1976
Dominick Labino*, Blown Glass Artist
Kenneth Bates*, Enamels Artist
1977
Mary Ann Scherr*, Jewelry
Edris Eckhardt*, Glass Sculpture
1978
Mildred Fischer*, Fiber/Handmade Paper
Luke & Rolland* Lietzke, Ceramics Artist
1979
Helen Winnemore Horvath*, Gallery Owner
Helen Worrall*, Enamels Artist
Beaux Arts and the Columbus Museum of Art
1980
Mary Merwin*, Gallery Director
H. Daniel Butts, Director, Mansfield Art Center
1981
Spencer Davis, Publisher, Ceramics MonthlyCharles Lakofsky*, Ceramics Artist
1982
John Paul Miller*, Metals Artist
Toledo Museum of Art
1983
Edith Franklin•, Ceramics Artist
Patricia Grean, Patron
Textile Arts Club of the Cleveland Museum of Art
1984
Mel Someroski*, Enamels and Fiber
Viktor Schreckengost*, Ceramics Artist
1985
Margaret & George Fetzer*, Ceramics Artists
1986
Nancy Crow, Quilts
Phyllis Blair Clark*, Organizer, Functional Ceramics Workshop
1987
Erie Sauder*, Wood Furniture, Sauder Village
1988
Vada Beetler*, Metals Artist
Dayton Art Institute
1989
Bing Davis, Ceramics Artist
Frederick Miller*, Metals
1990
Sylvia Ullman, Gallery Owner
1991
Darvin Luginbuhl*, Art Educator
1992
Don & Lisa Drumm, Metals Artists
1993
Gene Friley, Ceramics
JoAnn H. Stevens, Crafts Administrator
Harold M. Stevens, Crafts Administrator
1994
The Ferro Corporation
1995
Susan Ewing, Metals
Wayne Lawson, Arts Administrator
1996
William P. Blair III, Arts Advocate
1997
Jack Earl, Ceramics Artist
1998
Dorothy Gill Barnes, Basketry
1999
Ora Anderson*, Woodcarver
Foothills School for American Craft
2000
Roberta Looney, Arts Administrator
2001
Toledo Botanical Gardens
2002
Cleveland Institute of Art
Tom McGlauchlin*, Glass Artist
2003
Ruth Butler, Editor, Ceramics Monthly
2004
Ruth Lantz, Fiber Artist
2005
Sara Johnson, Arts Administrator
2006
David and Roberta Williamson, Metals Artists
2007
Ron Beahn, Arts Administrator
2008
Columbus Cultural Arts Center
2009
Tom Muir, Metals Artist/Professor
2010
Patrick Doust/Richard North, Collectors
2011
Julie Henahan/Ken Emerick, Arts Administrators
2012
Bettye Stull, Arts Administrator
2013
Brent Kee Young, Glass Artist/Professor
2014
Ross Museum, Museum
2015
Gregg Luginbuhl*, Artist/Professor
2016
Betty Talbott, Arts Administrator
2017
CraftSummer/Ron Stevens, Arts Education
2018
Brad Schwieger, Artist/Professor
2019
Sharon Kesterson Bollen, Artist/Professor
Mark Nafziger, Artist
2020
River Gallery and owner Ara Hamamjian
2021
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory
2022
George Whitten, Director, Mansfield Art Center
2023
William Brouillard, Artist/Retired Professor, CIA
2024
Sandra Gross, Glass Artist/ Owner Brazee Glass Designs, Cincinnati
Patty Mitchell, Executive Director/ Founder of Passion Works Studio, Athens
*deceased