Indies Arts Award winners

2016
Kelly McChesney
N.C. Opera
Sarah Shook
Durham Artists Movement
Women’s Theatre Festival
Culture Mill

2015
Cicely Mitchell
Greg Lowenhagen
Emil Kang
Kym Register
Dasan Ahanu
Chris Tonelli

2014
Laura Ritchie
The Beat Making Lab
Girl Rock NC
Leah Wilks
Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
Van Alston

2013
Torry Bend
George Holt
Trevor Schoonmaker
Jeff Polish
Kings Barcade, Neptune's, Garland
Shawn and Karen Galvin
Glenn Boothe

2012
Tess Mangum Ocaña
Jason Perlmutter
Sarah Powers
Mike Wiley
Pam Gutlon
Independent bookstores: The Regulator Bookshop, Quail Ridge Books & Music, McIntyre's Books, Flyleaf Books

2011
Sacrificial Poets
Tom and Heather LaGarde
Avid Video and Bull City Records
Sam Stephenson
The Scrap Exchange
Raleigh Ensemble Players

2010
Aaron Greenwald
Chris Tamplin
UNC's Performance Studies
African American Quilt Circle
Beaver Queen Pageant

2009
9th Wonder
The Bain Project
Nic Beery, Ajit Anthony Prem, Todd Tinkham
ChathamArts
Common Ground Theatre
Miles Holst
Special Citation: The Barrel Monster

2008
Carolina Wren Press
David Garca
Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern
Shannon Morrow
Michael O'Connell
Steve Salevan

2007
Hidden Voices
Dan Ellison
Ellen Cassilly and Frank Konhaus
William Henry Curry
Hi Mom! Film Festival

2006
Jason Laughlin and Glden zen of Tangophilia
Kenneth Rodgers and the NCCU Art Museum
Zach Ward and DSI Comedy Theater
Ross Grady
Molly Miller and Bickett Gallery
Bob Pence, aka Crowmeat Bob

2005
pulsoptional
Paperhand Puppet Intervention
Designbox
Collage Dance Company (Sadiyah Shakur)
John Lambert (Classical Voice of North Carolina)
Mary Lycan (Women's Voices Chorus of Chapel Hill)
Patrick Herron & Ken Rumble
Valor Award: Durham School of the Arts' The Laramie Project

2004
John Brown
Blue Coffee Company
Robin Harris
Arts NC
Dasan Ahanu

2003
Howard Craft
Andre Leon Gray
Arts Access
Cynthia Hill
Barbara Lau
Shepard Jazz Camp
Voices in the Wilderness (honorable mentions):
Melody and Jeffery Zentner
Richard Badu
Triangle Swing Dance Society
Peter Kramer
Ms. Films Festival

2002
erin o'Hara slavick
Michael Quattlebaum
DADA
Danny Cameron
Jim Haverkamp
WSHA-FM

2001
Brett Ingram
Hayti Heritage Center
Skip ElsenheimerA/V Geeks
John Rosenthal
David zum Brunnen
Mr. Lady Records

2000
Ronnie Lilly
The Red Clay Ramblers
The Third Place Coffeehouse
Jelly Educational Theater
E.B. and Juanita Palmer
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Scott Ainslie

1999
Ricardo Granillo
John Blackfeather Jeffries
Louise Omoto Kessel
Pepper Fluke
Antfarm
Community Stories Project

1998
Lois Dawson
Richard Krawiec
PineConeSusan Newbury
LUMP GalleryMed
Byrd and Bill Thelen
Modern MuseumJim Kellough
Gene Medler
WXYC-FM

1997
Sam Piperato
Joseph Henderson
Betty Ray McCain and Elizabeth Buford
Janice Palmer
Jeff Leighton

1996
Lenard Moore
Donald Baker & Jerry Carter of WNCU-FM
Linda Ironside
Paul Ferguson
Michael McFee

1995
Elaine Lorber
N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra
N.C. Writers' Network
Charlotte Brown
The Somnambulist Project
George Bireline

1994
Bryant Holsenbeck
Wifflefist
Laurie Wolf
Fortuna
NCSU Center Stage

1993
Beverly Botsford
Super Slackers
Roger Manley
Susan Toplikar and Mike Cindric
Archipelago Theater Inc.
Kuumba Arts Ensemble

1992
Clyde Jones
Nnenna Freelon
Duke University Institute of the Arts
Tom Whiteside
Frank Heath

1991
The Void Brothers
Manbites Dog Theater
Tim Walker
Gerald Barrax
City Gallery of Contemporary Art

1990
Alice Gerrard
Dexter Romweber and the Flat Duo Jets
Group Sax
Rodney Wynkoop
Clay Taliaferro
Ann Rowles
Raleigh Little Theater
Artspace
The Paper Plant
Chuck Davis and the African-American Dance Ensemble
Glaxo
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Reynolds Price
Ella Fountain Pratt
Julia Wray