Prior Honorees, Mayor's Awards for the Arts

2011 Mayor's Awards Honorees

Outstanding Individual Artist Award: Steve Wounded Deer Alvarez
Outstanding Arts Organization Award: Asian Alaskan Cultural Center
Champion of the Arts Award: Rasmuson Foundation
Youth Arts Award: Emily Blahous
Kay Linton Volunteer for the Arts: Dr. Brian Saylor
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Sandy Harper
Awards Artist: Mariano Gonzalez
Anchorage Mayor: Dan Sullivan
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska Anchorage Convention Visitor's Bureau, Support Services of Alaska

Outstanding Individual Artist Award: Mariano Gonzales
Outstanding Arts Organization Award: Anchorage Classical Ballet Academy
Champion of the Arts Award: Nancy Harbour
Youth Arts Award: Travis Harrington
Kay Linton Volunteer for the Arts: Bruce & Audrey Kelly
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Alice Bassler Sullivan
Awards Artist: Garry Kaulitz
Anchorage Mayor: Dan Sullivan
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska Anchorage Convention Visitor's Bureau, Support Services of Alaska

Outstanding Individual Artist Award: Garry Kaulitz
Outstanding Arts Organization Award: Alaska Junior Theater
Champion of the Arts Award: Julie Decker
Youth Arts Award: Alaska Native Heritage Center
Kay Linton Volunteer for the Arts: Connie Ozer
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: William Bacon
Awards Artist: Hal Gage
Acting Mayor: Matt Claman
Sponsors: Municipality of Anchorage- Office of the Mayor, Anchorage Convention & Visitor's Bureau, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Support Services of Alaska

Outstanding Individual Artist Award: Fran Reed
Outstanding Arts Organization Award: Karilagan Folkloric Group
Champion of the Arts Award: Wild Salmon on Parade
Youth Arts Award: Alaska Theater of Youth
Kay Linton Volunteer for the Arts: Mabel Gibbons
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Keith Appel
Awards Artist: Carole Crump Bryner
Mayor: Mark Begich
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska, Municipality of Anchorage- Office of the Mayor, Anchorage Convention & Visitor's Bureau, Support Services of Alaska, Anchorage Museum Association

Outstanding Individual Artist Award: David Hagan
Outstanding Arts Organization Award: Alaska Native Heritage Center
Champion of the Arts Award: Georgia Blue
Youth Arts Award: Anchorage Youth Symphony
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Mary Louise Rasmuson
Awards Artist: Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Mayor: Mark Begich
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska, Municipality of Anchorage- Office of the Mayor, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, Alaska Laser Printing & Mailing Services, Anchorage Museum Association, Support Services of Alaska

Outstanding Individual Artist Award: Don Decker
Outstanding Arts Organization Award: Alaska Design Forum
Champion of the Arts Award: Shirley Mae Springer Staten
Youth Arts Award: Out North
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Ed Crittenden
Awards Artist: Margret Hugi-Lewis
Mayor: Mark Begich
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska, Municipality of Anchorage- Office of the Mayor, Anchorage Convention & Visitor's Bureau, KeyBank Alaska, Support Services of Alaska, Alaska Laser Printing & Mailing Services

Individual Artist: Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Outstanding Arts Organization: Eccentric Theatre Company
Champion of the Arts: ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Youth Arts Award: Alaska Children's Choir
Kay Linton Volunteer for the Arts: Ellen Packey
Awards Artist: Jack David Ayap'run Abraham
Mayor: Mark Begich
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska Alaska Laser Printing & Mailing Services, Municipality of Anchorage- Office of the Mayor, Anchorage Convention & Visitor's Bureau, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, KeyBank Alaska, Prudential Jack White/Vista Real Estate, Support Services of Alaska

Individual Artist: Lauren MacKenzie Miller
Outstanding Arts Organization: Anchorage Museum of History and Art and the Anchorage Museum Association
Champion of the Arts: Jocelyn Young
Youth Arts Award: Alaska Dance Theatre
Kay Linton Volunteer for the Arts: Jim and Flo Rooney
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Saradell Ard
Awards Artist: Kathy Peters & Motoyo Kay Gatlin
Mayor: Mark Begich
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska Alaska Laser Printing & Mailing Services, Municipality of Anchorage- Office of the Mayor, Anchorage Museum Association

Individual Artist: Kathryn Hoffer
Outstanding Arts Organization: Anchorage Opera
Champion of the Arts: John M. Brower
Youth Arts Award: Music Machine - Janet Carr-Campbell & Darl Schaff
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Robert Pond
Awards Artist: Chris Arend
Mayor: George Weurch
Sponsors: ConocoPhillips Alaska Alaska Laser Printing & Mailing Services, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Bagoy's Florist

Individual Artist: Kim Brown
Outstanding Arts Organization: International Gallery of Contemporary Art
Champion of the Arts: Dr. Robert Wilkins
Youth Arts Award: East High Fine Arts Program
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Jerry Harper
Awards Artist: Andy Kirsch
Mayor: George Weurch
Sponsors: Phillips Alaska, Inc., Alaska Laser Printing & Mailing Services, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Municipality of Anchorage, Arti-Circle Frames

Individual Artist: Gloria Allen
Outstanding Arts Organization: Anchorage Symphony
Champion of the Arts: Art and Eleanor Braendal
Youth Arts Award: Margret hugi-Lewis
Lorene Harrison Award for Lifetime Achievement: Lorene Harrison
Mayor: George Weurch
Sponsors: BP, Alaska Laser Printing & Mailing Services, Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska Glass Studio & Gallery, Arti-Circle Framing, Bliss Pottery, Shodo Gakushu