Art Awards Archive

Koshland Program Arts and Culture Mini-Grants

To read more about the Koshland Program Arts and Culture Mini-Grants, visit the Arts & Culture Grants & Awards page.

2008 Awardees
Awardees were picked from the following Koshland neighborhoods: Ashland and Cherryland in San Leandro, West and South Berkeley, Bayview in San Francisco, Monument Corridor in Concord, and the Iron Triangle in Richmond.

Associated Community Action Program
The Box Shop
Contra Costa Child Care Council
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Literacy for Environmental Justice
Literacy for Every Adult Project
Mt. Diablo Unified School District (Fair Oaks)
Mt. Diablo Unified School District (Ygnacio)
Terrain, A Dance and Performance Collective
Waterside Workshops
Youth at Hope Community Arts Project (BAHIA)
Youth Spirits ArtsWork (Ya Ya California)

2007 Awardees
Awardees were picked from the following Koshland neighborhoods: West and South Berkeley, Bayview in San Francisco, Monument Corridor in Concord, and the Iron Triangle in Richmond.

4 Corners Neighborhood Action Team
Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library
Berkeley Youth Alternatives
Casa de Esperanza
Church Without Walls
Contra Costa Child Care Council
Danse Lumiere
Grace Lutheran Church
Lao Senior Association, Inc
Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Terrain, A Dance and Performance Collective
Whitney Young Child Development Center
Youth Spirit ArtWorks (YaYa California)

2006 Awardees
Awardees were picked from the following Koshland neighborhoods: Bayview in San Francisco, Monument Corridor in Concord, the Iron Triangle in Richmond, and Canal of San Rafael.

ArtsChange
Asian Advocacy Project
Bayview/Anna E. Waden Branch Library
Black Coalition on AIDS Inc.
Canal Welcome Center
Concord Community Economic Development Organization
Crossroads Charitable Foundation
Monument Community Partnership
Pickleweed Park Community Center
Quesada Gardens Initiative
Rainbow Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Rubicon Programs, Inc.
St. Paul of the Shipwreck Church
United Council of Human Services
United House of Prayer for All People

2005 Awardees
Awardees were picked from the following Koshland neighborhoods: Monument Corridor in Concord, the Iron Triangle in Richmond, Canal of San Rafael, and South of Market in San Francisco.

4 Corners Neighborhood Action Team
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet
ArtsChange
ArtSpan
Cambridge Elementary School
Canal Welcome Center
Concord Community Economic Development Organization
DrawBridge
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts
Filipino American Development Foundation
Gene Friend Recreation Center
Kulintang Arts, Inc.
Lao Senior Association, Inc
Marin County Grassroots Leadership Network
Maya Language Preservation Project
Meadow Homes Neighborhood Action Team
Monument Community Partnership
Opportunity West
Opportunity West
Richmond Art Center
Rubicon Programs, Inc.
Senior Action Team
South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)

2004 Awardees
Awardees were picked from the following Koshland neighborhoods: the Iron Triangle in Richmond, Canal of San Rafael, and South of Market in San Francisco.

ArtSpan
People for Children's Health and Environmental Justice
South of Market Child Care, Inc.
Parent Services Project
Lao Senior Association, Inc
South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)
ArtsChange
Rubicon Programs, Inc.
National Institute of Art and Disabilities
Asian Pacific Psychological Services
Vietnamese-American Friendship Group in San Rafael
Latino Film Festival of San Francisco Bay Area
Sixth Street Photography Workshop
Richmond Art Center
Filipino American Development Foundation
Marin Friends of Women
Grace Lutheran Church
Kearny Street Workshop
Gene Friend Recreation Center
Asian Advocacy Project
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Kulintang Arts, Inc.

FAITHS Arts and Culture Mini-Grants

To read more about the FAITHS Arts Mini-Grants, visit the Arts & Culture Grants & Awards page.

