Previous Award Winners
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Division Outstanding Art Educator Awards | ||
Elementary Art Educator
1986 Cynthia Broderick |
Middle School / Junior High Art Educator
1989 Robert "Mitch" Wilson |
High School Art Educator
1986 Debbie Gallatin |
Higher Education Art Educator
1986 Rebecca Felts |
Supervision / Administration Educator
1986 Lou A. Davis |
Museum Educator
1986 Susan Mayer |
Student of Art Education
2010 Amanda Batson |
Outstanding Retired Art Educator
2019 Donna Andrich |
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Texas Art Educator of the Year | ||
1977 Alice Webb 1978 Bill Francis 1979 Marvin Moon 1980 Ida Miller 1981 Janet Fox 1982 Judy Beckham 1983 Jeanne Rollins 1984 P. Henderson 1985 Katherine Reid 1986 Marvin Platten 1987 James M. Clarke 1988 Dr. Phyllis Miller 1989 Nancy Miller 1990 Dr. Jack Davis |
1991 Rebecca (Beck) N. Felts 1992 Dr. Cynthia Gambell Broderick 1993 Pat Jones 1994 Sara Chapman 1995 Pauline Gawlik 1996 Kay Savay 1997 Tina Farrell 1998 Keith Arney 1999 Dr. Dennis Fehr 2000 Barbara Pratt 2001 Nancy Walkup 2002 Gloria McCoy 2003 Janice Curl Wiggins 2004 Elizabeth Willett |
2005 Joey Doyle 2006 Walter C. Holland 2007 Kristen P. Marstaller 2008 Dale Battle 2009 Nina Boothe 2010 Suzanne Greene 2011 Christina Bain 2012 Cheryl Evans 2013 Jackie Brewer 2014 Linda Fleetwood 2015 Sarah Sanders 2016 Tim Lowke 2017 Ricia Kerber 2018 Chris Cooper 2019 Samantha Melvin 2020 Mel Basham |
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National Art Honor Society Sponsor Award | ||
1988 Rhae Haxton 1989 George Martin Rex 1991 Elaine Wilkins 1992 Kim Wagner-Neuendorff 1996 Christine L. Cole-Killian 1997 Janice Truitt 1999 Carol Evans 2001 Meghan Martel 2002 Maria A. Brown |
2003 Deborah Moore 2004 Trudy Knight Jana Marbut-Ray 2005 Tyra Gonzales 2006 Tamera Westervelt 2007 Susan McEwen 2009 Diane Bray 2010 Gloria Andrews 2011 Denise Dittmar |
2012 Jennifer Easterling 2013 Douglas Darracott 2014 Colin McGrane 2015 Anne Quaintance-Howard 2016 Claudia Freeman Rena Urias 2017 Susan West 2019 Matthew Martinez 2020 Jessica Jones Gonzales |
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TAEA School Principal of the Year Award | ||
1991 Archie McAfee 1992 Don Williams 1993 Harrison M. Crenshaw 1995 Ed Wachtel 1996 Linda Clarke 1998 Gregory Marshall 1999 Douglas Hall 2000 Freddye Kelly |
2001 Russ Chapman 2005 Richard Galvan 2007 Lynn Akin Wayne Schaper, Jr. 2008 Maria Sanchez Dalton Gregory 2009 Robert Sormani 2010 Karen Bessette |
2011 Cheryl Freeman 2012 Gary Speegle 2013 Ted Vierling 2014 David Loycano 2015 Laurie Chamblee 2016 Angi Tims 2017 Shane McKay 2018 Kathy Cawthron 2019 Kimberly Jenkins 2020 Lee Wold |
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Friend(s) of Art Education Award | ||
1986 Joseph I. Zable Mary McElroy John Gilbreath Rudolfo Montoya, Jr. 1987 Richard Huff Elizabeth Hunt Maddox Linda Pack Gerard Stashak Archer M. Hunting. Gallery UT at Austin 1988 James and Eleanor Grace Martin Jerry Morris 1989 Elizabeth Krause 1990 Ann Symns 1991 Verna Escamilla Bansy Johnson 1993 Dr. Sandra Lanier-Lerma Tom F. and Charlene Marsh Jim Noble 1994 Jan Muhlert Judy Shimp 1995 David McCall 1998 John Logan (posthumous) Edith Jones O'Donnell 1999 Charles D. Hundley |
2000 Tom & Lorry Hubbard Crystal Productions 2001 Dr. Elizabeth & Tom Sasser Gordon Huerd 2002 Nancy Dunn The University of Houston-Clear Lake (Dr. William Staples, President; Ms. Sandria Hu, Professor of Fine Arts; Ms. Resa Ott, Director of Alumni and Community Relations) 2003 Joseph Culotta Sax Arts & Crafts 2004 Joe Barnhart Foundation Connie Akers Saralene Oldham Culture Shapers and Ernie Fitzpatrick 2005 Penelope Speirer 2006 Brownsville Museum of Fine Art Ginger Head Gearheart 2007 Jim LaVilla-Havelin Duncan Klussmann Kenny Allen |
2008 Marta Petraglia Carol Green 2009 Shelley Minnis Guy Giersch Kari Murphy 2010 Beth Dulle Gene Mittler Brenda Hoffman Shirley Hammond Cindy Breeding Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation 2011 Duane Sanford Nadine Winns 2012 Ben Gollehan Laurie Korn The O'Donnell Foundation 2013 Dohn Larson 2014 Chris Dyer 2015 Mark Burris 2016 Round Rock Arts 2017 Kathie Henson 2018 Dr. Sara Ptomey 2019 Janene Pearson 2020 Cheryl Craig |
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Service to Texas Award | ||
2016 Elizabeth Willett |
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Lone Star Art Advocate Award | ||
2016 Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott 2017 #K12ArtChat, Laura & Matt Grundler 2020 Kris Andrews |