cultural awards

In celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month in October, Macon Arts Alliance hosts the Cultural Awards honoring those who contribute to growth and success of arts and cultural organizations in Central Georgia. This tradition began in 1991.

Nominations are currently being accepted. Download our nomination form here. The deadline for nominations is August 24, 2012.

Cultural Award Recipients listed alphabetically:
* Denotes winners of the Rosalyn Elkan Lifetime Achievement Award.

Robert Ackerman (1995)
Martha Emma Anderson (1991)
Nancy Briska Anderson (1993)
Peyton Anderson Foundation (1994)
Franklin Camp Bacon (2006)
James E. Barfield (2004)Louise Barfield (2005)
Bob Barnette (1993)
Maryel Battin (2007)
Belk Matthews/William Matthews (1992)
Camille Thomas Bishop (2010)
Brown & Williamson Corp. (1993)
Dorothy Ogden Brown (2006)
Candy Burgess (1999)
James Caldwell (1998)
September Carter (2010)
Sydney Chalfa (2000)
Charter Medical Corp. (1991)
Edward K. Clark, MD (2006)
Contemporary Arts Exchange (2007)
Virgil E. Cooper, Jr.(2010)
Nancy Brown Cornett (1992)
Cox Communications (1999)
Tracy Smith Coyle (2007)
Jim Crisp, Jr. (1996)
Joanne English Dockrell (2004)
Bonnie C. Dowling (2011)
Mattie Dunn (2000)
* Eugene Cox Dunwody (2001)
Mary Bennett Cox Dunwody (1993)
Edward Eikner (1997)
Rosalyn Elkan (1992)
The 11th Hour/Brad & Meagan Evans (2005)
Teresa Rett English (1997)
Chi Ezekwueche (1999)
Roy Fickling (1997)
William A. Fickling, Jr. (1991)
Turner Gaughf (1996)*
Georgia Power/Mitchell King (2000)
Maestro Adrian Gnam (2009)
Joan Stockstill Godsey (2010)
Dr. R. Kirby Godsey (2001)
JoAnn Green (1998)
Suzanne Jones Harper (2009)
Sylvia Haynie (2008)
Sally Murphey Heard (2008)
Sara Beth Hertwig (2011)
C. Terry Holland (2000)
Ray Horne (2009)
Kathy White Hoskins (2007)
Hudson & Marshall (2002-03)
Rick Hutto (2000)
Bobby Jones (1993)

John T. Jones (2007)
Ken Joyner (2004)
Louise Kaplan (2005)
Shelley Kuhen (1997)
Betty Sweet Simmons Ladson (2009)
Eleanor A. Lane (2010)
William A. Lane (1991, 2004*)
Del Ward Leslie (2011*)
Catharine B. Liles (1998)
Tony Long (1995)
Macon Iron & Paper/Chip Koplin (2002-03)
Macon Magazine/Lynn Cass & Joni Woolf (1995)
Macon Neighborhood Arts (1994)
The Macon Telegraph/Edmund E. Olson (1992)
Dennis McCleary (2004)
Susan McDuffie (1998)
Blythe McKay (1995)*
Jackie McNair (1998)
Wini McQueen (1997)
Rudy Mendes (2005)
Judson Mitcham (2002-03)
Susan Morton (2001)
Freda Nadler (1991)
Willie Nesbitt (2011)
New Town Macon/Mike Ford (2008)
Katherine Carmichael Oliver (2007)
Paul Oppy (1992)
Carey Pickard (1996)
Morris Purcel (2006)
Riverside Ford/John Shoemaker (1998)
Donald L. Rosen (1994)
Terrell Sandefur (2009)
Betty Sanders (1997)*
Kim Schnell (2002-03)
Lena Schram (1994)
Howard Scott (1996)
Jeanette Lang Shackelford (1994)
Chris Sheridan (1995)
Dee Shields (1996)
Betty Sweet Simmons (1994, 2001*)
Linda Smyth (2001)
Rosemary Spiegel (2006)
Kay B. Stephens (2008)
Wilfred Stroud (1991, 1999*)
Stella Tsai (1998)
Vineville Academy of the Arts (2002-03)
Delma Findlay Watson (2008)
Jean Evans Weaver (1999, 2010*)
Tom Wight (2005)
Georgette Pilar Wilder (2004)
Ron Williams (1996)
13WMAZ/Don McGouirk (1997)
Alan Walden (2011)
Doris Wood (2000)