Based on the National Medal of Arts program and inaugurated by the Raleigh Arts Commission in 1984, the Raleigh Medal of Arts is awarded for transformative, imaginative, and innovative achievement in the practice or support of the local arts. The award is the City’s highest arts honor and has been awarded 164 times in the past 37 years.
Read the list below of past Medal of Arts awardees.
Year | Awardees |
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2020 |
Debra Austin |
2018 |
Jerome Davis |
2016 |
William Henry Curry |
2014 |
Arts Together |
2012 |
Nancy Lambert |
2010 |
Ruth Green |
2008 |
Capital Bank |
2006 |
North Carolina Symphony |
2005 |
Karen Edwards |
2004 |
Lee Hansley |
2003 |
Lope Max Diaz |
2002 |
Even Exchange Dance Theatre |
2001 |
William Brown |
2000 |
Robin Harris |
1999 |
Arts Access |
1998 |
Community Music School |
1997 |
NC Museum of Art |
1996 |
Bonnie Brooks |
1995 |
The Crafts Center |
1994 |
McCrae Hardy |
1993 |
Gerald Barrax |
1992 |
George Bireline |
1991 |
Joel Adams |
1990 |
Betsy Blair |
1989 |
Arts Together |
1988 |
Abram Kanoff |
1987 |
Horace Caple |
1986 |
Cablevision of Raleigh |
1985 |
Artsplosure |
1984 |
Geraldine Cate |