Maine College of Art
16th Annual Art Honors Gala
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S. Donald Sussman
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Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
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Thanks to all who made the 2012 Art Honors celebration a success.
Video of the Art Honors 2012 Awards Ceremony
Maine Sunday Telegram Society Page
Art Honors recognizes artists, philanthropists and art educators with significant ties to Maine who offer MECA’s students, as well as the public, powerful examples of lives in the arts. Art Honors raises critical funds to support the College's mission to educate the next generation of creative individuals. Maine College of Art believes that the 21st century economy depends on artists to take leadership roles as public intellectuals and creative entrepreneurs.
Thank you to our sponsors!
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Contributors
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Joan and Dan Amory
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Dan Crewe
June Fitzpatrick
Roger and Betty Gilmore
Barbara Goodbody
Cyrus and Patricia Hagge
Judy and Jeff Kane
Candace Pilk Karu
James and Margaret O’Keefe
Deborah S. Reed
Mary Schendel and Philip Gleason
S. Donald Sussman and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
Bill and Jacky Thornton
Don and Louise Tuski
Angela Adams and Sherwood Hamill
Jennifer and Jeff Bush
Maria Canning
Rebecca and Austin Conrad, Jr.
Margaret and Dick Curran
Eliot and Melanie Cutler
Bill and Jean Dill
Bob and Debby Dluhy
Rob and Annette Elowitch
Ned Flint and Hallie Gillman
Rob Gould
Susan Grisanti
Alison and Horace Hildreth
Anne Ireland ‘94 and Kenneth M. Cole III
Steve Kinney
Alison Leavitt
Ken and Mary Nelson
Leonard and Merle Nelson
Dan O'Leary and Kathy Bouchard
Claudia Pachios
Sam and Teresa Pierce
Daniel P. Poteet
Roxanne Quimby
Patricia Rosi-Santucci and Jacques Santucci
Gillian Schair and Seth Rigoletti
Dorothy and Elliot Schwartz
Beth Shissler
Alice and Dick Spencer
Kevin Thomas
Cynthia Thompson
Andres Verzosa '92
Caron Zand and Don Head
2011
- Betsy Evans Hunt and Christopher Hunt, Award for Leadership in Art Philanthropy
- Janet Manyan, artist and Continuing Studies faculty, Award for Leadership in Art Education
- Roxanne Quimby, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts, founder of Burt’s Bees
2010
MECAmorphosis: A celebration of the completed move of all academic and studio departments into the Porteous facility
2009
- Andy Graham, Founder and Owner of Portland Color, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts
- Alice Spencer, Artist and Public Art Advocate, Leadership in the Arts
2008
- Angela Adams, Designer, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts
- Alison Hildreth ‘76, Leadership in the Arts
2007
- Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Leadership in Arts Education
- Pandora LaCasse, Artist, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts
2006
- Cynthia Thompson, CEO & Founder of Transformit, Inc., Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts (presented by author Sharon Pywell)
- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Gerhardt Knodel, Director Cranbrook Academy of Art)
2005
- Andrew Wyeth, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented to Nick Wyeth by
- Anne d’Harnoncourt and George D. Widener)
- Gov. John Baldacci, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by John Rohman)
- Ashley Bryan, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Carl Little)
2004
- Robert Indiana, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Bret Waller)
- Maine Community Foundation, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by Allen Fernald)
- Julia’s Gallery for Young Artists, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Jamie Wyeth)
2003
- Alex Katz, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Linda Earle)
- Lawrence R. Pugh, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by William Ryan)
- Bernarda Shahn, Leadership in Artists Education (presented by Barbara Lapcek)
2002
- David C. Driskell, National Leadership as a Visual Artist (presented by John Payson)
- William J. Ryan and Banknorth Group, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by Owen Wells)
- Angus Barney Hallowell, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Chellie Pingree)
2001
- Beverly Hallam, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Carl Little)
- Barbara Daiute Neeson and Keith Rendall, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by David Hunt)
- John and Joanne Payson, National Leadership in the Visual Arts (presented by David Driskell)
- Roger Gilmore, Visionary Award (presented by Maddy Corson)
2000
- Bruce Brown, Community Leadership in the Visual Arts (presented by Mark Wethli)
- Ruth and Frank Glazer, Leadership in Music and Music Education (presented by Peter Plumb)
- Sonja Eustis Johnson, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by David Ott)
- William Wegman, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Jeffrey Keough)
1999
- The Gannett Family & Guy Gannett Comms, Philanthropic Leadership in the Arts (presented by Bettsanne Holmes)
- Neil Welliver, Achievement as a Visual Artist (Jessica Nicoll)
- Corliss Chastain, Leadership in Public School Art Education (Betsey T. Greenstein)
1998
- L. Robert Porteous, Jr., Community Service & Philanthropic Support in the Arts & Education presented by Widgery Thomas)
- Will Barnet, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Chris Crosman)
- Simon van der Ven, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by Roger Gilmore)
- Patricia Nick, Leadership in the Visual Arts (presented by David Becker)
1997
- Harold and Mildred Nelson, Community Service in the Arts & Education (presented by Roz Bernetein)
- Stan Colburn, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by Paul McConnell & Maddy Corson)
- Anne Bigelow Stern, Community Leadership in Music & Music Education (Presented by Marcia Chapman)
- Dozier Bell, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Dean Velentgas)
- Doris Homer, Volunteer Service as an Art Educator (presented by Dan O’Leary)
1996
- Halsey Davis and the Davis Family Foundation, Philanthropic Support for the Arts & Education
- Al and Judy Glickman, Community Leadership in the Arts & Education
- Ray Lund, Leadership in Public School Arts Education
- Barbara Lapcek, Leadership in the Visual Arts
- Richard Estes, Achievement as a Visual Artist