Previous Recipients

2023 Recipients

Jonathan S.E. Perkins, Muscogee County
Dr. Karan Berryman Pittman, Randolph County
Harold Rittenberry, Clarke County
Morris Robinson, Fayette County
Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam, Fulton County
Altama Museum, Toombs County
Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Fulton County
Ballethnic Dance Company, Fulton County
Historic Rural Churches of Georgia, Statewide
Otis Redding Foundation, Bibb County

2022 Recipients

Georgia Museums, Bartow County
Perry Area Historical Society, Houston County
Thomasville Entertainment Foundation, Thomas County
Heartbound Ministries, Fulton County
Annie Greene, Troup County
Dr. Jeffrey Green, Sumter County
Alan Rothschild, Muscogee County
Rev. Dr. Dwight D. Andrews, DeKalb & Fulton Counties
Christopher Moses, Fulton County
Tom Asher, Fulton County

2021 Recipients

Didi Dunphy, Clarke County
Sheffield Hale, Fulton County
Lyrika Holmes, Cobb County
Donald L. Lovette, Liberty County
Dad’s Garage Theatre, Fulton County
Georgia Council on Economic Education, Fulton County (Serving Statewide)
Out of Hand Theater, Fulton County
Synchronicity Theatre, Fulton County
The Hambidge Center, Rabun County

2020 Recipients

Eddie Bennett, Decatur
Brian Brown, Fitzgerald
Kevin Cole, Atlanta
Jim Hammond, Atlanta
Yvonne Grovner, Sapelo Island
William S. Morris III, Augusta
Susan Majette Murphy, Darien
Robert Spano, Atlanta
Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association, Blue Ridge
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon

2019 Recipients

Lucinda W. Bunnen, Atlanta
Common Good Atlanta, Atlanta
Hermina Glass-Hill, Kennesaw and Midway
Christopher Johnson, Cuthbert and Columbus
Madison-Morgan Conservancy, Madison-Morgan County
Jessye Norman School of the Arts, Augusta and Richmond County
Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher, Athens and Atlanta
Rick McKnight, Columbus
Mercer University Press, Macon
Angelica Hairston, Atlanta

2018 Recipients

Athens Ciné, Athens
Pearl Cleage, Atlanta
James S. Crisp, Macon
Janice Faircloth, Thomasville
Friends of Historic Jekyll Island, Jekyll Island
Azira Hill, Atlanta
Historic Oakland Foundation, Atlanta
Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, Atlanta
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta
Ellen Thompson, Dalton

2017 Recipients

Karen Berman, Milledgeville
Valerie Boyd, Athens
William Eiland, Athens
Gilmer Arts and Heritage Association, Ellijay
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Art Program, Atlanta
Virginia Hepner, Atlanta
Kenny Leon, Atlanta
The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta
Pearl McHaney, Decatur
National Infantry Museum Foundation, Columbus
Janisse Ray, Reidsville
Lois Reitzes, Atlanta

2016 Recipients

Libby Bailey, Macon
Susan V. Booth, Atlanta
Brenda Bynum, Atlanta
Jerry and Kathy Chappelle, Watkinsville
James C. Cobb, Athens
Dale Dyer, Blue Ridge
Foxfire, Mountain City
Pasaquan Preservation Society, Buena Vista
Joyce Perdue-Smith, Rome
Mausiki Scales, Atlanta
Slow Exposures, Zebulon
Telfair Museums, Savannah
Robert Webb, Dalton

2015 Recipients

Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville
Beach Institute, Savannah
Bowdon Area Historical Society, Bowdon
Lisa Cremin, Atlanta
Lee Harper, Atlanta
Alvin D. Jackson, Savannah
Macon Arts Alliance, Macon
Museum School of Avondale Estates, Avondale Estates
Paula Peace, Atlanta
Steve Quesinberry, Newnan
Betty Foy Sanders, Statesboro
Larry Walker, Atlanta

2014 Recipients

Kay Beck, Atlanta
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta
Colquitt County Arts Center, Moultrie
Linda Crowe Chesnut, Athens
John Ferling, Carrollton
Fox Theatre Institute, Atlanta
Melissa Fay Greene, Atlanta
Tim Howard, Chatsworth
Marianne Lambert, Atlanta
Chuck Leavell, Dry Branch
Frank Maloy, Tifton
Moving in the Spirit, Atlanta
Merryll Penson, Athens
United Shape Note Singers, Atlanta
Allan Vigil, Morrow

2013 Recipients

Activities Council of Thomson, Thomson
Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta
Syd Blackmarr, Tifton
Brenau University, Gainesville
Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta
Freedom Singers, Albany
Leslie Gordon, Atlanta
Fred and Dinah Gretsch, Savannah
Paul Hudson, Clarkston
Meridian Herald, Atlanta
Carl Purdy, Augusta
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, Athens
Douglas Scott, Atlanta

