Past Governor’s Arts Awards Recipients

Listed in alphabetical order.

• Special Awards: Martin Umansky, Wichita Camilla Cave, Dodge City Hon. Nancy Landon Kassebaum Hon. Kathleen Sebelius Distinguished Arts Award: Gordon Parks, 1998 Dorothy DeLay, 1999 Samuel Ramey, 2000 Edward Asner, 2002 KANSAS, 2003 Bill Kurtis, 2005 Shirley Knight, 2007 Marilyn Maye, 2008 Chuck Comeau, 2009 Jim Richardson, 2010 Sara Paretsky , 2011

  Accessible Arts, Inc., Kansas City

• Arkansas City Area Arts Council

• Association of Community Arts Agencies, Salina

• Robert E. Ault, Topeka

• Thomas Fox Averill, Topeka

• Bank IV, Statewide

• Jim Bass, Topeka

• Bayer Stone, Inc., St. Marys

• Ross & Marianna Beach, Hays

• Kepka Belton, Ellsworth

• Bethany College Oratorio Society, Lindsborg

• Queen Bey, Overland Park

• David E. Bernard, Wichita

• Connie Bonfy, Arkansas City

• Blackbear Bosin, Wichita

• Sue Jean Covacevich Boys, Winfield

• Vernon Brejcha, Lawrence

• Ruth Browne, Clay Center

• Jim Brothers, Lawrence

• Wayne Bryan, Wichita

• Connie Burket, Salina

• Karla Burns, Wichita

• Carnegie Arts Center, Leavenworth

• Central National Bank, Junction City

• Zuohuang Chen, Wichita

• Ronald Christ, Wichita

• City of Hays

• City of Salina

• City of Wichita, Division of Arts and Culture

• John Cody, Hays

• Columbian Bank, Overland Park

• Commerce Bank & Trust, Topeka

• Louis Copt, Lecompton

• Susan Craig, Lawrence

• Robert Cugno, Garnett

• Dan Dakotas, De Soto

• Jacqueline Z. Davis, Lawrence

• Marilyn Dobski, Lawrence

• Raymond J. Eastwood, Lawrence

• Elaris Duo, Topeka

• Emporia Arts Council

• Phil Epp, Newton

• Ann Evans, Lawrence

• Kenneth Ferguson, Shawnee Mission

• Lanell Finneran, Lawrence

• Joan Foth, Topeka

• Ronald Frederickson, Emporia

• Friends of the Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan

• Friends of Mulvane Art Museum, Inc., Topeka

• Trudy Furney, Russell

• Gary Gackstatter, Arkansas City

• Ann Garvey, Wichita

• George Gibson, Wichita

• Ginny Graves, Prairie Village

• Robert B. Green, Lawrence

• Jack & Ruth Gribben, Wichita

• Marilyn Grisham, El Dorado

• Edward E. Grisnik, Kansas City

• Willa Griswold, Marysville

• The Hadley Foundation, Hays

• Rex Hall, Emporia

• Hallmark Cards, Lawrence

• James R. Hamil, Prairie Village

• Dane G. Hansen Foundation, Logan

• Dee Hansen, Lawrence

• Saralyn Reece Hardy, Salina

• Gary Hawk, Iola

• Hays Arts Council

• HELICON 9, Inc., Shawnee Mission

• Steve F. Heller, Manhattan

• Elaine Olafson Henry, Emporia

• Stan Herd, Lawrence

• Philip Hershberger, Topeka

• Dick and Beverly Hess, McPherson

• Dave and Gunda Hiebert, Lawrence

• Home National Bank/Brown Family, Arkansas City

• R. James Hunt, Topeka

• Kelley Hunt, Lawrence

• Ann & Norman Jeter, Hays

• Michael Florian Jilg, Hays

• Stephen Johnson, Lawrence

• Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, Shawnee

• Kansas Grassroots Art Association, Lawrence

• KANU-FM, Lawrence

• Marilyn Killian, Wichita

• Charles & Elizabeth Koch, Wichita

• Margo Kren, Manhattan

• Kathleen Kuchar, Hays

• John Kudlacek, Emporia

• Don Lambert, Topeka

• Nancy Land, Burlingame

• Lawrence Arts Center

• Elizabeth Layton, Wellsville

• Alice Joy Lewis, Ottawa

• Lied Center of Kansas, Lawrence

• Lieurance Woodwind Quintet, Wichita

• Robert Logan, Garnett

• Twink Lynch, Topeka

• Judith Burns McCrea, Lecompton

• Charles L. Marshall, Topeka

• Terry Maxwell, Emporia

• Mike Michaelis, Wichita

• Ellen R. Morgan, Salina

• W.R. Moses, Manhattan

• Joel Moss, Hays

• Muchnic Foundation, Atchison

• Martha E. "Betty" Muncy, Dodge City

• Music Theatre of Wichita

• Jay and Barbara Nelson, Manhattan

• Patricia Nemchock, Lawrence

• Jerry & Margaret Nerman, Leawood

• Jean Ney, Kansas City

• Martha Dodge Nichols, Shawnee Mission

• Ben Nyberg, Manhattan

• Harolyn Clark O’Brien, Leawood

• Michael Ott, Lawrence

• Larry Peters, Topeka

• Margaret “Redfern” Pitzer, Wichita

• Potpourri Publications Company, Prairie Village

• Elliott Pujol, Manattan

• Lester Raymer, Lindsborg

• Linda Reimond, Lawrence

• Martha Rhea, Salina

• Cecil J. Riney, Wichita

• James Rivers, Topeka

• Charles B. Rogers, Ellsworth

• Ann & Dennis Ross, Wichita

• Novelene Ross, Wichita

• Joy Rushfelt, Leawood

• Salina Arts & Humanities Commission

• Salina Community Theatre Association, Inc.

• Charles H. Sanderson, Wichita

• Marjorie Schick, Pittsburg

• Cynthia Schira, Lawrence

• Kathrine Walker Schlageck, Manhattan

• George Schlegel, Roeland Park

• Harold Schneider, Manhattan

• Larry Schwarm, Emporia

• Seem-To-Be Players, Lawrence

• Daniel & Shoko Sevart, Wichita

• Shawnee Mission North High School

• Roger Shimomura, Lawrence

• Carlyle H. Smith, Lawrence

• Southwestern Bell Foundation

• Christopher Staley, Wichita

• Richard R. Starr, Hays

• Richard L. Stauffer, Emporia

• Marilyn J. Stokstad, Lawrence

• Clifford Stone, El Dorado

• Gabriel L. Stoner, Melvern

• John Strickler, Topeka

• Robert Sudlow, Lawrence

• John Talleur, Lawrence

• Doug Talley, Lenexa

• Luci Tapahonso, Lawrence

• Elden Tefft, Lawrence

• John C. Thorns, Jr., Hays

• John Tibbetts, Lenexa

• Dora Mae Timmerman, Wichita

• Roderick Townley, Shawnee Mission

• Ernst Ulmer, Bonner Springs

• Van Go Mobile Arts, Lawrence

• Elvera Voth, Lenexa

• Marion Annette Walker, Scandia

• Irma Wassall, Wichita

• Betty Welsbacher, Wichita

• Richard C. Welsbacher, Wichita

• The Wichita Symphony, Wichita

• Wayne Wildcat, Lawrence

• William Inge Festival, Independence

• Kevin Willmott, Lawrence

• Winfield Regional Symphony

• Wint Winter, Jr., Lawrence

• Richard F. “Dick” Wright, Lawrence

• Walter Yost, Cummings