Artist

  • Charles Bruffy, Phoenix
  • Warren Cohen, Cave Creek
  • Bobb Cooper, Phoenix
  • James L. Covarrubias, Tempe
  • Persephone Dimson, Scottsdale
  • Lawrence Enyart, Phoenix
  • Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby, Phoenix
  • Kristine Kollasch, Phoenix
  • William LeGoullon, Scottsale
  • Gertrude Lopez, Tucson
  • Patsy Lowry, Paradise Valey
  • John Massaro, Phoenix
  • Ed Mell, Phoenix
  • Antonio Pasos, Phoenix
  • Brad Richter, Tucson
  • Jared Sakren, Scottsdale
  • Sydne Heather Schinkel, Scottsdale
  • Louise Stidham, Gilbert
  • Mathew Wiener, Phoenix

Arts in Education – Individual

  • Linda Ahearn, Tucson
  • Annica Benning, Scottsdale
  • Mariana Carreras, Tucson
  • William Eaton, Phoenix
  • Evelyn Holbrook, Cave Creek
  • Janet Klein, Tempe
  • Beth Lessard, PhD, Tempe
  • Barbara Nueske-Perez, Phoenix
  • Claude Pensis, Phoenix
  • Lesa, Schuur, Avondale
  • Debra K. Stevens, Tempe

Arts in Education – Organization

  • Arizona School for the Arts, Phoenix
  • Arizona Theatre Company, Phoenix
  • EPIK Dance Company, Phoenix
  • Grand Canyon Guitar Society, Flagstaff
  • Lovena Ohl Foundation, Scottsdale
  • Marshall Magnet Elementary School, Flagstaff
  • Morristown Elementary School, Morristown
  • Phoenix Conservatory of Music
  • Prescott College Visual Arts Program
  • Scottsdale Artists’ School
  • Sedona Arts Center
  • Sonoran Glass Art Academy, Tucson
  • Southwest Shakespeare Company, Mesa

Arts in Education – Organization, Cont.

  • Superstition Review, Mesa
  • The Rise Project, Phoenix
  • UA Presents, Tucson
  • Walnut Canyon Press, Scottsdale
  • West Valley Art Council, Surprise

Business

  • Adelante Healthcare, Phoenix
  • DMB Associates, Inc., Buckeye
  • General Growth Properties, Tucson
  • J.P. Morgan CHASE, Phoenix
  • Southwest Ambulance, Mesa

Community

  • Anthology, Mesa
  • Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering, Prescott
  • Del E. Webb Center for the Performing Arts, Wickenburg
  • Flagstaff City – Coconino County Public Library,
  • KXCI Community Radio, Tucson
  • New Carpa Theater Company, Phoenix
  • Public Art Program, Phoenix Office of Art & Culture,
  • United Cerebral Palsy of Arizona, Phoenix
  • University of Arizona Poetry Center, Tucson
  • Young Arts Arizona, Ltd. Phoenix

Individual

  • Robert Breunig, PhD, Flagstaff
  • Carmen de Novais Guerrero, Mesa
  • Nancy Di Stefano, Mesa
  • Jody Drake, Prescott
  • Rebecca Dyer, Mesa
  • Linda Essig, Phoenix
  • Kathy Hotchner, Scottsdale
  • Steve Jennings, Scottsdale
  • Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Tempe
  • Dr. Larry Lang, Tucson
  • Amanda Kate Marquez, Tucson
  • Fletcher McCusker, Tucson
  • Bill & Merry Nebeker
  • Judy Phillips, Yuma
  • Julie Sasse, Tucson
  • Charles Spillar, Tucson
  • Aimee Stewart, Chandler
  • Nancy Wolter, Gilbert

History of Recipients

For a complete list of previous Governor’s Arts Award recipients, click here.