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Working to advance and preserve the arts at the center of Vermont communities.
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Each year the Arts Council recognizes outstanding individual and organizational contributions to the arts in Vermont with a variety of awards. These are presented at public ceremonies and provide an opportunity for the recipient to be honored by colleagues, friends, family and members of the communities where they live and work. Annual awards include:
- Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
- Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts
- Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service (formerly the Citation of Merit Award)
Annual nominations include:
- Vermont Arts Council Board of Trustees
The Arts Council accepts award and trustee nominations throughout the year. To nominate a Vermont artist or cultural organization or potential trustee, please fill out the form below OR send a letter of recommendation with a description of the nominee’s qualifications. Be sure to include contact information for yourself and for the candidate. Letters can be sent via e-mail or postal mail to Vermont Arts Council, 136 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633. Nominations can also be faxed to 802-828-3363.
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Click on the award below to see a list of past recipients, and the criteria used to choose recipients.
  Walter Cerf Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts |
The Walter Cerf Award is presented to individuals who have made a sustained contribution to the arts and has had an impact on Vermont's cultural life. The award is named in honor of the late philanthropist Walter Cerf whose generous gifts, exceeding $5 million, have benefited numerous Vermont institutions including the Arts Council. Mr. Cerf was instrumental in establishing the Arts Endowment at the Vermont Community Foundation, and his contributions have created a $1 million fund to assist Vermont's artists and arts organizations.
2011
Christian Wolff, Musician and Composer
2010
Jane Ambrose, UVM Lane Series
Jean Olson, Governor's Institute of Vermont
Andrea Rogers, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
2009
John Nassivera, Playwright
2007
Charles Ginnever, Sculptor
2006
Lucien Day, Painter
2005
Pauline Billings,VAC Founding Chair
2004
Tasha Tudor. Illustrator/Author
2003
Malcolm Wright, Ceramicist/Sculptor
and Louis Moyse, Musician/Teacher
2002
David Budbill, Poet/Playwright
Sam Lloyd, Actor
Margaret MacArthur, Musician/Musicologist
2001
Sterling Weed, Musician/Orchestra Leader/Teacher
2000
Mary Azarian, Painter/Printmaker
Gwyneth Walker, Composer
1999
Luis Batlle, Musician
Peter Saxe Jennison, Writer and Publisher
Claire Van Vliet, Visual Artist
1998
Wolf Kahn, Painter
Melvin Kaplan, Musician
1996
David Wells, Cellist
Freda Rosenblatt, Pianist
1995
Vivian Fine, Composer
Ruth Stone, Poet
Arthur Williams, Arts Administrator
1994
Helen Rogers, Dancer/Choreographer
Donald and Joanne Rathgeb, Theater
Florence Cushman, Pianist
1993
Paul Aschenbach, Sculptor
June Gorton, Dancer
James Hayford, Poet
1992
Judith Brown, Sculptor
Frank Hewitt, Painter
Ron Slayton, Painter |
| Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts |
Recipients of this award:
- Currently reside in Vermont.
- Have made a significant and sustained contribution to the advancement of an art form.
- Are recognized for his/her contribution in an international, national or regional area.
- Demonstrate a personal commitment to the development of cultural life in Vermont.
- Demonstrate exemplary standards of professional integrity.
CLICK HERE to relive the 2012 Vermont Arts Awards Gala, featuring video of the full ceremony plus short films about each 2012 Governor's Award recipient.
