Ricardo Caté
2021 Visual Artist
Ricardo Caté is from the Santo Domingo Pueblo, he is a stand-up comedian, activist, and filmmaker. He has been a speaker at Yale University and Cal Poly State University, and a commencement speaker at Santa Fe Community College.

Susan Contreras
2021 Visual Artist
Susan Contreras has often given some of her best work in support of fundraising auctions and has been equally generous with her time and energy in artist-in-residence programs at colleges and universities.

Victor di Suvero
2019 Individual Artist
Victor di Suvero has been an outspoken literacy, literature and poetry activist since he first began studying and memorizing Dante at the age of ten. He has participated in bringing poetry and literature to the people for nearly 80 years.

Edward "Gus" Foster
2021 Individual Contributor to the Arts
Edward "Gus" Foster started his professional career in 1963 as an assistant curator in the prints and drawings department of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Within a brief period of five years, he rose to head curator and head of his department.

gallupArts
2021 Major Contributor to the Arts
gallupARTS has been a driving force and innovator in developing and deepening creative economy work in McKinley County.

Lee Gruber
2019 Individual Contributor to the Arts
Lee Gruber has been a major force, initiating ideas and shepherding them to reach goals, to promote and foster an understanding of the history of New Mexico cultural arts, that will economically support the business of art.

Dave Grusin
2021 Music
Dave Grusin has been described as one of the 20th Century's most important music composers. Millions of people all over the world know and love his music, but even his most ardent fans don't completely realize what a phenomenal career he has had.

New Mexico PBS / KNME ¡COLORES!
2019 Major Contributor to the Arts
Non-commercial, educational, and inspirational, ¡COLORES! is dedicated to telling stories about the remarkable creative spirit, the rich multicultural communities, and extraordinary history found in the Land of Enchantment.

Marc Neikrug
2019 Individual Artist
Marc Neikrug's musical career has spanned over 54 years as a globally recognized concert pianist, composer, and artistic director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

Nicholas Otero
2019 Individual Artist
Nicolas Otero began practicing the tradition of Santo making at just 16 years old by apprenticing with master artists. Otero produces retablos, bultos, altars, gesso reliefs, hide paintings and ramilletes.

Roxanne Swentzell
2019 Individual Artist
Roxanne Swentzell's first piece of art was a clay dog at the age of four. After formal training and the development of her own style, Swentzell began to create full-length clay figures that represent the complete spectrum of the human spirit.

The Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
2021 Major Contributor to the Arts
Designed by Antoine Predock, the gorgeous 514-seat nonprofit Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts in Alto opened with a mission to enrich the cultural lives of South-Central New Mexico's residents and visitors.

Kathleen Wall
2021 Visual Artist
Kathleen Wall will be the Featured Artist for the 2021 Institute of American Indian Arts (IAlA) Gala and named the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) 2020-21 Native Treasures Living Treasure.

Marc Neikrug
2019 Recipient, Individual Artist