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TAEA Educator of the Year
Christine Grafe

Outstanding Educator - Elementary Division
Carolyn Scalan

Outstanding Educator - Middle School Division
Sara Massey

Outstanding Educator - High School Division
Mandy Clarson

Principal of the Year
Mandele C. Davis

Outstanding Educator - Higher Education
Lilia Cabrera

Outstanding Educator - Supervisor / Admin
Sandra Newton

Outstanding Educator - Museum Division
Denise Gonzalez

Outstanding Educator - Retired Division
Donalyn Heise

Student of Art
Mikhaela Boyles

National Art Honor Society Sponsor
Annie Watson

Friend of Art
Don Dinnerville

Lone Star Art Advocate Award
Jenny Parry

Division Outstanding Art Educator Awards
Elementary Art Educator 1986 Cynthia Broderick 1987 Dale Battle 1988 Louise Hudgins 1989 Ann J. Worley 1991 Georgia Blaydes 1992 Lynn Bryant 1993 Ginger Goodman 1994 Elizabeth Harris-Willett 1995 Marilyn Wylie 1996 Ardith Warner 1997 Lois E. Pendley 1998 Cynde Powell Riddle 1999 Linda Malcom 2000 Sonia Novy-Pace 2001 Jan Dodd 2002 Rhonda Ann Sherrill 2003 Sherry Grace White 2004 Pamela McKnight 2005 Alisa Meli 2006 Kay Jackson Fleming 2007 Ronelle Howell 2008 Denise Clyne-Ruch 2009 Samantha Melvin 2010 Nancy Walkup 2011 Jean King 2012 Melissa Schulman 2013 Tamra Alami 2014 Rebecca Bailey 2015 Pamela Arnold 2016 Christina Cook 2017 Mary Tavares 2018 Jen Holsinger-Raybourn 2019 Kelley Quinn McGee 2020 Gretchen Bell 2021 Carolyn Scalan	Middle School / Junior High Art Educator 1989 Robert "Mitch" Wilson 1991 Joseph (Joey) Doyle 1992 Barbara Sumlin 1993 Seppo Aarnos 1994 Georgia Blaydes 1995 Jennifer Yanak 1996 Sharon Warwick 1997 Susan St. John Strickland 1998 Iris Broussard Williams 1999 Cappie Dobyns 2000 Madelene Buzan 2001 Paula Ard 2002 Bruce Sifrit 2003 Suzanne Goodrich Greene 2004 Cynthia J. Newlin Garrett 2005 Terese Frigo Kitts 2006 Raquel Beechner 2007 Janis McCorkle 2008 Beverly Beesley 2009 Eileen McClellan 2010 Cecilia Pichini 2011 Stephanie Walton 2012 Lisa Miller 2013 John Davis 2014 Christina Vanhamersveld 2015 Christine Grafe 2016 Kimmy Winnubst 2017 Sharon K. Miller 2018 Rhonda Goff 2019 Sarah Kersh 2020 Matt Grundler 2021 Sara Massey	High School Art Educator 1986 Debbie Gallatin 1987 Lourena Cook 1988 Jayla Davis 1989 Marsha Hogue 1991 Pauline G. Gawlik 1992 Barbara Pratt 1993 Patsy Eldridge 1994 Daphna Lilienstern 1995 Joan Maresh 1996 Jonnie Gilliam 1997 Martha Kiel 1998 Roberta Ann Sajda 1999 Fred Woody 2000 Robert Parker 2002 Cheryl Evans 2003 Tamera Westervelt 2004 Kathleen Cunning 2005 Michael Hall 2006 Nicole Brisco 2007 LaRee Morris 2008 Mel Basham 2009 Connie Young 2010 Trish Klenow 2011 Alicia Moore 2012 Kim Timmons 2013 Jami Bevans 2014 Christine Miller 2015 Mary Hierholzer 2016 Amy Semifero 2017 Sarah Waggoner 2018 Stacy Sanchez 2019 Julie Smith 2020 Joan Finn 2021 Mandy Clarson