2012 Karen Hesse, Author
2012 Archer Mayor, Author
2012 Sharon Robinson, Cellist
2012 Stephen Stearns, Professional Clown/Teacher
2011 Julia Alvarez, Writer
2010 Eric Bass & Ines Zeller Bass - Photos | Video
2008 Rob Mermin, Circus Smirkus Founder - Video
2007 Ed Koren, Illustrator
2006 Jaime Laredo, Musician
2005 Howard Frank Mosher, Author
2004 Jane Beck, VT Folklike Center
2003 Frank Gaylord, Sculptor
2002 Robert DeCormier, Conductor/Arranger/Composer
2001 Katherine Paterson, Writer
2000 Ernest Kinoy, Screenwriter
1999 Sabra Field, Printmaker
1998 Jay Craven, Filmmaker
1997 Karen Karnes, Potter
1996 Michael Singer, Landscape Architect
1995 Pat Adams, Painter
1994 Steve Paxton, Dancer/Choreographer
1993 Grace Paley, Writer
1992 Louis Calabro, Musician/Conductor
1991 Daniel Urban Kiley, Landscape Architect
1989 Efrain Guigui, Conductor
1988 David Mamet, Writer
1986 Ralph Steiner, Photographer/Cinematographer
1985 Elsa Hilger, Musician, Cello
1984 Marcel Moyse, Composer/Musician
1983 George Tooker, Painter
1982 Julius Held, Meyer Schapiro and John Kouwenhoven, Art Historians and Writers
1979 Bernard Malamud, Writer
1978 Peter Schumann, Actor/Founder of Bread & Puppet Theatre
1977 Blanche Honegger Moyse, Conductor/ Co-founder of Brattleboro Music Center
1975 Ivan Albright, Painter
1974 Clara Sipprell, Photographer
1973 Hayden Carruth, Poet
1972 Alan Carter, Conductor/Founder of VSO
1971 Walter Piston, Composer
1970 Aileen Osborn Webb, Crafts Administrator
1969 Luigi Lucioni, Painter
1968 Carl Ruggles, Composer
1967 Rudolf Serkin, Musician |
| Citation of Merit and Council Business Awards |
THE VERMONT ARTS COUNCIL’S BUSINESS AWARD - This award is presented in recognition of the recipient’s enthusiastic leadership in support of art and culture in Vermont. The awardee:
- Has a business that makes a significant contribution to the cultural life of the state or region
- Forms a partnership with the arts in their community
- Has a vision for the arts as an integral part of the workplace environment
THE VERMONT ARTS COUNCIL’S CITATION OF MERIT AWARD -Citation of Merit awards are presented in recognition of the recipient’s meritorious service to the arts in Vermont.
1968
Howard Bennett
Francis Colburn
Edwin Earle
Mrs. Robert Flaherty
Arthur K.D. Healy
Theadore Morrison
Samuel Ogden, Sr.
Theodore Riehle
Frank Stevenson
Vermont Highway Department
1969
Mrs. Bartlett Arkell
Dr. Paul Boepple
Francis J. Gyra
Edward G. Janeway
Mrs. Theodore Morrison
Marcel Moyse
Jean Simpson
Mrs. Vanderbilt Webb
1970
Dr. Robert S. Babcock
Alice B. Dibble
Evelyn J. Edwards
Armand Henault
Charles E. Tuttle, Jr.
1971
Edwine Behre
Carleton Howe
Rockwell Kent
Ronald Slayton
Peter E. Wendland
1972
Burlington Lions Club
Carol Brown
Gladys Colburn
Walter Hard, Jr.
Margit Holzinger
Bradley Smith
Stinehour Press
1973
Paul Aschenbach
Jon Borowicz
Margaret MacArthur
Louise (Mrs. Byron) McCoy
Mary Rowe (Mrs. Harry)
Clara Sipprell
1974
Patricia (Mrs.) Abraham
Melissa Brown
Peter Brown
Carolyn Long
Peter Schumann
1975
Burlington Savings Bank (Bank Chairman, Frederick Smith)
Adele Dawson
D'Ann Calhoun Fago
Dorothy Hung
1976
George Finckel
Bennington College
Cathedral of St. Paul's Ministry of the Arts
William Lipke
Maggie Maurice
Rutland City Municipal Band
1977
Governor Philip H. Hoff
Richard H. Janson
Katherine King Johnson
West Village Meeting House of All Souls Unitarian-Universalist Church
1978
The Bundy Art Gallery
Dorothy and David Dushkin
Edward J. Feidner
Robert E. Sheridan
1979
John Carroll
Ellison Lieberman
Nella Grimm Fox Room, Rutland Free Library
UVM Choral Union (James Chapman, Conductor)
1980
Carol Langstaff Duveneck
Lionel Nowak
Reverend J. Lynwood Smith
J. Lynwood Smith, Jr.
1981
Allen Johnson
George Little Press, Inc.
