Previous Individual Artist Award Winners
| Year | Name | Discipline | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Philip Koplin | Works on Paper | Visual Arts |
| Ethan Turpin | Works on Paper (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Laura Langley | Works in Clay | Visual Arts | |
| Nina de Creeft Ward | Works in Clay | Visual Arts | |
| Margaret Morrison | Digital Art | Visual Arts | |
| Chris Judge | Instrumental Acoustic Guitar | Performing Arts | |
| Andrew Jackson | Instrumental Acoustic Guitar (HM) | Performing Arts | |
| 2005 | Marjorie Hawksworth | Poetry | Literature |
| Carol de Canio | Poetry | Literature | |
| Zachary Chotzen-Freund | Poetry (HM) | Literature | |
| Adam de Boer | Oil Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Judie Nienow | Oil Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Bonnie Beedles | Oil Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Ann Sanders | Pastel | Visual Arts | |
| Patricia Hedrick | Pastel (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Pamela Zwehl-Burke | Pastel (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Bud Tullis | Woodworking | Visual Arts | |
| Ken Korten | Woodworking (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Steve Willson | Woodworking (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| 2004 | Phillip McLendon | Choral Music Direction | Performing Arts |
| Marlene Struss | Assemblage | Visual Arts | |
| Anne Luther | Assemblage (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Barbara McIntyre | Assemblage (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Warner Nienow | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Karina Cavat | Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Leslie Tejada | Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Barbara Parmet | Photography | Visual Arts | |
| Bobbie Bennett | Photography (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| 2003 | Tony Miratti | Acting | Performing Arts |
| Tomas Van Stein | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Nicole Strasburg | Printmaking | Visual Arts | |
| Donald Davis | Sculpture | Visual Arts | |
| 2002 | Stephanie Nugent | Choreography | Performing Arts |
| Whitney Brooks Abbott | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Arturo Tello | Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Sarah Vedder | Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Lily Guil | Watercolor | Visual Arts | |
| 2001 | Regina Meister | Short Story Writing | Literature |
| Robin Minnerly | Songwriting | Performing Arts | |
| Julia Ford | Fibre Arts | Visual Arts | |
| Rick Garcia | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| 2000 | Valentina Gnup | Poetry | Literature |
| Catherine Hodges | Poetry (HM) | Literature | |
| Christine Loizeaux | Choreography | Performing Arts | |
| Zivana Gojanovic | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Allen Hatch | Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Terri Friedman | Sculpture | Visual Arts | |
| Richard Aber | Sculpture (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Ethan Turpin | Sculpture (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| 1999 | Marni McGee | Children's Fiction | Literature |
| Barbara Lackner | Theatre | Performing Arts | |
| Jay Ewart | Mixed Media | Visual Arts | |
| Philip Koplin | Mixed Media (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Jens Pederson | Mixed Media (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Mark Beck | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Jerold Burchman | Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Jeanne Dentzel | Painting (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| 1998 | Fargo Kantrowitz | Short Story Writing | Literature |
| Jessica Blau | Short Story Writing | Literature | |
| Del Silva | Short Story Writing | Literature | |
| Nate Birkey | Music | Performing Arts | |
| Adrian Spence | Music | Performing Arts | |
| Susan Rae Lakin | Electronic Imaging | Visual Arts | |
| Dan Connally | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| 1996 | Lynn Dubinsky | Poetry | Literature |
| Paul Willis | Poetry | Literature | |
| Robert Grande-Weiss | Theatre | Performing Arts | |
| Joseph Velasco | Theatre | Performing Arts | |
| Melissa Chojnacki | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Tina Hulett | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| 1995 | Lucy Aron | Non-Fiction | Literature |
| Bradford Dillman | Non-Fiction | Literature | |
| Barbara Sachs | Non-Fiction | Literature | |
| Robin Bisio | Choreography | Performing Arts | |
| Valerie Huston | Choreography | Performing Arts | |
| Robert Bowen | Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| Paris Psaros | Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| Richard Dunlap | Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| David West | Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| Katy McCormick | Landscape Art | Visual Arts | |
| Ginny Brush | Landscape Art | Visual Arts | |
| Bjorn Rye | Landscape Art | Visual Arts | |
| Jeff Brouws | Landscape Art | Visual Arts | |
| Patricia Chidlaw | Landscape Art | Visual Arts | |
| 1994 | Hsiu-Zu-Ho | Fiction | Literature |
| Todd Pierce | Fiction | Literature | |
| Anne Deane | Chamber Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| Philip Walker | Chamber Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| Ulysses Weston Paulsen | Glass | Visual Arts | |
| 1993 | Judith Herold | Children's Fiction | Literature |
| Ellen Kelley | Children's Fiction | Literature | |
| Mary Hanson | Children's Fiction (HM) | Literature | |
| Dr. Charles Baker | Music With Voice | Performing Arts | |
| Pamela Zero | Music With Voice | Performing Arts | |
| Lorin Grean | Music With Voice (HM) | Performing Arts | |
| Linda Ekstrom | Works on Paper | Visual Arts | |
| Marie Schoeff | Works on Paper | Visual Arts | |
| Jedediah Dougherty | Works on Paper (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| Pamela Schiffer | Works on Paper (HM) | Visual Arts | |
| 1992 | Cynthia Anderson | Poetry | Literature |
| David Oliviera | Poetry | Literature | |
| Laurie Burnaby | Choreography | Performing Arts | |
| Tonia Shimin | Choreography | Performing Arts | |
| James Connolly | Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| Michael Mortilla | Music Composition | Performing Arts | |
| Roger Jones | Playwriting | Performing Arts | |
| Briget Lynn Wandruff | Playwriting | Performing Arts | |
| Lucy Brown | Sculpture | Visual Arts | |
| Rollin Fortier | Sculpture | Visual Arts | |
| 1991 | Rose Bilat | Painting | Visual Arts |
| Rafael Perea de la Cabada | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| 1990 | Gloria Alvarez | Printmaking | Visual Arts |
| Dane Goodman | Printmaking | Visual Arts | |
| Elaine Le Vasseur | Printmaking | Visual Arts | |
| 1989 | Nell Campbell | Photography | Visual Arts |
| Kathryn Clark | Photography | Visual Arts | |
| Bob de Bris | Photography | Visual Arts | |
| Din Q. Le | Photography | Visual Arts | |
| 1988 | John Griswold | Painting | Visual Arts |
| Leonardo Nunez | Painting | Visual Arts | |
| Michelle De Jonge | Sculpture | Visual Arts | |
| Colin Gray | Scultpure | Visual Arts |
