General Category
Majdi Bou Matar (2019), Tara Cooper (2019), Ernest Daetwyler (2019), Cathy Farwell (2019), Michelle Purchase (2019), Matt White (2019), Juneyt Yetkiner (2019)
Cathy Ross (2020), Pam Patel (2020), Gary Kirkham (2020), Crystal Mowry (2020), Glodeane Brown (2020), Erin Bow (2020), Alysha Brilla (2020)
Neruda Arts (2021), CAFKA (Cotemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area) (2021), Luke Swinson (2021), Green Lights Arts (2021), Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Association and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (2021), Suzanne Luke (2021), MT Space (2021)
Bangishimo Johnston (2022), Tara Butler (2022), Bonn Park Podcast (2022), Sarah Kernohan (2022), Sheila McMath (2022)
Arts Philanthropist
Jim Good, Good Foundation Inc. (2019)
Judith Stephens-Wells (2020)
Musagetes Fund (2021)
Waterloo Region Community Foundation (2022)
Emerging Artist
Meg Harder (2019), Ahmad Meree (2019)
Behnaz Fatemi (2020), Ioana Dragomir (2020)
Taylor Graham (2021)
Alanah Astehti Otistohkwa (Morningstar) Jewell (2022), Torin Langen (2022)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Elizabeth and Gerald Eastman (1988), Alfred J.K. Schenk (1994), Jean Carter (1995), F. Clay B. Hall (1996), Edna Staebler (1997), Nancy-Lou Patterson (1998), Harry Currie (1999), Ted Follows (2000), Winifred Shantz (2001), Charles Belair (2002), Lloyd Nyland (2003), Dona Paul Massel (2004), Jan Overduin (2005), Ann Roberts (2006), Mike Bergauer (2007), Tony Urquhart (2008), Boyd McDonald (2009), Peter Etril Snyder (2010), Howard Dyck (2011), Jill Summerhayes (2012), Jan Narveson (2013), Mary Misner (2014), Sue King (2015), Martin de Groot (2019), David Connolly (2020), Glen Carruthers (2021), Majdi Bou-Matar (2022)
Historical Categories (1988 to 2015)
Literary Award
Jane Urquhart (1988), John English (1989), Barbara Smucker (1990), Veronica Ross (1991), Rienzi Cruz (1993), Marianne Paul (1994), Elaine Auerbach (1995), Margaret Springer (1996), Patricia Bow (1997), Eric McCormack (1998), James Alan Gardner (1999), Don Druick (2000), The New Quarterly (2001), Carol B. Duncan (2002), Erin Noteboom (2003), Sunil Kuruvilla (2004), Chris Banks (2006), Tamas Dobozy (2007), Gary Kirkham (2008), Pat the Dog Theatre (2009), Lea Daniel (2010), Nan Forler (2011), Carrie Snyder (2012), Rose Murray (2013), Tasneem Jamal (2014), Pamela Mulloy (2015).
Visual Arts Award
Bruce Herchenrader (1988), Nancy-Lou Patterson (1989), Ann Roberts (1990), Aggie Beynon (1991), Sally Melville (1992), Tony Urquhart (1993), Ada Hunsberger (1994), Nicholas Rees (1995), Isabella Stefanescu (1996), Debbie New (1997), Heather Wood and John Kepkiewicz (1998), Mary Catherine Newcomb (1999), Carl Hiebert (2000), Jane Buyers (2001), Alan Daniel (2002), Art Green,’03, Doug Kirton (2004), Carol Bradley (2005), Sandra Dunn (2006), Allan Harding Mackay (2007), Noriko Maeda (2008), Ernest Daetwyler (2009), Judy Major-Girardin (2010), Gloria Kagawa (2011), Edward Schleimer (2012), Melissa Doherty (2013), Robert Achtemichuk (2014), Sohelia Esfahani (2015).
Performing Arts Award
Raffi Armenian (1988), Bernd Juche (1989), Gabby Miceli-Kamino (1991), Mary-Eileen McClear (1992), Alex Mustakas (1993), Scott Kufske (1994), Linda G. Bush (1995), John Kerr (1996), Gordon Davis (1997), Natalie Sebastian (1998), Bernie Roehl (1999), Leslie O’Dell (2000), Dale Mieske (2001), D.J. Carroll (2002), Mike Peng (2003), George Joyce (2004), Kathleen Sheehy (2005), Stuart Scadron-Wattles (2006), Amanda Kind (2007), Alan K. Sapp (2008), Flush Ink Productions (2009), Bill Chesney (2010), Jennifer Cornish (2011), Terry Barna (2012), Majdi Bou-Matar (2013), KW Glee (2014), Nada Humsi (2015).