2009 Awardees

African Immigrants' Social and Cultural Services (AISCS), $4,000
American Indian Child Resource Center, $4,000
Huong Viet Community Center, $2,500
Mo' MAGIC, $4,000
Multicultural Institute, $4,000
OneLife Institute, $4,000
Walnut Creek United Methodist Church, $3,500
Westminster Hills Presbyterian Church, $4,000

2008 Awardees

Catholic Charities CYO, $1,500
Christ Episcopal Church Sei Ko Kai, $2,000
East Oakland Youth Development Center, $3,000
Fruitvale Tutoring, $3,000
Grace Lutheran Church, $3,000
Infinity Productions, $2,500
Marin Interfaith Homeless Chaplaincy, $3,000
Raan Kan Kmhmu Cultural & Educational Center, $3,000
Resurrection Lutheran Church, $3,000
Shaolin Buddhist Temple and Education Foundation, $2,500
St. Stephen's Church, $2,500
Timbuktu Educational Foundation, $3,000
Young Aspirations, Young Artists (YaYa California), $3,000

2007 Awardees

Catholic Charities CYO, $1,500
Christ Episcopal Church Sei Ko Kai, $2,000
Fruitvale Tutoring, $3,000
Grace Lutheran Church, $3,000
Infinity Productions, $2,500
Raan Kan Kmhmu Cultural & Educational Center, $3,000
Resurrection Lutheran Church, $3,000
Shaolin Buddhist Temple and Education Foundation, $2,500
Timbuktu Educational Foundation, $3,000
Young Aspirations, Young Artists (YaYa California), $3,000

2006 Awardees

African Immigrants' Social and Cultural Services (AISCS), $2,500
Allen Temple Baptist Church, $2,000
American Indian Child Resource Center, $2,000
Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership, $1,000
Asociacion Mayab, $1,500
Catholic Charities CYO, $1,000
Community Learning Center at St. James, $1,000
Congregation Sherith Israel, $1,000
Good Samaritans of the East Bay, $1,500
Grace Lutheran Church, $2,500
Harbor House, $2,000
High Street Presbyterian Church, $2,500
Infinity Gospel Ministries, $2,000
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, $1,500
Manos Unidas Community Development Center, $2,500
Multicultural Institute, $2,500
St. Anthony Foundation, $1,400
Temple United Methodist, $1,400
Trinity Baptist Church, $1,000
Wright Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, $2,500

Fund for Artists

Fund for Artists Arts Teacher Fellowships

To read more about the Fund For Artists Arts Teacher Fellowships, visit the Fund for Artists page.

2009 Awardees
Angela Brown (Independence High School) to attend the Summer Master in Fine Arts Program in the area of Urban Studies and New Genres at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Michael Doyle (Amador Valley High School) to participate in a ten-day Portrait and Figure Painting in Grisaille workshop in Belmont, CA.
Lynne Finlay Klein (Tamalpais High School) to attend Connecting Collections: Integrating Modern and Contemporary Art into the Classroom held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum, in New York City during summer 2009.

2008 Awardees

Heidi Guibord (Leadership High School) will travel to Accra, Ghana and study fiber design and beading techniques with The Cross Cultural Collaborative.
Kimberley Noel D’Adamo-Muanga (Berkeley H.S. International Baccalaureate Program) to study Art and Ecology at the Sitka Center in Oregon.
Elahe Shahideh (John O'Connell High School) to take a three-week landscape painting intensive at the Florence Academy of Arts in Italy.

2007 Awardees
Mary Estes (Ida B. Wells High School) to attend the summer art program in painting with master artists at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, Colorado.
Dan Kryston (San Francisco High School of the Arts) to broaden his theatre studies by attending at the Malta Festival in Warsaw, Poland, as both a participant and a contributor.

2006 Awardees
Ellen Koivisto (San Francisco High School of the Arts) to study design, directing and play analysis in a summer intensive with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival at The Ashland Center in Ashland, Oregon.
Maria Teresa Rode (Lowell High School) to travel to Jiangxi, China to work within the porcelain industry facilities to complete a body of work, and to engage with local and international artists.

Bay Area Documentary Fund

To read more about the Fund for Artists Bay Area Documentary Fund, visit the Fund for Artists page.

