WCA Past Honorees

Past Honor Awards Recipients

These awards recognize the contributions made by women who have distinguished themselves by their activism and commitment to the women's movement and the arts. Selections for the Annual Honor Awards for Lifetime Achievement are among the most important actions the WCA takes to increase the recognition of women's contributions in the visual arts. Note: More catalogues will be added in near future.

New York 2013

Tina Dunkley, Artis Lane, Susana Torruella Leval, Joan Semmel
President's Award for Art & Activism: Leanne Stella

Los Angeles 2012

Whitney Chadwick, Suzanne Lacy, Ferris Olin, Bernice Steinbaum,
Trinh T. Minh-ha
President's Award for Art & Activism: Karen Mary Davalos, Cathy Salser
This catalogue is WCA's 40th Anniversary edition and contains essays and contributions by past presidents and past honor awards recipients.
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New York 2011

Beverly Buchanan, Diane Burko, Ofelia Garcia, Joan Marter, Carolee Schneemann, Sylvia Sleigh
President's Award for Art & Activism: Maria Torres

Chicago 2010

Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, Mary Jane Jacob, Senga Nengudi, Joyce J. Scott, Spiderwoman Theater (Lisa Mayo, Gloria Miguel, Muriel Miguel)
President's Award: Juane Guzman, Karen Reimer

Los Angeles 2009

Maren Hassinger, Ester Hernandez, Joyce Kozloff, Margo Machida,
Ruth Weisberg
President's Award: Catherine Opie, Susan Fisher Sterling

Dallas 2008

Ida Applebroog, Joanna Frueh, Nancy Grossman, Leslie King-Hammond,
Yolanda López, Lowery Stokes Sims
President's Award: Santa Barraza, Joan Davidow, Tey Marianna Nunn

New York 2007/Awards for Women in the Arts

Co-hosted wit the CAA Committee on Women in the Arts. CWA Award Recipients: Ferris Olin, Judith K. Brodsky.
WCA Recipients: Barbara Chase-Riboud, Wanda Corn, Buffie Johnson,
Lucy R. Lippard, Elizabeth Murray
President's Award: Connie Butler

Boston 2006

Eleanor Antin, Marisol Escobar, Elinor Gadon, Yayoi Kusama
President's Award: Maura Reilly

Atlanta 2005

Betty Blayton-Taylor, Rosalynn Carter, Mary D. Garrard, Agnes Martin, Yoko Ono, Ann Sutherland Harris
President's Award: Andrea Barnwell

Seattle 2004

Emma Amos, Jo Baer, Michi Itami, Helen Levitt, Yvonne Rainer
President's Awards: Elizabeth A. Sackler, Tara Donovan

New York 2003

Eleanor Dickinson, Suzi Gablik, Grace Glueck, Ronne Hartfield, Eleanor Munro, Nancy Spero

Philadelphia 2002

Camille Billops, Judith K. Brodsky, Muriel Magenta, Linda Nochlin, Marilyn J. Stokstad
President's Award: Barbara Wolanin

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Chicago 2001

Joyce Aiken, Marie Johnson Calloway, Dorothy Gillespie, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Wilhemina Holladay
Ellen Lanyon, Ruth Waddy

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Los Angeles 1999

Judy Baca, Judy Chicago, Linda Frye Burnham, Evangeline K. Montgomery, Arlene Raven, Barbara T. Smith
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Philadelphia 1997

Jo Hanson, Sadie Krauss Kriebel, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Moira Roth, Kay Sekimachi
President's Award: Tee Corinne, Ofelia Garcia

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Boston 1996

Bernice Bing, Alicia Graig Faxon, Elsa Honig Fine, Howardena Pindell, Marianna Pineda, Kay WalkingStick

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San Antonio 1995

Irene Clark, Jacqueline Clipsham, Alessandra Comini, Jean Lacy, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Celia Alvarez Muñoz

New York City 1994

Mary Adams, Maria Enriquez de Allen, Beverly Pepper, Faith Ringgold, Rachel Rosenthal
Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein

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Seattle 1993

Ruth Asawa, Shifra M. Goldman, Nancy Graves, Gwen Knight, Agueda Salazar Martinez, Emily Waheneka

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Chicago 1992

Vera Berdich, Paula Gerard, Lucy Lewis, Louise Noun, Margaret Tafoya, Anna Tate

Washington DC 1991

Theresa Bernstein, Mildred Constantine, Otellie Loloma, Mine Okubo, Delilah Pierce

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New York City 1990

Ilse Bing, Elizabeth Layton, Helen Serger, May Stevens, Pablita Velarde

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San Francisco 1989

Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Margret Craver, Clare Leighton, Betye Saar, Samella Sanders Lewis

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Houston 1988

Margaret Burroughs, Dorothy Hood, Miriam Schapiro, Edith Standen, Jane Teller

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Boston 1987

Grace Hartigan, Agnes Mongan, Maud Morgan, Honoré Sharrer, Elizabeth Talford Scott, Beatrice Wood

President's Award: Patricia Hills

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New York City 1986

Nell Blaine, Leonora Carrington, Sue Fuller, Lois Mailou Jones, Dorothy Miller
President's Awards: Barbara Morgan

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Los Angeles 1985/ Toronto 1984

Minna Citron, Clyde Connell, Eleanor Raymond, Joyce Treiman, June Wayne, Rachel Wischnitzer

Philadelphia 1983

Edna Andrade, Dorothy Dehner, Lotte Jacobi, Ellen Johnson, Stella Kramrisch, Lenore Tawney, Pecolia Warner

New York City 1982

Bernice Abbott, Elsie Driggs, Elizabeth Gilmore Holt, Katharine Kuh, Charmion von Wiegand, Claire Zeisler

San Francisco 1981

Ruth Bernhard, Adelyn Breeskin, Elizabeth Catlett, Sari Dienes, Claire Falkenstein, Helen Lundeberg

Washington DC 1980 Alternate Awards

Bella Abzug, Sonia Johnson, Sister Theresa Kane, Grace Paley, Rosa Parks, Gloria Steinem

New Orleans 1980

Anni Albers, Louise Bourgeois, Carolyn Durieux, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lee Krasner

Washington D.C. 1979

Isabel Bishop, Selma Burke, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O'Keeffe

Although there were no Lifetime Achievement Awards given out in1998 and 2000, President's Awards were given to: Charlene Touchette in Toronto 1998, and Bernice Steinbaum in New York 2000.