Past Award Recipients

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