Eugene Corr's From Ghost Town to Havana, a feature-length documentary following the lives of six boys as they travel from West Oakland to Havana, Cuba to play baseball with six Centro Habana boys.

Megan Gelstein's Green Shall Overcome, a feature-length documentary about Van Jones and the green collar economy.

Peter Nicks' The Waiting Room, a feature-length documentary film revealing how the health care crisis affects those most at risk during this unique time and how the physical waiting room is a symbol of their plight.

Tamara Perkin's The Trust, a documentary that explores how and why children follow their families into generational cycles of poverty and recidivism.

Ken Paul Rosenthal's Crooked Beauty, an experimental documentary on mental illness.

Christian Bruno’s Strand: A Natural History of Cinema, a feature-length documentary charting the demise of San Francisco's movie theater culture ($22,500).

Helen De Michiel’s Eating With Your Eyes, a one-hour documentary about Berkeley’s School Lunch Initiative and changing how children eat ($22,500).

Abby Ginzberg’s Cruz Reynoso: A Man for All Seasons, a documentary about the first Hispanic to be appointed to the California Supreme court ($10,000).

Yoav Potash's Crime After Crime, a documentary about the national movement to end domestic violence, and local efforts on behalf of one survivor of abuse ($22,500).

David Weismann’s & Bill Weber’s San Francisco AIDS, a documentary about the Bay Area’s experience of the AIDS epidemic ($22,500).

Fund for Artists Matching Commissions

To read more about the Fund for Artists Matching Commissions, visit the Fund for Artists page.

2009 Awardees

Alexis Alrich, Moses Sedler, and Katrina Wreede / Mill Valley Philharmonic
Anthony Brown / Fifth Stream Music
Seng Chen and Allan Manalo / Kearny Street Workshop
Beth Custer / San Francisco Cinematheque
Gabriela Frank / San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Joanna Haigood / Zaccho Dance Theatre
Ali Liebegott / RADAR Productions
Travis Meinolf / Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Amy Seiwert / im’ij-re
Marcus Shelby / Peninsula Ballet Theatre
Brian Thorstenson / Alternative Theater Ensemble
Gail Wight / San Francisco Center for the Book

2008 Awardees

Sia Amma / Global Women Intact
Kevin Bentley, Catherine Brady, Po Bronson, Maxine Chernoff, Michelle Falkoff, Amanda Field, Richard Holeton, Andrew Lam, Bucky Sinister, and Norman Antonio Zelay/ Zyzzyva
Eugenie Chan / Cutting Ball Theater
Janni Choi, Soo-Kyuny Chor, and Jiyon Son / Northern California Music & Art Culture Center
Frank Fisher / Adventure Out Seniors Productions
Joan Jeanrenaud / Del Sol Performing Arts Organization
Benjamin Levy and Mason Bates / LEVYdance, Inc.
Hyo-shin Na / Earplay
Guatam Tejas Ganesha and Anantha Krishnam / Sangati Community Center for South Asian Music
Anne Walsh / SF Camerawork
Hank Willis Thomas and Ryan Alexiev / Mission 17

2007 Awardees

Round I

Lily Cai / Chinese Cultural Productions
Fred Frith, Patrice Scanlon / SF Electronic Music Festival
Marcus Gardley / Traveling Jewish Theatre
Guillermo Gomez Pena & Pocha Nostra / SF Camerawork
Robert Henry Johnson / African-American Shakespeare Company
Chinaka Hodge / Youth Speaks
Rhodessa Jones / Cultural Odyssey
Juba Kalamaka, Katastrophe, Robert Karimi, Sean Dorsey, and Rhodessa Jones / Queer Cultural Center
Edwardo Madril / World Arts West
Josef Norris / Kid Serve Youth Murals
Sara Shelton Mann / Oberlin Dance Collective (ODC)
Octavio Solis and Larry Reed / ShadowLight Productions
Robert Henry Johnson / African-American Shakespeare Company