2012 Recipients

Arthur Berry, Albany
Annette Cone-Skelton, Atlanta
Colonel Bruce Hampton, Atlanta
Akbar Imhotep, Atlanta
Thomas Lux, Atlanta
Philip Moulthrop, Marietta
Paul Pierce, Columbus
Amy Lotson Roberts, St. Simons Island
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah
Melvin Steely, Carrollton
Kay and Dean Swanson, Cornelia
Thomaston-Upson Archives, Thomaston

1986-2011 Recipients

Michael F. Adams, Athens
Carrie Moore Adamson, Augusta
Emma Adler, Savannah
Delores Aldridge, Atlanta
Walter Allen, Athens
Anne Dismukes Amerson, Dahlonega
Nancy Anderson, Macon
Athens Regional Library, Athens
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta
Auburn Avenue Research Library, Atlanta
Augusta Museum of History, Augusta
Cornelia Walker Bailey, Sapelo Island
Sophia Bamford, Tignall
Brenda S. Banks, Atlanta
Marcellus Barksdale, Atlanta
Craig Barrow, III, Savannah
Numan Bartley, Athens
Charles Donald Beall, Columbus
Malcolm Bell Jr., Savannah
Carmen Lombardero Bernal, Buford
Janice Biggers, Columbus
Alfonso Biggs, Columbus
Joyce Blackburn, St. Simons Island
Adrienne Bond, Macon
David Bottoms, Atlanta
Deborah Ann Sieg Bowen, Blackshear
William Breman Jewish Museum and Heritage Center, Atlanta
John Robert Brewer, Ailey
Jean Bridges, Swainsboro
Annette Brock, Savannah
Mary Ellen Brooks, Athens
Frank Brown, Columbus
Hugh Brown, Savannah
Martine W. Brownley, Atlanta
Mary Alice Budge, Columbus
Beth S. Burney, Atlanta
John Burrison, Atlanta
Rudolph P. Byrd, Atlanta
James Caldwell, Macon
LeeAnn Caldwell, Augusta
Gordon Carper, Rome
Virginia Spencer Carr, Atlanta
Dan Carter, Atlanta
Rosalynn Carter, Plains
Edward Cashin, Augusta
Cullen Chambers, Tybee Island
Raymond Chambers, Bainbridge
The Chattahoochee Review, Atlanta
Gwendolyn Cheatham, College Park
Mozelle Clemmons, Savannah
Coastal Georgia Historical Society, St. Simons Island
Judith Ortiz Cofer, Louisville and Athens
James Edgar Coleman, Fort Gaines
Kenneth Coleman, Athens
Cook County Historical Society, Adel
Dale Couch, Decatur
Jacque Coxe, Roswell
Betty Jean Craige, Athens
Timothy Crimmins, Atlanta
Caroline Crittenden, Sautee Nacochee
Lennet Daigle, Dahlonega
Rosemary Daniell, Savannah
Davenport House Museum, Savannah
DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur
Doris A. Derby, Atlanta
Yvonne deWright, Atlanta
Helen Parker Dougherty, Atlanta
Sarah O. Dunaway, Atlanta
Robert Durand, Macon
Thomas Dyer, Athens
Rita Folse Elliott, Rincon
Charles Elmore, Savannah
Glenn T. Eskew, Madison
Frances Evans, Young Harris
Maurice and the late Anne Farabee, Blairsville
Jane Feiler, Savannah
Gary Fink, Atlanta
James Flannery, Atlanta