Higher Education Art Educator 1986 Rebecca Felts 1987 D. Jack Davis 1988 Dr. Ollie Jensen Theisen 1991 Richard Scherpereel 1994 William McCarter 1995 Dr. Betty Copeland 1996 Nancy W. Berry 1997 Nancy Walkup 1998 Jim Henderson 1999 Teri Cummings 2000 Pam Stephens 2001 Karen Keifer-Boyd 2004 Fred L. Woody 2005 Dr. Christine B. Bain 2007 Michelle Kraft 2008 Amanda Allison 2009 Paul Bolin 2010 Kina Kundu 2011 Teri Evans-Palmer 2012 Kara Hallmark 2013 Sherry Snowden 2014 Amanda Alexander 2015 Kathie Walker-Millar 2016 Heidi Powell 2017 Sean Justice 2018 Dr. Joana Hyatt 2019 Besty Murphy 2020 Edie Wells 2021 Lilia Cabrera	Supervision / Administration Educator 1986 Lou A. Davis 1987 Judy Beckham 1988 Jerry Frey 1989 Patricia J. Jones 1991 Sandra Campell 1992 Ola Underhill 1993 Janice Wiggins 1994 Tina Farrell 1995 Jerry Frey 1996 Beverly Fletcher 1997 Juan R. Garcia 1998 Lynda Jo Alford 1999 Kristen Marstaller 2000 Sarah Sanders 2001 Joey Doyle 2002 Frances Camille Bach 2004 Janice Truitt 2005 Charlsey Sharon Chumley 2006 Gloria Hill 2007 Deborah Kidwell 2009 Allen Miller 2010 Fran Bolte 2011 David Stevens 2012 Mary Lou Johnson 2013 Tim Lowke 2014 Sara Chapman 2015 Karri Clark 2016 Myron Stennett 2017 Laura Grundler 2018 Dr. Michaelann Kelley 2019 Stacia Gower 2020 Shannon Raygoza 2021 Sandra Newton	Museum Educator 1986 Susan Mayer 1987 Nancy Berry 1988 Donna Vliet 1991 Beth Schneider 1993 Fran Prudhomme 1994 Linda Powell 1995 Susan Sternberg 1996 Elizabeth Reese 1997 Terri Thornton 1999 Mary Burke 2000 Libby Cluett 2001 Grace Bries 2002 Victoria Burke 2003 Carrie Robinson-Cannon 2004 Nora J. Christie 2005 Michaela Black Eva Buttacavoli 2006 Nicole Stutzman 2007 Valerie Loupe Olsen 2008 Rebecca Martin 2009 Stacy Fuller 2010 Melinda Mayer 2011 Lauren Fretz 2012 Jennifer Beradino 2013 Kate Carey 2014 Kaela Hoskings 2015 Rosemary Hickman 2016 Jennifer Restauri 2017 Elizabeth Garcia 2018 Natalie Svacina 2019 Emily Cayton 2020 Eepi Chaad 2021 Denise Gonzalez
Student of Art Education 2010 Amanda Batson 2014 Shaun Lane 2015 Jacqueline Cardenas 2016 Shelby Johnson 2018 Lizah Vaillancourt 2020 Carla Santillana 2021 Mikhaela Boyles	Outstanding Retired Art Educator 2019 Donna Andrich Janice Wiggins 2020 Robert Parker 2021 Donalyn Heise
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 2021 Christine Grafe

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 2021 Annie Watson

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 2021 Mandele C. Davis

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 2021 Don Dinnerville

Service to Texas Award
2016 Elizabeth Willett
Lone Star Art Advocate Award
2016 Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott 2017 #K12ArtChat, Laura & Matt Grundler 2020 Kris Andrews 2021 Jenny Parry