Round II

Alan Chan, Eric Myers, Dawei Wang, and Bik Lee / Melody of China
Chitresh Das / Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company
Meklit Hadero, Todd Brown, Sameer Gupta, Gabriel Teodros, and Prasant Radhakrishnan / Red Poppy Art House
Taraneh Hemami / Intersection for the Arts
Patrick Makuakane / Na Lei Hulu I Ka Weku Hula Halau
Julio Cesar Morales / New Langton Arts
Robert Moses / Robert Moses' Kin
Donna Ozawa, Bob Hsiang, and Christine Wong Yap / Kearny Street Workshop
Gyan Riley / Paul Dresher Ensemble/Musical Traditions
Eva Tam / Door Dog Music Productions

Fund for Artists Awards

In partnership with local and national arts organizations, the Fund for Artists gave awards to outstanding individual composers, choreographers, visual artists, and playwrights during the first years of the initiative. Ranging in size from $1,500 to $15,000, the awards provided the artists with money, exposure to other artists and arts institutions, and public recognition of their excellence.

Fund for Artists Award for Choreographers through World Arts West

To read more about the Fund for Artists Awards, visit the Fund for Artists page.

2008 Awardees

Mary Jo and Patricia Feeney / Murphy Irish Dancers
I Made Moja / Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Daniel Leung / Leung’s White Crane Lion and Dragon Dance Association

2007 Awardees

Kawika Alfiche / Halau o' Keikiali'i
Susana Arenas / Arenas Dance Company
Zenon Baron / Ensambles Ballet Folklórico de San Francisco
Zak and Naomi Diouf / Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
Mythili Kumar / Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
Kyoung Il Ong / Ong Dance Company
Jyoti Rout / Jyoti Kala Mandir College of Indian Classical Arts
Rudi Soriano / LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble
Nitya Venkateswaran (Soloist)

Fund for Artists Award for Composers and Music Ensembles through American Composers Forum

To read more about the Fund for Artists Awards, visit the Fund for Artists page.

2008 Awardees

Ryan Brown / Sqwonk (bass clarinet duo)
Kurt Erickson / Marnie Breckenridge (soprano)
Fred Firth / Galax Quartet / Karen Clark (contralto)
Jack Perla / Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band / Thomas Glenn (tenor)

2007 Awardees

Richard Festinger / San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Mei-Fang Lin / Earplay
Nanos Operetta / Kronos Quartet
Ellen Ruth Rose / Linda Bouchard (violist)
Kurt Rohde / San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Matt Small / San Francisco Community Music Center
Erling Wold / John Duykers (tenor)

Fund for Artists Award for Visual and Media Artists through Artadia

2008 Awardees

Center for Tactical Magic
Sergio De La Torre
David Hevel
Desirée Holman
Michael Light
Trevor Paglen
Chris Sollars
Catherine Wagner
Hank Willis Thomas
Amy Wilson Faville

2007 Awardees

Rosanna Castrillo Diaz
Enrique Chagoya
Adriane Colburn
Kota Ezawa
Bill Fontana
Amy Franceschini
David Huffman
Mads Lynnerup
Shaun O’Dell
Clare Rojas

Fund for Artists Award for Playwrights and Theatre Ensembles through Theatre Bay Area

2008 Awardees

Eugenie Chan / The Cutting Ball Theater
Michael Gene Sullivan / San Francisco Mime Troupe
Chinaka Hodge / Intersection for the Arts

2007 Awardees

Denmo Ibrahim / Golden Thread Productions
Philip Kan Gotanda /  Asian American Theater Company
Peter Nachtrieb / Lobster Theater Company
Octavio Solis & Campo Santo /  Intersection for the Arts

Shenson Performing Arts Fellowships

To read more about the Shenson Performing Arts Fellowships, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardees

Pianist and conductor Yuchi Chou with San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Soprano Leah Crocetto with San Francisco Opera
Literary artist, actor, and musician Daveed Diggs with Youth Speaks
Actor Emily Kitchens with American Conservatory Theater
Kathak dancer Farah Yasmeen Shaikh with Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company 
Baritone John Smalley with Community Music Center

2008 Awardees

Dancer David Harvey with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet
Opera singer Daveda Karanas with Merola Opera Program
Actor Nicholas Pelczar with American Conservatory Theater
Vocalist Eleazar Rodriguez with San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Spoken word artist Jose Vadi with Youth Speaks

2007 Awardees

Soprano Heidi Melton with the Adler Fellows Program at San Francisco Opera
Kathak dancer Charlotte Moraga with the Chitresh Das Dance Company
Dancer Sean Orza with San Francisco Ballet
Actress Amanda Sykes with ACT's Master of Fine Arts program
Sitarist Arjun Verma with the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music

James D. Phelan Art Awards

James D. Phelan Art Award in Film, Video, and Digital Media

To read more about the James D. Phelan Art Award in Film, Video, and Digital Media, visit the Art Awards page.

2008 Awardees

Experimental artists Patty Chang, $5,000
Veteran documentary filmmaker Emiko Omori, $10,000
Experimental artist Cauleen Smith, $5,000

Jurors for the award were Lynette Gryseeles (Film Arts Foundation), Wendy Levy (Bay Area Video Coalition), and B. Ruby Rich (UC Santa Cruz). 

2006 Awardees

Alfonso Alvarez
Melinda Stone
Diana Thater

James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography

To read more about the James D. Phelan Award in Photography, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardees

Doris Jew Conrath, Burien, WA
Jim Stone, Albuquerque, NM

2007 Awardees

Geoffrey Ellis, San Francisco
Apollonia Morrill, Berkeley
Walt Odets, Berkeley

2007 Honorable Mentions

Sergio De La Torre, Oakland
Rebecca Goldfarb, San Francisco
Kirk Thomson, Berkeley

2005 Awardees

Sean McFarland
Arne Svenson
Amir Zaki

James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking

To read more about the James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardees

Harry Clewans and Maizie Gilbert. Honorable Mention: Sarah Newton

The juror for the 2009 awards was Larry Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

2007 Awardees

Randy Hussong
Diane Rosenblum Althoff

The juror for the 2007 awards was Berin Golonu, a curator at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

2005 Awardees

Jesse Gottesman
Matthew Hopson-Walker
Cynthia Ona Innis

The juror for the 2005 awards was Janet Bishop, of the San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art.

Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts

To read more about the Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardees

Miguel Arzabe, University of California Berkeley
Mary Baldwin, California College of the Arts
Michael Barrett, Academy of Art University
Bonnie  Begusch, University of California Berkeley
Oscar Bucher, San Francisco State University
Carlos Castro, San Francisco Art Institute
Emily Dippo, San Francisco Art Institute
Llewelynn Fletcher, California College of the Arts
Matt Kennedy, San Francisco State University
Ace Lehner, California College of the Arts
Bobby Lukas, Mills College
Eric Martin, California College of the Arts
Susan Martin, San Francisco Art Institute
Armando Miguelez, Stanford University
Kusum Nairi, San Francisco Art Institute
Ruth Robbins, California College of the Arts
Eirini Steirou, San Francisco State University
Rebecca Wallace, California College of the Arts
Doug Williams, Mills College
Sune Woods, California College of the Arts
Wafaa Yasin, California College of the Arts
Daniel Yovino, San Francisco Art Institute

2008 Awardees

Michael Arcega, Stanford University
Elisheva Biernoff, California College of the Arts
Tom Borden, San Francisco Art Institute
Modesto Covarrubias, Mills College
Eilish Cullen, San Francisco State University
April Grayson, San Francisco Art Institute
Claire Jackel, San Francisco Art Institute
Anthony Marcellini, California College of the Arts
Robert Minervini, San Francisco Art Institute
Robert Moya, San Francisco Art Institute
Michael Namkung, San Francisco State University
Moses Nornberg, California College of the Arts
Daniel Ochoa, Academy of Art University
S Patricia Patterson, San Francisco Art Institute
Hilary Pecis, California College of the Arts
Jeff  Ray, San Francisco State University
Gina Tuzzi, Mills College
Jina Valentine, Stanford University
Annie Vought, Mills College
Sara Wanie, San Francisco Art Institute
Andrew Witrak, Mills College
Imin Yeh, California College of the Arts
David Yun, San Francisco Art Institute

