Past Award Recipients
2024 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts Leadership Award (Individual)
Dr. Bernadette Berthelotte – Musician, Music Educator, Founder of MusicFest Windsor, Supervisor of the after-school program ‘The String Project‘
Community Arts Leadership Award (Organization)
Shō Studios – Arts and Cultural Hub in Walkerville
Literary Arts Leadership Award
Christopher Lawrence Menard – Writer, poet, playwright, actor, producer, director, and singer. Producer of Poetry at the Manor, manager of the Poet Laureate & Storytellers Program, and designer of the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Fund grant program at the City of Windsor.
Performing Arts Music Leadership Award
Hugh & Kathy Leal – Organizers of the Windsor Jazz Concert Series, started in 1978, it is the longest-running jazz concert series in Canadian History.
Performing Arts Theatre Leadership Award
Arts Collective Theatre (ACT) – Windsor-based theatre company celebrating its 10th Season.
Visual Arts Leadership Award
Arts Council Windsor & Region (ACWR) – Celebrating its 45th year in operation, the ACWR provides resources, networking opportunities, and advocacy for artists across all disciplines.
2022 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts Leadership Award
Dr. Clara Howitt – Superintendent of Education with the Greater Essex County District School Board
Literary Arts Leadership Award
Sarah Jarvis – Arts Leader with Literary Arts Windsor, Bookfest Windsor, and All Write In Sin City podcaster
Performing Arts Leadership in Music Award
Phog Lounge – Bar, live music venue in Windsor’s core
Performing Arts Leadership in Theatre Award
Michael K. Potter – Managing Director, Post Productions, Co-Owner The Shadowbox Theatre
Visual Arts Leadership Award
Carl Lavoy – Retired director & curator of Thames Art Gallery, educator, mentor
2020 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts Leadership Award
N/A
Literary Arts Leadership Award
N/A
Performing Arts Leadership Award
N/A
Visual Arts Leadership Award
N/A
2018 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts Leadership Award
The Windsor Feminist Theatre
Literary Arts Leadership Award
Terrance “Teajai” Travis – spoken word poet, author, historical archivist
Performing Arts Leadership Award
Robert Franz – music director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Visual Arts Leadership Award
John Jaciw – designer, sculptor, and medallist
2016 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts
Leamington Arts Centre – charitable arts organization
Literary Arts
Irene Moore Davis – author, community arts supporter, President of the Essex County Black Historical Society
Performing Arts
Richard Householder – choral group conductor, educator
Visual Arts
Gibson Art Gallery – not-for-profit public art gallery in Amherstburg
2014 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts Leadership Award
Madelyn Weingarden
Literary Arts Leadership Award
Mary Ann Mulhern – poet
Performing Arts Leadership Award
Brent Lee
Visual Arts Leadership Award
Iain Baxter& – conceptual artist, educator
2012 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts Leadership Award
John Nabben – educator, actor, director
Literary Arts Leadership Award
No recipient
Performing Arts Leadership Award
Peter Wiebe – musician, educator, assistant conductor with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Visual Arts Leadership Award
No recipient
2010 Arts Leadership Award Recipients
Community Arts Leadership Award
Otto Buj – writer, producer, and artistic director of the 2010 Windsor International Film Festival
Literary Arts Leadership Award
Lenore Langs – poet, chair of 2010 Bookfest Windsor, co-publisher of Cranberry Tree Press
Performing Arts Leadership Award
John Morris Russell – music director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Visual Arts Leadership Award
Susan Gold – visual artist, educator, social activist and community volunteer