Fort Frederica Association, St. Simons Island
Edith Foster, Carrollton
Charlotte Hawkins Frazier, Columbus
Funk Heritage Center of Reinhardt College, Waleska
Fred Fussell, Columbus
Billie Davis Gaines, Atlanta
Peggy Galis, Athens
Charles H. Geiger, Jasper
Georgia Archives, Morrow
Georgia Historical Quarterly, Savannah
Georgia Historical Society, Savannah
Georgia Junior Classical League, Atlanta
Georgia Power Company, Atlanta
The Georgia Review, Athens
Georgia Sea Island Singers
Georgia Women of Achievement, Macon
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, Athens
Hugh Stiles Golson, Savannah
Sarah Gordon, Milledgeville
Anna Harvin Grant, Atlanta
Louis T. Griffith, Athens
James Gustafson, Atlanta
Jack Hadley, Thomasville
O. Ben Harris, Atlanta
Heritage Education Program, Georgia Trust, Atlanta
Dr. Jonathan Hershey, Rome
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Kay Hightower, Thomaston
James L. Hill, Albany
Historic Augusta, Augusta
Historic Chattahoochee Commission, LaGrange
Cathy Milner Hodge, Athens
Robynn Greer Holland, Locust Grove
George Hooks, Americus
Alton Hornsby, Atlanta
Charles Hudson, Jr., Athens
Karen Huebner, Atlanta
Joan Huffman, Macon
Lucy Cline Huie, Jonesboro
Gwen Hutcheson, Athens
John C. Inscoe, Athens
Edwin Jackson, Athens
John Wesley Jacobs Jr., Gainesville
Joseph Jacobs, Atlanta
Joy Jinks, Colquitt
Ethelene Dyer Jones, Milledgeville and Blue Ridge
Mary Alice Jordan, Sandersville
Thornton Jordan, Columbus
John Kay, Young Harris
Terry Kay, Athens
Tom Key, Atlanta
Cary Knapp, Brunswick
John Knapp, Atlanta
Clara Krug, Statesboro
Clifford Kuhn, Atlanta
Clason Kyle, Columbus
Mills B. Lane IV, Savannah
Richard LaFleur, Athens
Christine Lambert, Madison
Lewis Larson, Carrollton
W.W. Law, Savannah
Ann Lewis, Atlanta
Stanley Lindberg, Athens
Worth Long, Atlanta
Ellie Loudermilk, Perry
John Lupold, Columbus
Elizabeth Lyon, Atlanta
Kemp Mabry, Statesboro
Joseph Mahan, Columbus
Andrew Manis, Macon
Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, Atlanta
Patricia Marks, Valdosta
James P. Marshall, Jr., Eatonton
Herman “Skip” Mason, Ellenwood
Massie Heritage Interpretation Center, Savannah
Linda Matthews, Atlanta

Louise McBee, Athens
Ann E. McCleary, Carrollton
Arthur J. McClung, Columbus
Dorothy McClure, Columbus
Thomas L. McHaney, Decatur
McIntosh County Shouters, Bolden
Robert McMath, Atlanta
Luetta Milledge, Savannah
Erick Montgomery, Augusta
Daniel Moore, Atlanta
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta
Howard Morrison Jr., Savannah
Chris Moser, Atlanta
Gary Moss, Atlanta
Sue M. Moye, Lumpkin
Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins
Judy Nail, Columbus
National Humanities Faculty
Leon Lawson Neel, Thomasville
Dorothy Olson, Atlanta
The Paula Gordon Show: Conversations at the Leading Edge, Atlanta
Gregory B. Paxton, Atlanta
Virginia E. Peebles, Columbus
Margaret Pepperdene, Decatur
Lela M. Phillips, Albany
Plains Historical Preservation Trust, Plains
Adelaide Ponder, Madison
Robert S. Poydasheff, Columbus
Delma Presley, Statesboro
Paul M. Pressly, Savannah
Eugenia Price, St. Simons Island
Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting, Atlanta
Juan Ramirez, Atlanta
Giriraj Rao, Alpharetta
Veula Rhodes, Albany
Ritz Cultural Center, Albany
Sarah Robbins, Kennesaw
Vivian Robinson, Augusta
Janice White Sikes Rogers, Atlanta
Arthur Rosenbaum, Athens
Jacqueline Rouse, Atlanta
Hugh Ruppersburg, Athens
Frank Saunders, Statesboro
Frank Schnell, Columbus
Robert Lee Scott Jr., Warner Robins
Thomas A. Scott, Kennesaw
Bettie Sellers, Young Harris
Clayton M. Shotwell, Augusta
Mark Silverman, Atlanta
Scott Smith, Savannah
Betty Sanders Snyder, Milledgeville
B. Phinizy Spalding, Athens
Mary E. Stakes, Athens
John Stone, Atlanta
Buddy Sullivan, Richmond Hill
Ron Swofford, Rex
R. J. Taylor Foundation, Atlanta
Carmen Chaves Tesser, Athens
Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., Decatur
Eloise Bailey Thompson, St. Mary’s
Kathleen Thompson, Blue Ridge
Three Rivers Regional Library, Brunswick
Troup County Historical Society, LaGrange
University of Georgia Press, Athens
Eugene Walker, Atlanta
John C. Waters, Athens
Susan Wehling, Valdosta
Edward Weldon, Atlanta
Eleanor Torrey West, Ossabaw Island
Westville Historic Handicrafts, Lumpkin
Susie W. Wheeler, Cassville/Cartersville
Lisa White, Savannah
Phillip Lee Williams, Watkinsville
William “Billy” Winn, Columbus
Annette Wise, Plains
Sandra Worsham, Milledgeville
Writers Workshop Conference, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta