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Year Award Awardees ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 2003 Excellence in an Artistic Discipline Joy Zinoman
Outstanding Emerging Artist Tim Tate
CityDance Ensemble 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
Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education DC Youth Orchestra Innovation in the Arts The 48 Hour Film Project, Inc. Special Recognition Roberta Flack
Roland Celette, Cultural Attache and Director of La Maison Francaise
Patton Boggs, LLP
../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 2002 Excellence in an Artistic Discipline Arena Stage
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Outstanding Emerging Artist Spoken Resistance
Yolanda Young Excellence in Service to the Arts WAMU-FM
Joy of Motion Dance Center Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education Rincones and Co. Dance Theatre
The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts Innovation in the Arts Art-0-Matic Special Recognition Nap Turner
Frank J. Guzzetta ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 2001 Excellence in an Artistic Discipline Judith Dwan Hallet
The Washington Opera
Outstanding Emerging Artist Ruth Dickey
Duane Moody Excellence in Service to the Arts The Corcoran Art Gallery Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education Jason Kamras
Art Around the Corner, National Gallery of Art Special Recognition Douglas Wheeler
Buck Hill ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 2000 Excellence in an Artistic Discipline Aviva Kempner
G. Byron Peck
Outstanding Emerging Artist Nestor Hernandez, Jr.
Sowande Tichawonna Excellence in Service to the Arts Karen L.B. Evans
The Shakespeare Theater Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education Folger Shakespeare Library
Life Pieces to Masterpieces Innovation in the Arts Malik M. Lloyd Special Recognition Chuck Brown
Charlene Drew Jarvis
Charles C. Stephenson Jr. ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 1999 Excellence in an Artistic Discipline Gaston Neal
Michael Platt
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company 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 Innovation in the Arts Laurie Stroblas Special Recognition Douglas Jemal, Douglas Development Corp.
Art-O-Matic
Charles C. Stephenson Jr. ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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. ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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) ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 Outstanding Emerging Artist Dana Tai Soon Burgess Special Recognition Washington School of Ballet
WETA TV26's Around Town ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 1993 Excellence in an Artistic Discipline Haile Gerima
John N. Robinson
Howard Shalwitz 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 1988 Excellence in an Artistic Discipline John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
Mary Jefferson
Liz Lerman
Sweet Honey in the Rock 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 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 ../cwp/view,a,3,q,528377.asp#top 
