Past St. Louis Arts Awards Honorees
Each year, the Arts and Education Council recognizes arts leaders, celebrates corporate partnerships, and honors collaborations with sister arts organizations. Thank you for your generous support that keeps art happening!
Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
2022 Mark Bernstein
2021 Amy Kaiser
2020 Solomon Thurman Jr. and Jack Lane and Michael Hamilton
2019 Ken Page
2018 Johnetta Haley and Dennis M. Reagan
2017 Steven Woolf, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
2016 Agnes Wilcox, Prison Performing Arts
2015 Jill McGuire, Regional Arts Commission
2014 Carol North and Nicholas Kryah, Metro Theater Company
2013 Chuck Berry
2012 Linda Kennedy
2011 Mae Wheeler
2010 Stephanie Riven
2009 Jeanne Trevor
2008 Gyo Obata
2007 Mary Strauss
2006 Joneal Joplin and Douglas Turpin
2005 Priscilla McDonnell
2004 Peter Bunce, Ken and Nancy Kranzberg
2003 Alice Gerdine
2002 Emily Rauh Pulitzer
2001 Charles Guenther, Ruth Slencynska and Ron Himes
2000 Joanne Kohn
1999 Norman Goldberg
1998 Judith Aronson, PhD. and Adam Aronson
1997 Margie Wolcott May
1996 Dr. Leigh Gerdine
1995 Margaret Grigg
1994 Katherine G. Wells and Ben H. Wells
1993 Joseph Pulitzer
1992 Evelyn Newman
Excellence in Philanthropy
2021 Lynne and Jim Turley
2019 Noémi and Michael Neidorff
2017 Cathy and Jim Berges, Berges Family Foundation
2016 Arthur and Helen Baer Charitable Foundation
2015 Ken and Nancy Kranzberg
2014 Thelma and David Steward
2013 Judy and Jerry Kent
2012 Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation
2011 Christian B. Peper
2010 Wilfred and Ann Lee Konneker
2009 Laurance and Virginia Browning
2008 Mary Ann Lee
2007 Sally S. Levy
2006 Annabeth and John Weil
2005 Alison and John Ferring
2004 Marilyn and Sam Fox
2003 Whitaker Foundation
2002 Lucy and Stanley Lopata
1997 E. Desmond Lee
Corporate Leadership in the Arts
2015 Warner Baxter and Tom Voss, Ameren
Corporate Champions of the Arts
2014 Edward Jones Partners and Associates
Corporate Support of the Arts
2018 World Wide Technology
2017 U.S. Bank
2013 PNC Bank
2012 Novus International, Inc.
2011 Wells Fargo Advisors
2010 Ameren
2008 Thompson Coburn LLP
2007 Brown Shoe
2006 Sachs Properties
2005 Centene Corporation
2004 Anheuser-Busch Companies
2003 The Boeing Company
2002 Bank of America
2001 Maritz Inc.
2000 UMB Bank, N.A.
1999 Commerce Bank and William T. Kemper Foundation
1998 Edward Jones
1997 Monsanto Fund
1996 Mark Twain Banks
1995 Emerson
1994 The May Department Stores Company
1993 Union Electric Company
1992 Southwestern Bell Corporation
Excellence in the Arts
2022 The Black Rep and Anita Jackson
2021 Brian Owens and Kirven and Antonio Douthit-Boyd
2020 Ambassadors of Harmony and Pulitzer Arts Foundation
2019 Brent Benjamin
2018 Gene Dobbs Bradford
2017 Mike Isaacson and Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
2016 The Bosman Twins and Bach Society of Saint Louis
2015 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis and Denise Thimes
2014 St. Louis Symphony and Lee Nolting, COCA
2013 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Michael Uthoff
2012 Contemporary Arts Museum St. Louis and Peter Martin
2011 Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
2010 David Robertson
2009 Robert Powell and Cinema St. Louis
2008 Ivor David Balding, Gerald Early and Stages St. Louis