2007 Awardees

Steven Allen, San Francisco State University
Taha Belal, California College of the Arts
Michelle Blade, California College of the Arts
Matthew Bonner, San Francisco Art Institute
Jennifer Brommer, San Francisco Art Institute
Marque Cornblatt, San Francisco State University
Ian Everard, San Francisco State University
Greg Gandy, Academy of Art University
Trisha Grover, Mills University
Cameron Hockenson, San Francisco Art Institute
Jason Jakaitis, San Francisco State University
Matthew Jones, Stanford University
Danny Keith, California College of the Arts
Ann Kim, Mills University
Jody Medich, San Francisco Art Institute
Jenna North, San Francisco Art Institute
Jessica Rosen, California College of the Arts
Lizabeth Rossof, San Francisco State University
Zachary Starer, San Francisco Art Institute
Sara Thacher, California College of the Arts
Brent Vest, San Francisco Art Institute
Marci Washington, California College of the Arts
Adrianne Watson, California College of the Arts
Ethan Worden, Mills University

2006 Awardees

Eric Araujo, San Francisco Art Institute
Chris Bell, Stanford University
Brice Bischoff, San Francisco Art Institute
Robert Burden, San Francisco Art Institute
Amir Esfahani, San Francisco Art Institute
Renee Gertler, California College of the Arts
Kara Hearn, UC Berkeley
Madhu Jalli, Academy of Art University
Bessma Khalaf, California College of the Arts
Antonios Kosmadakis, San Francisco State University
Melanie Lacy Kusters, California College of the Arts
Steven Lopez, San Francisco Art Institute
Jessica Miller, California College of the Arts
Kamau Patton, Stanford University
Ryan Pierce, California College of the Arts
Susannah Prinz, San Francisco Art Institute
Jana Rumberger, San Francisco Art Institute
Anthony Ryan, San Francisco State University
Emily Silver, San Francisco Art Institute
Jamie Spinello, San Francisco Art Institute
Cyane Tornatzky, San Francisco State University
Jessica Walker, San Francisco State University
Jenifer Wofford, UC Berkeley
Christine Wong Yap, California College of the Arts
Vanessa Woods, San Francisco Art Institute
Edmund Wyss, San Francisco Art Institute 

2005 Awardees

Sarah Cain, UC Berkeley
Michele Carlson, California College of the Arts
Alika Cooper, California College of the Arts
Lori  del Mar, San Francisco Arts Institute
Ala Ebtekar, Stanford University
Ana Teresa Fernández, San Francisco Art Institute
Sharon Heitzenroder, San Francisco Art Institute
Bradley Hyppa, San Francisco State University
Krishna Khalsa, Mills College
Diane Landry, Stanford University
Brendan Lott, Stanford University
Nikolai Moderbacher, California College of the Arts
Tomonari Nishikawa, San Francisco Art Institute
Nanda Palmieri, San Francisco Arts Institute
Lacey Jane Roberts, California College of the Arts
Nadim Sabella, San Francisco Art Institute
Susan Schultz, California College of the Arts
Leslie Shows, California College of the Arts
Marina Shterenberg, San Francisco State University
Taravat Talepasand, San Francisco Art Institute
Weston Teruya, California College of the Arts
Kirsten Tradowsky, California College of the Arts
Lauren Woods, San Francisco Art Institute
Shadi Yousefian, San Francisco State University

John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award

To read more about the John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardee

Sean McFarland

2008 Awardee

Alessandra Sanguinetti

2007 Awardee

Allison Marie Sexton

2006 Awardee

Doug Dubois

2005 Awardee

Greg Halpern

Literary Awards

To learn more about the Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardee

Edan Lepucki - In recognition of her outstanding fiction manuscript, Days of Insignificance and Evil.

