Maine College of Art
17th Annual Art Honors Gala
Thanks to all who made the 2013 Art Honors celebration a success.
MECA is proud to present the 2013 Honorees:
Dahlov Ipcar: The Award for Leadership as a Visual Artist and the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts
Candace Pilk Karu: The Award for Leadership in Art Philanthropy and the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts
Portland Museum of Art: The Award for Leadership in the Visual Arts
2013 Art Honors press release
Video of the Art Honors 2012 Awards Ceremony
Photos from the event
Portland Press Herald article
Maine Sunday Telegram Society Page
Art Honors recognizes artists, philanthropists and art educators with significant ties to Maine who offer MECA’s students, as well as the public, powerful examples of lives in the arts. Art Honors raises critical funds to support the College's mission to educate the next generation of creative individuals. Maine College of Art believes that the 21st century economy depends on artists to take leadership roles as public intellectuals and creative entrepreneurs.
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Thank you to our 2013 Sponsors!
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Anonymous Gift IMO Beverly Hallam
The Bob Crewe Foundation and Dan Crewe
Cyrus and Patricia Hagge
Judy and Jeff Kane
Peter and Paula Lunder
Lyn Means and James Zimpritch
Mary and Kenneth Nelson
Jac Ouellette and Celine Godin
Sam and Teresa Pierce
Deborah S. Reed
Mary Schendel and Philip Gleason
Don and Louise Tuski
The VIA Agency
Bill Webster
Kathryn Yates
Janice Adler
Joan Amory
Jane Briggs
Rebecca and Austin Conrad, Jr.
Bill and Jean Dill
Deborah H. Dluhy
Annette and Rob Elowitch
Roger and Betty Gilmore
Alison and Horace Hildreth
Anne Ireland '94 and Kenneth M. Cole III
Alison Leavitt
Margaret and Mason Morfit
Daniel P. Poteet
John Ryan and Jenny Scheu
Dorothy Schwartz
Bill Thornton
Caron Zand and Don Head
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S. Donald Sussman
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Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
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Thanks to all who made the 2012 Art Honors celebration a success.
Video of the Art Honors 2012 Awards Ceremony
Maine Sunday Telegram Society Page
2012
- S. Donald Sussman, Award for Leadership in Art Philanthropy
- Earle G. Shetleworth, Jr., Award for Leadership in Community Service in the Arts & Education
2011
- Betsy Evans Hunt and Christopher Hunt, Award for Leadership in Art Philanthropy
- Janet Manyan, artist and Continuing Studies faculty, Award for Leadership in Art Education
- Roxanne Quimby, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts, founder of Burt’s Bees
2010
MECAmorphosis: A celebration of the completed move of all academic and studio departments into the Porteous facility
2009
- Andy Graham, Founder and Owner of Portland Color, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts
- Alice Spencer, Artist and Public Art Advocate, Leadership in the Arts
2008
- Angela Adams, Designer, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts
- Alison Hildreth ‘76, Leadership in the Arts
2007
- Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Leadership in Arts Education
- Pandora LaCasse, Artist, Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts
2006
- Cynthia Thompson, CEO & Founder of Transformit, Inc., Award for Entrepreneurship in the Arts (presented by author Sharon Pywell)
- Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Gerhardt Knodel, Director Cranbrook Academy of Art)
2005
- Andrew Wyeth, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented to Nick Wyeth by
- Anne d’Harnoncourt and George D. Widener)
- Gov. John Baldacci, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by John Rohman)
- Ashley Bryan, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Carl Little)
2004
- Robert Indiana, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Bret Waller)
- Maine Community Foundation, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by Allen Fernald)
- Julia’s Gallery for Young Artists, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Jamie Wyeth)
2003
- Alex Katz, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Linda Earle)
- Lawrence R. Pugh, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by William Ryan)
- Bernarda Shahn, Leadership in Artists Education (presented by Barbara Lapcek)
2002
- David C. Driskell, National Leadership as a Visual Artist (presented by John Payson)
- William J. Ryan and Banknorth Group, Leadership in Arts Philanthropy (presented by Owen Wells)
- Angus Barney Hallowell, Leadership in Arts Education (presented by Chellie Pingree)
2001
- Beverly Hallam, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Carl Little)
- Barbara Daiute Neeson and Keith Rendall, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by David Hunt)
- John and Joanne Payson, National Leadership in the Visual Arts (presented by David Driskell)
- Roger Gilmore, Visionary Award (presented by Maddy Corson)
2000
- Bruce Brown, Community Leadership in the Visual Arts (presented by Mark Wethli)
- Ruth and Frank Glazer, Leadership in Music and Music Education (presented by Peter Plumb)
- Sonja Eustis Johnson, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by David Ott)
- William Wegman, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Jeffrey Keough)
1999
- The Gannett Family & Guy Gannett Comms, Philanthropic Leadership in the Arts (presented by Bettsanne Holmes)
- Neil Welliver, Achievement as a Visual Artist (Jessica Nicoll)
- Corliss Chastain, Leadership in Public School Art Education (Betsey T. Greenstein)
1998
- L. Robert Porteous, Jr., Community Service & Philanthropic Support in the Arts & Education presented by Widgery Thomas)
- Will Barnet, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Chris Crosman)
- Simon van der Ven, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by Roger Gilmore)
- Patricia Nick, Leadership in the Visual Arts (presented by David Becker)
1997
- Harold and Mildred Nelson, Community Service in the Arts & Education (presented by Roz Bernetein)
- Stan Colburn, Leadership in Public School Art Education (presented by Paul McConnell & Maddy Corson)
- Anne Bigelow Stern, Community Leadership in Music & Music Education (Presented by Marcia Chapman)
- Dozier Bell, Achievement as a Visual Artist (presented by Dean Velentgas)
- Doris Homer, Volunteer Service as an Art Educator (presented by Dan O’Leary)
1996
- Halsey Davis and the Davis Family Foundation, Philanthropic Support for the Arts & Education
- Al and Judy Glickman, Community Leadership in the Arts & Education
- Ray Lund, Leadership in Public School Arts Education
- Barbara Lapcek, Leadership in the Visual Arts
- Richard Estes, Achievement as a Visual Artist