Governor's Awards in the Arts:
Past Recipients
Milner
- Governor Julian Carroll
- Moritz Bomhard
- Jon Jory
- James Still
- Wendell Cherry
- Harriet Simpson-Arnow
- Jean Ritchie
- Anna L. Huddleston
- Barry Bingham Sr.
- Wendell E. Berry
- Robert Penn Warren
- Jesse Stuart
- Harlowe Dean
- Rude Osolnik
- Lucille Little
- Sherry Jelsma
- Marilyn Moosnick
- Alun Jones
- Robert Bruce French
- Roy P. Peterson
- Crit Luallen
- Donna S. Hall
- Bill & Josephine D'Amato Richardson
- David A. Jones
- Glema Mahr
- J. Alexander Speer
- Owsley Brown II
- Jerry E. Baker
- Al Shands
- Adalin Wichman
- William G. Francis
- Oakley and Eva Farris
- Judith Jennings
- Al Smith
- Chester and Msiba Ann Grundy
- Ruthie Bale
- Cornelia Dozier Cooper
- Michael Johnathon
- James M. Gifford
- Kaye Savage Browning
- Todd Lowe
- Mark Lenn Johnson
Artist
- Harlan Hubbard
- Robert S. Whitney
- Alma Lesch
- Helen Starr
- Barney Bright
- Ray Fry
- Adale O'Brien
- Paul Owen
- John Tuska
- Warren Hammack
- Ed Hamilton
- Minnie Adkins
- David Livingston
- George Zack
- Lee Sexton
- Melvin Dickinson
- Moses Goldberg
- Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
- Elizabeth Hartwell
- Jay Flippin
- LaVon Van Williams Jr.
- Vince DiMartino
- Chilton Price
- Stephen Rolfe Powell
- Kenneth F. von Roenn Jr.
- Gray Zeitz
- Laura Ross
- Larnelle Harris
- Linda Pigman Fifield
- Guy Gerard Kemper
- Roger Wilford Cooper
- Tim Hall
- Silas House
- The Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers
- Amanda Matthews
- Dan Neil Barnes
- Gregory Turay
Community Arts - Organization
- Brown-Forman Corporation
- South Central Bell
- Ashland Oil Inc.
- Philip Morris USA
- Humana Inc.
- Texas Gas Transmission
- Martin County Coal Corporation
- Liberty National Bank
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing
- Trans Financial Inc.
- Charlie Johnson/Active Transportation
- The Commercial Bank of Grayson
- William & Meredith Schroeder
- Bank of Louisville
- Peoples Bank of Madison County
- J. W. Kinzer Drilling Company
- Fifth Third Bank
- Community Trust Bank
- Julius Friedman
- Artique
- Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's Healthcare
- John Timmons/ear X-tacy
- Liquor Barn
- Hilliard Lyons
- Alltech
- UK HealthCare Arts in HealthCare Program
- 21c Museum Hotel
- Lexington Center/Rupp Arena
- Technical Services Staff
- Big Ass Solutions
- Owensboro Health
- The Kroger Company
- First Southern National Bank
- Tidball's
- Paducah Bank
- Independence Bank
- Gnomon Press
- Yes Arts
Community Arts - Individual
- Elmer Lucille Allen
- Wayne Smith
- Mary Yeiser/Paducah Art Guild
- Bowling Green-Warren County Arts Commission
- G. Caliman Coxe
- Emily Wolfson
- Ft. Knox Alumni Performing Arts Center
- Donna Bradley-Morton
- Morehead-Rowan County Arts Foundation
- William T. and Judith Austin
- Elizabeth Paxton
- Fohs Hall Community Arts Foundation
- Dorothy Brockman
- John Edmonds/UPPRE Inc.
- Tom Sternal
- Appalshop
- Jenny Wiley Theatre
- Ashland Area Art Gallery
- Princeton Art Guild
- Cumberland County Arts Council
- The Living Arts & Science Center
- Roots & Heritage Festival
- Billie Jean Osborne
- Kenneth H. Clay
- Paramount Arts Center
- Saundra Kilijian
- Master Musician Festival
- Covington Community Center
- Jarrett Boyd
- Louisville Central Community Centers
- Montgomery County Council for the Arts
- Nana Yaa Asantewaa
- Singletary Center for the Arts
- The Baker-Hunt Foundation
- Kentucky Book Fair
- Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave
- Janice Mason Art Museum
- Mayfield/Graves County Art Guild
- The National Quilt Museum
- Latitude Artist Community
- International Bluegrass Music Museum
- Market House Theatre of Paducah
- Creative Diversity Studio
- Centre College's Norton Center for the Arts
- Valera Brooks
- Artists Collaborative Theatre
- Butler County Arts Guild
- Murray Art Guild
- Yeiser Art Center
- Jeffrey A. Reed
Education
- Henrietta Roush Scott
- Water Tower Arts Assoc.