Music Award
Victor Sawa (1989), Howard Dyck (1990), Raymond Daniels (1991), Douglas Haas (1992), Stephanie Kramer (1993), Barrie Cabena (1994), Nestor Shartun (1995), Danny Michel (1996), Mel Brown (1997), Peter Hatch (1998), James Mason (1999), Penderecki String Quartet (2000), Merrick Jarrett (2001), Stephen Sitarski (2002), Ronald Schirm (2003), Leonard Enns, ‘04, Arun Pal, ‘05, Erna Van Daele (2006), Paul Pulford (2007), Kevin Ramessar (2008), Cheryl Lescom (2009), Cedric Coleman (2010), Tim Louis (2011), Edwin Outwater (2012), Tessa Jennison (2013), J. Richard Hutt (2014), Kathryn Ladano (2015).
Mentor Award
Allan Hoch (2003), Laurel Brown (2004), John Cull (2005), Nancy Kidd (2006), Isabel Cisterna (2007), Jennifer Rodrigues (2008), Judy Allred (2009), Leslie Bamford (2010), Jan Cressman-Weis (2011), Lili Galbraith (2012), Deanne Bingleman (2013), Judy Donaldson (2014), Rufus John (2015).
Open Award
Edna Staebler (1989), Alfred Kunz (1990), Peter Mansell (1991), Elsie Sue King (1996), Dan Donaldson (1997), Cheryl Ewing (1998), Denise Strong (1999), Don Bourgeois (2000), Gloria Armstrong (2001), David B. Scott (2002), Jamie Grant (2003) | Educator Award (now included in the Open Category Award) Marjorie Beckett (1992), Victor Martens (1993), Ken McLaughlin (1994), Raymond Yundt (1995) Community Arts Supporter Award (now included in the Open Category Award) Carla Krause (1988), Jan Narveson (1989), Maria and Richard Riedstra (1990), Chuck Erion and Tricia Siemens (1991), Keith Staebler (1992), Catherine Milloy (1993), Bob McFarland (1994), William Klos (1995), Sher DiCiccio (2004), Michael Duschenes (2005), Erick Traplin (2006), Lawrence McNaught (2007), Philip Bast (2008), Jean Narveson (2009), Narine Dat Sookram (2010), Nancy and Wayne Pauli (2011), Stephen Preece (2012), Kwartlab Society Inc. (2013), Charles Stuart and Rev. Canon Christopher Pratt (2014), Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (2015).
Leading Edge Award
Nicole Fougere (1994), Gabrielle Clermont and Kevin Skelton (1995), Michael Brown, Katia Grubisic, Jackie Latendresse, Rosalind Pickett (1996), Cory Pagett, Erina Harris, Deanne Bingleman, Chad Krulicki (1997), Siobhan Chin, Shannon, Lindsay and Tanya Doyle, Christopher Marsh, Graham F. Scott (1998), Nick Klawitter, Heather Kocsis, Ines Markeljevic, SECOND.com/p@n.y. (1999), Sara MacDonald, Karin A. Rabuka, Nathan Turner, Paul Van Dyk (2000), Tara Kent, Scott Moyle, Lynn Scott, Benjamin Van Dyk (2001), Nicholas Lemon and Jordan Lemon, Connor Rea, Jeremy Taylor, Emma Walker (2002), Mike Erb, Scott Hammell, Haley McGee, Catherine Paleczny (2003), Amie Debrone, Krista Hovsepian, Jason White (2004), Lauren Hall, Yvonne Jarsch, Evan Mitchell, Stephanie Vaillant (2005), Elise Bauman, Dan Huras and Katie Knowlton, Nate Storring, Wallace Wu (2006), Artery Gallery, Eric Kennedy and Patrick Murray, Todd Donald, Alex Tintinalli (2007), Sharon Ding, Paul Maxwell, Maggie Roth, Colin White (2008), Meghan Bunce, Brad Cook (2009), Alysha Brillinger, Billy Chandler, Renee Kruisselbrink, Oliver Pavia (2010), Aphrodite’s Bodice, Eric Da Costa, Janice Lee, Miroki Tong (2011), Edward Cho, Rachel Kalap, Axel Villamil, Joanna Worthington, (2012), Aimee Berends, Anne Marie Hayman, Torin Langel, Victoria Melik (2013), Cody Burns (2014), Quinton Barnes (2014), Anthea Conway-White (2014), Katie Parkes (2014), Steven Restagno (2015), Vienna D’Amato Hall (2015), Matt Weidinger (2015), Alten Wilmot (2015).
