Celebrating 50 Years of the Arts in the Huntsville, Alabama area. Photo taken February 20, 2018 of many of the past recipients of the Virginia Hammill Simms Awards.
Past Recipients of the Virginia Hammill Simms Award
1968 Martha Simms Rambo* 1969 Alvin B. Dreger* 1970 Eva Howell Johnston* 1971 Mabry Batson Miller* 1972 Harvie Paul Jones* 1973 Louise Vandiver Rodgers* 1974 Helen Ellis Johnston* 1975 Dorothy Jones Cooper* 1976 Ruth Elizabeth Spragins* 1977 Mary Sylvia Armstrong Whitten* 1978 Loretta Purdy Spencer 1979 Mary Moore Richardson* 1980 Albert Hurst Lane* 1981 Rene Sevigny 1982 Jayne Honea Lowry* 1983 Christine Ray Richard* 1984 Lynda Tate Doud 1985 Mary Elizabeth Jones McLain* |
1986 Bettye Griffiths Grant*
1987 Penelope Busch Bashore* 1988 Robert Evan James 1989 Janet Conley Christian* 1990 Annelle Cantrell Craig 1991 Sarah Wood Mullins* 1992 William Isaac Dale, Jr.* 1992 Betty Huth Schonrock* 1993 Bianca Cox 1994 Margaret Jones Vann 1995 T. Frank Morring* 1996 Marilyn Jones Morring* 1997 Lady Shivers Tucker 1998 Dorothy Dale Hughes 1999 Joyce Haklar Griffin 2000 Katherine Ferrier Lester* 2002 Vivienne Webb Atkins 2003 Lori Brown Lester 2004 Marianne Cook Windham |
2005 Geraldine Mills Schaffer
2006 Jean Wessel Templeton 2007 Debra Nesbitt Jenkins 2008 Thomas Ronald Harris 2009 Eleanor S. Lienau 2010 Robbie Wall Hallisey 2011 Kay Frances Pike Eastin 2012 Virginia Thacker 2013 Elaine Lucas Hubbard 2014 Cheryl Warren Bence 2015 Linda Singleton McAllister 2016 Susan McCartney Anderson 2017 Sharon Muery Griffin 2018 Kathy Chan 2019 Nancy Wilkinson Van Valkenburgh 2020 Kathi Tew 2021 Donna Rush 2022 Nancy Colin 2023 Ina Wilson Smith |
The Katherine and Richard Lester Award (established in 2015)
2015 Carlen Bailey Williams 2019 Ashley Lindley* 2023 Rebecca Caine
2016 Frederick T. Walker 2020 Celese Sanders
2017 Ka Man "Melody" Ng 2021. Kati Fugit Lassus
2018 Courtney Penney Allen 2022. Kobe Brown
*Deceased
2016 Frederick T. Walker 2020 Celese Sanders
2017 Ka Man "Melody" Ng 2021. Kati Fugit Lassus
2018 Courtney Penney Allen 2022. Kobe Brown
*Deceased