Previous Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

2023 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Center for Performing Arts Medicine
Arts in Health
Carole Cook
Lifetime/Musical Theatre
Christopher Cross
Music
Miranda Lambert
Music/Songwriter
Miró Rivera Architects: Juan Miró and Miguel Rivera
Architecture
Deborah Roberts
Visual Arts
Lela Rose
Fashion
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Literary Arts
Taylor Sheridan
Film/Producer
Septime Webre
Dance
Luke Wilson
Film/Actor

2019 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Conspirare
Music Ensemble
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Visual Arts
Stephen Harrigan
Literary Arts
Jennifer Holliday
Theatre
Brandon Maxwell
Design
Matthew McConaughey
Film
Elaine Molinar and Craig Dykers
Architecture
Boz Scaggs
Music
Mark Seliger
Multimedia
Vidal M. Treviño School of Communications and Fine Arts
Arts Education

2017 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Yolanda Adams
Music
Lauren Anderson
Dance
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Arts Education
Eloise and John Paul DeJoria – Paul Mitchell
Corporate Arts Patron
Renee Elise Goldsberry
Theatre
Kris Kristofferson
Multimedia
John Phillip Santos
Literary Arts
Scott Pelley
Journalism
Kenny Rogers
Lifetime Achievment
The Tobin Endowment
Foundation Arts Patron
Leo Villareal
Visual Arts
Frank Welch
Architecture
Lynn Wyatt
Individual Arts Patron

2015 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Ruth Altshuler
Standing Ovation Award
T Bone Burnett
Music
Booker T. Washington for the Performing and Visual Arts
Arts Education
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
Corporate Arts Patron
Jamie Foxx
Film
The Gatlin Brothers
Lifetime Achievment
The Kilgore College Rangerettes
Dance
Rick Lowe
Visual Arts
Margaret McDermott
Individual Arts Patron
Emilio Nicolas
Multimedia
Dan Rather
Television
Charles Renfro
Architecture
Robert Schenkkan
Theatre
Chandra Wilson
Television
Lawrence Wright
Literary Arts

2013 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Big Thought
Arts Education
Greater Tuna (Joe Sears & Jaston Williams)
Theatre
Houston Ballet
Dance
Gene Jones & Charlotte Jones Anderson
Individual Arts Patrons
Kimbell Foundation
Foundation Arts Patron
Eva Longoria
Multimedia
Steve Miller
Music
Texas Monthly
Corporate Arts Patron
James Surls
Visual Arts

2011 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Alley Theatre
Theatre
Ray Benson
Multimedia
Sarah & Ernest Butler
Individual Arts Patrons
Barbara Smith Conrad
Lifetime Achievement
James Drake
Visual Arts
Robert Edsel
Literary Arts
Marcia Gay Harden
Film
H-E-B
Corporate Arts Patron
Bill Paxton
Film
Thomas Staley
Arts Education
Jocelyn L. Straus
Chair Emeritus
ZZ Top
Music

2009 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Anheuser-Busch
Corporate Arts Patron
Austin City Limits
Multimedia
Clint Black
Music
Betty Buckley
Theatre
Laura W. Bush
Standing Ovation Award
Keith Carter
Visual Arts
James Dick
Arts Education
Ted Fehrenbach
Literary Arts
Lake|Flato Architects
Architecture
Edith O’Donnell
Individual Arts Patron
Robert Rauschenberg
Lifetime Achievement
Robert Rodriguez
Film

2007 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Dance
Dr. Paul Baker
Arts Education
Sandra Brown
Literary Arts
Ornette Coleman
Music
Walter Cronkite
Lifetime Achievement
Diana & Bill Hobby
Individual Arts Patrons
Judith Ivey
Theatre
Jesus Moroles
Visual Arts
Neiman Marcus
Corporate Arts Patron
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Foundation Arts Patron
Bill Wittliff
Multimedia

2005 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Vikki Carr
Lifetime Achievement, El Paso
José Cisneros
Visual Arts, El Paso
Ginger Head-Gearheart
Arts Education, Fort Worth
Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long
Foundation Arts Patron, Austin
Lyle Lovett
Music, Klein
Nasher Foundation/Raymond D. Nasher
Foundation Arts Patron, Dallas
Naomi Shihab Nye
Literary Arts, San Antonio
Phylicia Rashad
Television/Theatre, Houston
Ben Stevenson, O.B.E.
Dance, Houston
Robert Wilson
Theatre, Waco

2003 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Marca Lee Bircher
Arts Education, Dallas
Sandra Cisneros
Literary Arts, San Antonio
Dealey Herndon/State Capitol Preservation project
Architectural Restoration
Exxon Mobil
Corporate Arts Patron, Irving
Glenna Goodacre
Visual Arts, Dallas
John Graves
Lifetime Achievement, Glen Rose
Nancy Blackburn Hamon
Individual Arts Patron, Dallas
Enid Holm
Theatre, Odessa
Houston Endowment
Foundation Arts Patron, Houston
Lydia Mendoza
Folk Arts, San Antonio
Fess Parker
Media-Film/Television Acting, Fort Worth
Charley Pride
Music, Dallas
Tommy Tune
Dance, Houston

2001 Texas Medal of Arts Awards Honorees

Wayne Bell
Architecture
Jack Blanton
Individual Arts Patron
John Biggers
Visual Arts
Van Cliburn
Lifetime Achievement
Debbie Allen
Dance
Neil Hess
Theatre
Flaco & Santiago Jimenez
Folk Arts
Tommy Lee Jones
Film
The Meadows Foundation
Foundation Arts Patron
Willie Nelson
Music
SBC Communications
Corporate Arts Patron
Gilberto Zepeda, Jr.
Arts Education
Horton Foote
Literary Arts