- Hindman Settlement School/Mike Mullins
- Lila Davis Bellando
- Kentucky Educational Television
- Norma E. Brown
- Christian County Schools
- Mildred Berkey
- Hancock County Schools
- Westport Middle School
- Jean Green
- Bige Towery Sr.
- Ballard High School
- Judy Sizemore
- VSA arts of Kentucky
- Dr. Diane Roketenetz/James E. Biggs
- Early Childhood Education Center
- Daviess County Public Schools
- Nancy Carpenter
- Collaborative for Teaching & Learning
- Diane Downs
- Deborah M. Shannon
- Vernell Bennett
- Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
- The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center
- Hazel Carver
- The Russell Orchestra
- Julie Ann White
- Harry Pickens
- Melanie Wood
- School for the Creative and Performing Arts
- Christina Hartke Towell
- Lexington Children's Theatre
- Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
- Nathan Link
- Miles Osland
- RiverPark Center Inc.
- CKYO MusicWorks
- Paducah Symphony Orchestra
- Jane Dewey
- Nan Moore
- Tom Stites
- Ruth French
Folk Heritage
- Eddie Pennington
- J. D. Crowe
- Lynwood Montell
- Lestel Childress
- John Harrod
- Marvin Finn
- Lewis Lamb & Donna Lamb
- Cowan Community Action Group
- Kentucky Folk Art Center
- Loyal Jones
- Helen LaFrance Orr
- Leona Waddell
- Edward White
- Robert Gates
- Willie D. Rascoe
- Hindman Dulcimer Project
- Jennifer Zurick
- George Beard
- Shelly Zegart
- Sue Massek
- Maxine Ray
- Tee Dee Young
- Cheryl Pan
Government
- Senator David Karem
- Mayor Scotty Baesler
- Representative Jody Richards
- Congressman Romano Mazzoli
- Representative Harry Moberly
- Sue Larison
- Louisville Regional Airport Authority
- Senator Wendell Ford
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Mayor Pam Miller
- Secretary Ann R. Latta
- Center for Economic Development, Entrepreneurship & Technology
- City of Paducah Artist Relocation Program
- City of Berea
- Hindman/Knott County Community Development Initiative
- Governor's School for the Arts
- Pike County Extension for Fine Arts
- City of Covington
- City of Maysville
- Mountain Arts Center
- Congresswoman Louise Slaughter
- Congressman John Yarmuth
- Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea
- City of Danville
- Paducah Convention Visitors Bureau
- Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Lexington Parks & Recreation
- City of Greenville
- City of Somerset
- City of Beaver Dam
- Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission
- Michael Buchanon
- Carl M. Brashear Radcliff Veterans Center
Media
- Barry Bernson
- Cass Irvin
- William Mootz
- Jane S. Blake
- WYMT-TV (Hazard)
- WKMS Radio (Murray)
- WEKU/WEKH Radio (Richmond)
- Lexington Herald-Leader
- Kentucky Educational Television
- Public Radio Service of Western Kentucky University
- WHAS-TV (Louisville)
- Byron Crawford
- Nick Lawrence
- Arts Across Kentucky
- The Lane Report
- Business First of Louisville
- WTCR Radio (Ashland)
- Kentucky Monthly
- Morehead State Public Radio
- Charlie Hughes
- Rich Copley
- Erika Brady
- Jeffrey Lee Puckett
- Tom Eblen
- Constance Alexander
- Dave Shuffett
- Paducah Life Magazine
- Mountain Workshops
- Bluegrass & Backroads
- alDia en América
- Louisville Public Media
- Morgan Cook Atkinson
- Walter Tunis
- Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
National
- George C. Wolfe
- Marsha Norman
- Marvin & Morgan Smith
- Rosemary Clooney
- Christine Johnson Smith
- Joe Downing
- Sam Gilliam
- Barbara Kingsolver
- John Henry
- The Judd Family - Naomi, Wynonna & Ashley
- Ricky Skaggs
- The Everly Brothers
- Patricia Neal
- Suzan-Lori Parks
- George Clooney
- Annie Potts
- Steven Curtis Chapman
- Bobbie Ann Mason
- Actors Theatre of Louisville
- My Morning Jacket
- Sam Bush
- Wendy Whelan
- jahi chikwendiu
- Chris Stapleton
- Tom T. Hall
- Martha Redbone
- Ada Limón
- Tyler Childers
Emerging Artist Award
- Jordan Smith
Organization
- Louisville Visual Art Association
Pioneer
- Eben Henson
- Arthur Harvey
- Phyllis George
- Fund for the Arts
Special Recognition
- Harry Caudill
Youth Artist Award
- Adrian Partridge