Festival or Event Award
Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener & Area (2007), Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound (2008), Multicultural Cinema Club Film Festivals (2009), Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival (2010), RAM|Rethinking Art and Machine, THEMUSEUM (2011), Royal Medieval Faire (2012), Latitudes Storytelling Festival (2013), Summer Lights Festival (2014), Mill-Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music (2015).
New Festival or Event Award
K-W Hip Hop Expo (2007), Unsilent Night (2008), Old Chestnut Song Circle (2009), Kitchener Ontario Independent Music Festival (KOI) (2010), BOX Art Show & Sale (2011), Grand Porch Party (2012), A Day & A Night Art Meets Music Festival (2013), Night\Shift (2014), FLASH Waterloo Region (2015).
Festival or Event Community Achievement Award (Replaced by Festival or Event Volunteer Award)
Kitchener Blues Festival (2007), Waterloo Region High School Choral Festival (2008), New Hamburg Live! Festival of the Arts (2009).
Festival or Event Volunteer Award
Rob Deyman (2010), Brad McEwen (2011), Karen Oddson (2012), Donna Stewart (2013), Tracey Johnston-Aldworth (2014).
Corporate Arts Supporter Award (Replaced by Open Award)
The Mutual Group (now Sun Life Insurance Co.) (1996), The Woerner Family and ATS (1997), Heffner Lexus Toyota (1998), Spaenaur Inc. (1999), Hiretech Systems Limited (2000), Michael Barnstijn and Louise MacCallum, Musagetes Fund (2001), Gowling Lafl eur Henderson LLP (2002), CedarTree Recording Studio (2003), Princess Cinema (2004), The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation (2005), M&T Printing Group (2006), Savvas Chamberlain and DALSA Corporation (2007), The Beat Goes On (2008), Christie Digital (2009), WalterFedy, Roger Farwell (2010), Sun Life Financial (2011), TLC Pet Food (2012), Josslin Insurance (2013), TD Bank Group (2014), Sherwood Music (2015).
Educator Award (Replaced by Mentor Award)
Marjorie Beckett (1992), Victor Martens (1993), Ken McLaughlin (1994), Raymond Yundt (1995).
Community Arts Supporter Award (Replaced by Open Award)
Carla Krause (1988), Jan Narveson (1989), Maria & Richard Riedstra (1990), Chuck Erion & Tricia Siemens (1991), Keith Staebler (1992), Catherine Milloy (1993), Bob McFarland (1994), William Klos (1995).
Special Jury Award
Eastwood Integrated Arts Package (1995), Mike Wagner (1998), The Waterloo Stage Theatre (1999), Martin de Groot (2000), William Poole, Theatre & Company (2001), Tracey Johnston-Aldworth, NUMUS (2002), Jane Bond Café and Starlight, Dr. Michael Bird (2003), Mary Ann Epp, Matthew Osborne (2004), eyeGO to the Arts (2005), Kitchener-Waterloo Musical Productions (2005), David Antscherl, Simon Streatfeild (2006), Rae Crossman, Nicole Lee Quesnel (2007), Christopher Sharpe, MT Space (2008), IMPACT, Maxine Graham (2009), Brian Scott, Larry Larsen (2010), Kerri Mercer, Craig Musselman (2011), Klaus Engel, Coral Andrews (2012), Anne-Marie Donovan, Rick Haldenby (2013), Lisa O’Connell (2014), Terre Chartrand (2014), Heather Franklin (2015), Janis Price (2015).
Textile, Fibre and Quilting Arts | Amy Hallman Snyder Award
Arpillera Project (2008), Kathleen Bissett (2009), Sue Sturdy (2010), Judy Gascho-Jutzi , ’11, Nancy Yule (2012), Janelle Martin (2013), Sylvia Roorda (2014), Kate Carder-Thompson (2015).
Commemorative Award
Mel Brown (2008).