2022

Joy Harjo
Lifetime Achievement Award  

Robert F. Smith
Philanthropy in the Arts Award

For Freedoms
Marina Kellen French Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award 

The Gordon Parks Foundation
Arts Education Award

Darren Criss
Ted Arison Young Artist Award

2019

Luchita Hurtado
Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award  

The Honorable Earle I. Mack
Philanthropy in the Arts Award

Ben Folds
Marina Kellen French Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award 

CMA Foundation
Arts Education Award

Ben Platt
Ted Arison Young Artist Award

2018

Mavis Staples
Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award  

Ann Ziff
Philanthropy in the Arts Award

Ai Weiwei
Marina Kellen French Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award 

Alliance of Young Artists & Writers, Inc.
Arts Education Award

Justin Peck
Ted Arison Young Artist Award

2017

Clive Davis
Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award  

Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis
Philanthropy in the Arts Award

Thelma Golden
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award 

William Lehr, Jr.
Legacy Award

Studio in a School
Arts Education Award

Andra Day
Ted Arison Young Artist Award

2016

Tony Bennett
Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award

Doug Aitken
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award

Susan and David Goode
Legacy Award

The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
Arts Education Award

Esperanza Spalding
Ted Arison Young Artist Award

Roselyne Chroman Swig
Philanthrophy in the Arts Award

2015

Sophia Loren
Carolyn Clark Powers Lifetime Achievement Award

Lady Gaga
Young Artist Award

Herbie Hancock
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award

Alice Walton
Arts Education Award

Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Philanthropy in the Arts Award

Maria Bell
Legacy Award

2014

Richard Serra
Lifetime Achievement Award

Vicki and Roger Sant
Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

P.S. ARTS
Arts Education Award

American Legion Auxiliary
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award

Madeleine H. Berman
Legacy Award

David Hallberg
Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award

2013

John and Mary Pappajohn
Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

B.B. King
Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award

Joel Shapiro
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

Alberto Carvalho
Arts Education Award

Dakota Fanning
Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award

2012

Paul G. Allen
Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

James Rosenquist
Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award

Brian Stokes Mitchell
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award

Josh Groban
Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award

Lin Arison
Arts Education Award

AXA Art Insurance Corporation
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

2011

Frank Stella
Isabella and Theodor Dalenson Lifetime Achievement Award

Jenny Holzer
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Arts Education Award

Gabourey Sidibe
Bell Family Foundation Young Artist Award

Beverley Taylor Sorenson
Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

Wells Fargo & Company
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

2010

Angela Lansbury
Lifetime Achievement Award

Martha Rivers Ingram
Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

Herb Alpert
Outstanding Contributions to the Arts Award

Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte
Maria and Bill Bell Young Artist Award

2009

Robert Redford
Lifetime Achievement Award

Salman Rushdie
Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

Ed Ruscha
Artistic Excellence Award

Sidney Harman
Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

Anne Finucane, Bank of America
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

2008

Dame Julie Andrews
Lifetime Achievement Award

J. Barry Griswell, Principal Financial Group
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

Yoko Ono
Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

Joan W. Harris
Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

Phil Ramone
Arts Advocacy Award

Kehinde Wiley
Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence

2007

Wallis Annenberg
Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

Ellsworth Kelly
Lifetime Achievement Award

Music Industry and NAMM
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

Anna Deavere Smith
Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

United States Conference of Mayors
Special Recognition in honor of its 75th Anniversary

John Legend
Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence

2006

Aretha Franklin
Lifetime Achievement Award

Jeff Koons
Artistic Achievement Award

Kitty Carlisle Hart
Special Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

Sheila Johnson
Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

United Technologies
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

Jake Gyllenhaal
Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence

2005

John Baldessari
Lifetime Achievement Award

Mikhail Baryshnikov
Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts

Eli Broad
Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts

Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau, American Ballroom Theater
Arts Education Award

Target Corporation
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

Kerry Washington
Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence

The National Endowment for the Arts
Special Recognition in Honor of the 40th Anniversary of the NEA

2004

Raymond Nasher
Philanthropy in the Arts

A.G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble
Corporate Citizenship in the Arts

Chuck Close
Artistic Leadership and Arts Advocacy

Paul Taylor
Lifetime Achievement

Mena Suvari
Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence

William C. Bassell, Principal
Special Arts Education Award
Presented by the New York City Public Schools

Ben Platt, Zoe Saldana, and Ben FoldsMavis Staples and Stephen ColbertAndra Day and Sarah Arison