W. Scheeder |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Adelyn D. Breeskin
Henry Strong
The Rep., Incorporated |
|
| |
Outstanding Emerging Artist |
Martha Jackson-Jarvis |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
William F. McSweeny |
|
| 1981 |
Excellence in an Artistic Discipline |
Sterling Brown
Gene Davis
Melvin Deal
Zelda Fichandler |
|
| |
Excellence in Service to the Arts |
Franz Bader
Ron Bryce-Laport
Father Gilbert Hartke
David Lloyd Kreeger
Ralph Rinzler |
|
| |
Special Recognition |
Joshua (Tony) Taylor
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington Project for the Arts |
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