2007 Susan Slaughter, Carolbeth True and Saint Louis Art Museum
2006 Christine Brewer, Herb Drury and Jazz St. Louis
2005 Reggie Thomas, Craft Alliance and Community Music School of Webster University
2004 Willie Akins and Young Audiences of St. Louis
2003 Johnnie Johnson, Peter Sargent and Agnes Wilcox
2002 David Halen, Patrick Schuchard and The MUNY
2001 Dance St. Louis
2000 Charles MacKay, Ernest Trova and Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
1999 Alexandra Zaharias, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack and The Sheldon Arts Foundation
1998 Marita Woodruff, Annelise Mertz and Metro Theater Company
1997 Ethelyn Sparfield and Jane Sauer
1996 Heikki Seppa, William Gass and Josephine Throdahl
1995 John Kendall, Robert Orchard and Laumeier Sculpture Park
1994 Arthur Osver, Henry Townsend, Mona Van Duyn and Jarvis Thurston
1993 Colin Graham, Steven Woolf and Katherine Dunham
1992 Leonard Slatkin, Robert McFerrin and Webster University
Art Educator of the Year
2022 Rosalind-Denise Rogers, Lincoln Middle School in the East ST. Louit School District
2021 James McKay Jr., Jennings School District
2020 Dr. Nikki Spotts, Shaw Visual and Performing Arts Elementary
2019 Amy Freet, Ferguson-Florissant School District
2018 Keith Tyrone Williams, Grand Center Arts Academy
2017 Harvey Lockhart, Riverview Gardens School District
2016 Doug Erwin, Ferguson-Florissant School District
2015 Winifred Crock, Parkway Central High School
2014 Heidi Morgan, University City
2013 Duane Martin Foster
2012 Jason Brown
2011 Wayne Salomon, John Burroughs School
2010 Beverly Whittington, St. Louis Public Schools
2009 Sr. Patricia Giljum, St. Louis Archdiocese
2008 Linda Packard, Reed Elementary, Ladue
2007 Sr. Gariel Mary Hoare, Nerinx Hall
2006 Joseph Schulte, SLUH
2005 Jan Davis, PhD., Ferguson-Florissant
2004 Mary Eichenberger, Feguson-Florissant
2003 Sr. Gail Buckman, St. Gabriel the Archangel
2002 Frederick J. Nelson, MICDS
2001 Gary Lang, Seckman High School, Fox
2000 Suzanne Bushey, Ames Visual & Performing Elementary, St. Louis Public Schools
1999 Kemara Skinner, Soldan International Studies High School, St. Louis Public Schools
1998 Celeste Banta, McKelvey Elementary, Parkway
Young Artist of the Year
2002 Melanie Hadley
Arts Innovator
2022 PaintedBlack STL
2021 Antionette Carroll
2019 Chris Hansen
2017 Pianos for People
2015 Jim McKelvey and Doug Auer, Third Degree Glass Factory
2012 Joan Lipkin
2011 Paul Reuter (Sheldon Arts Foundation)
2009 Jessica Hentoff
Arts Collaborator and Arts Collaboration
2022 Classic 107.3
2021 "Such Sweet Thunder" presented by St. LouisShakespeare Festival , Nine PBS, Jazz St. Louis and The Big Muddy Dance Company
2020 Adam Maness
2018 Art on the Square
2016 Dr. Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris, University of Missouri-St. Louis
2014 Des Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative
2010 Citygarden
Arts Startup of the Year
2019 Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
2018 Saint Louis Fashion Fund
Champion for the Arts
2020 Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis
2019 Sue Greenberg
2016 Dr. Tim and Kim Eberlein
2013 St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU
2010 Regional Arts Commission
Champion for the Literary Arts
2011 Karen Duffy
30th Anniversary Chairperson’s Award
2021 John Nickel