Thomas Slayton
Peter Smith
1982
Albert B. Chandler Cultural Foundation
Eric Peterson
Andrea Rogers
William Schubart III
1983
Anthony (Tony) Barrand
Louis Calabro (Special Citation)
Bertha T. Koury
Toni Taylor
Margaret (Mrs. Norman) Williams
1984
Irving Bates
IBM Corporation
Janet Rood
Governor & Mrs. Richard Snelling
WNCS (Jeb & Susan Spaulding)
1985
Elizabeth Brouha
Constance Price
David Strohmier
Brattleboro Reformer/Norman Runnion
1986
Christine Graham
Robert Nuner
Don Sunseri
Vermont Sunday Magazine
Green Mountain Power Corporation
1987
Mary Rowe
James Sardonis
Children's Art Exchange
The IATSE Local 919
Project Harmony
Muriel Palmer
Vermont National Bank
1988
Terrance Demas
Arthur Williams
Jan Danziger
Linda Rubinstein
Chittenden Trust Corporation
1989
Pat Adams
Bread and Puppet Theater
Elizabeth Brouha
Thomas Conlon
Jay Craven
John Engels
Ed Feidner
Flynn Theatre for the Performing Arts
Jon Gailmor
Robert Gannett
Phillip Hoff
Elinor Janeway
Louis Levy
Chester Liebs
Ellen Lovell
Peter Marsh
Blanche Honegger Moyse
William Schubart
Catherine Stockman
Don Sunseri
Vermont Studio School
Gwyneth Walker
David and Janet Wells
Arthur Williams
International Business Machines
1990
Henry Carris
Jill Charles
James Montague
Edwin Lawrence
Downs Rachlin & Martin
1991
Jonathan Gregg
Louise von Weise
Jim Lowe
Philip Bither
Mary Anthony Cox
S.T. Griswold & Co., Inc.
1992
Jeanne Brink
Anne Taylor
Senator Robert Gannett
David McWilliams
National Life of Vermont
1993
Jean Sousa
Janet Ressler
Jim Ross
Renee Wells
George Becker
Martha Pellerin Drury
Skip Farrell, Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Burlington
1994
Ron Wild
River City Arts
Vermont Folklife Center
David "Crow" Levine
Minzter Brothers
1995
City of Barre
Hannah Dennison
Donna Borofsky
Andrew Cohen
Larry Gordon
Paul Frank & Collins, Inc.
1996
Ludy Biddle
Susan Farrow
Martha Fitch
Nicholas Hecht
Vermont National Bank
1998
Kate Pond
Verandah Porche
Vermont Public Radio
Lynne DeBeer
Community National Bank, Derby
1999
Karen Hess, Writer
Donny Osman, Theater Artist and Director of the Governor's Institute of the Arts
Shelburne Farms, Shelburne
IDX Systems Corporation, South Burlington
2000
Sara Doncaster, Musician, Founder/Director of Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival
Christine Hadsel, First and long-time Director of Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance
Harriet Worrell, Director of Yoh Theatre Players of Woodstock High School
Bell Atlantic
2001
Vermont Music Educators Association
Vermont Art Teachers Association
Vermont Alliance for Arts Education
Vermont Drama Council
Vermont Museum & Gallery Alliance
Governor's Institute on the Arts
Sweet Tomatoes Trattoria Restaurants
2002
Peggy Kannenstine, Artist/Arts Advocate
Victor Swenson, VT Council on the Humanities
Vicky Young, Crossroads Arts Council
Robert McBride, RAMP (Rockingham Arts Museum Project)
Barre Opera House
Frog Hollow Craft Center
Okemo Mountain Resort
2003
Bernier Mayo, St. Johnsbury Academy
Steve Klimowski, VT Contemporary Music Ensemble
Key Bank
2004
Walter Parker, Vermont Public Radio
B. Amore, The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center
Rob Mermin, Circus Smirkus
Eric Bass & Ines Zeller Bass, Sandglass Theater
Northshire Bookstore
2005
Ric Campman, Artist
2006
Mike Rainville, Maple Landmark
Dan Davis, Vermont Plywood
2007
Tom Slayton, Editor Emeritus, Vermont Life Magazine
2008
Sabrina Brown, Pentangle Council on the Arts
Paul Costello, Vermont Council on Rural Development
Mary Prior, Community Advocate, Danville Transportation Project
2009
Mark Vogelzang, VPR
Jane Lendway, Division for Historic Preservation
Troy Peters, Vermont Youth Orchestra
2010
David Schutz, Vermont State House Curator
Bill Blachly, Unadilla Theater |
| Arthur Williams Award |
The award is named in honor of Arthur Williams, the Arts Council’s founding Executive Director. His long career in the Arts included chairing the effort to restore the Vermont State House, and he has served the highest artistic standards while remaining grounded in the type of community-based activism that is the hallmark of Vermont’s essential character.
2012: Connecticut River Artisan Group
2012: Vermont Crafts Council
2011: Steve Ames, River Arts |
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