2008 Awardee

Kelly Luce - In recognition of her outstanding fiction manuscript, Ms. Yamada's Toaster.

2007 Awardee

Nathanael Malae - In recognition of his outstanding fiction manuscript, What We Are.

2006 Awardee

Karan Mahajan - In recognition of his outstanding fiction manuscript, What's a Flyover to a Family?

2005 Awardee

Tom Kealey - In recognition of his outstanding short story manuscripts, The Boots and Coyotes.

James D. Phelan Literary Award

To learn more about the James D. Phelan Literary Award, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardee

Youmna Chlala - In recognition of her outstanding poetry manuscript, The Paper Camera.

2008 Awardee

Allison Benis White - In recognition of her outstanding poetry manuscript, Small Porcelain Head.

2007 Awardee

Tung-Hui Hu - In recognition of his outstanding poetry manuscript Greenhouses, Lighthouses.

2006 Awardee

Akemi Johnson - In recognition of her outstanding poetry manuscript Assigned to Okinawa.

2005 Awardee

Diana Marie Delgado - In recognition of her outstanding play manuscript, The Doll Age.

Tanenbaum Award in Nonfiction

To learn more about the Tanenbaum Award in Nonfiction, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardee

Page McBee - In recognition of her outstanding non-fiction manuscript, This Fragile Fortress.

2008 Awardee

The Tanenbaum Award in Nonfiction was not awarded in 2008.

2007 Awardee

Roxanna Font - In recognition of her outstanding non-fiction manuscript The Fig Tree. 

2006 Awardee

Jasmin Darznik - In  recognition of her outstanding nonfiction manuscript, Pomegranates in the Bath.

2005 Awardee

Abeer Hoque - In recognition of her outstanding nonfiction manuscript, Olive Witch: An American Dream. 

Community Leadership Award, given in the spirit of Helen Crocker Russell

To learn more about or for a greater perspective of historic Community Leadership Awards, given in the spirit of Helen Crocker Russell, visit the Art Awards page.

2009 Awardees

Michael embodies a social movement of justice and activism and being a voice for the vulnerable. By founding the music groups Spearhead and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, as well as the Power to the Peaceful festival, Michael built an underground movement to spread a message of social justice and advocated for underrepresented people. His recent film, I Know I’m Not Alone, highlights the human cost of war and empowers people to utilize their vote and recognize their collective power to impact American foreign policy.

Eugene Rodriguez, founder of Los Cenzontles Mexican Cultural Arts Center

Eugene grew Los Cenzontles from a small music group to the cultural hub it is today in San Pablo by creating transformative experiences for youth, providing focus, training, and purpose that helps them succeed in life. Locally and nationally, he brings visibility to and reverence for Mexican vernacular forms of music and traditional dance.

2008 Awardee

Malcolm Margolin, Writer, Publisher, and Founder of Heyday Books

Malcom has been promoting California’s diverse cultures for more than 30 years, and for bringing voice, visibility, and value to multicultural, multilingual communities.

2007 Awardee

Alonzo King, Choreographer, Artistic Director, and Founder of Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet

Alonzo redefined classical ballet and builds community through his commitment to dance. His racially diverse company transformed the dance scene and our collective perception of dance by combining cultural traditions with classical ballet. His striking and creative performances exhilarate audiences around the world.

2006 Awardee

Michael Morgan, Music Director and Conductor of Oakland East Bay Symphony

Michael for making symphonic music essential to the culture of the East Bay community. He is dedicated to minority access to the arts and arts education, visiting 100 schools every year. More than 20,000 public school students received hands-on music education because of Michael's leadership.

2005 Awardee

Zakarya Diouf, Founder and Director of Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
Zakarya for his vision in unifying the African cultural arts community, for serving as a mentor and educator of young artists, and for his artistic contributions to the development of African-based performing arts.

2004 Awardee

Ester Hernández, San Francisco Artist and Teaching Artist of Creativity Explored
Ester for fostering community and raising social consciousness through her groundbreaking art, for her work with Creativity Explored, and for inspiring and mentoring the next generation of artists.