Perry F. Kendig Awards
Nominees and Recipients
Presented by Hollins University and Roanoke College
2013-2019
*Denotes the recipients of the Perry F. Kendig Award (not eligible for re-nomination)
2020 and 2021
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s awards ceremony combined nominees for 2020 and 2021, and two winners were awarded in each category.
Artemis Journal
Shelby and Jason Bingham * Individual or Business Arts Supporter Award
Bryan Hancock “Harvest Blaque”
Kerry Hurley
Robert Nordt, Sr.
Olin Hall Galleries * Arts and Cultural Organization Awards
Todd Ristau * Individual Artist Award
Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir
David Scaer
Don and Barbara Smith * Individual or Business Arts Supporter Award
The Smith Mountain Arts Council * Arts and Cultural Organization Awards
Third Street Coffee House
Pat Wilhelms * Individual Artist Award
Dwayne Yancey
2019
Harvester Performance Center
Susan Jennings * Individual or Business Supporter
Yvonne Olsen
RIDE Solutions
The Studio School * Arts and Cultural Organization
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Jimmy Ray Ward * Individual Artist
2018
Nancy Agee
Artemis, Artists and Writers
Rita Bishop
Dotsy Clifton
Doug Jackson
Jefferson Center * Arts and Cultural Organization
Cynthia and Mark Lawrence
Amanda Mansfield * Individual Artist
Maury Strauss * Individual or Business Supporter
Margaret Sue Turner Wright
2017
The Grandin Theatre Foundation* Arts and Cultural Organization
Kathy Guy
Roanoke Ballet Theatre
John Sailer posthumously* Individual Artist
The Science Museum of Western Virginia
Judy and Joel Tenzer* Individual or Business Supporter
Margaret Sue Turner Wright
2016
Individual Artist
Ed Bordett
Richard Cummins
Eric Fitzpatrick
Beth Macy and Tom Landon
Ginger Poole*
Arts and Cultural Organization
Attic Theatre
Fleda A. Ring Artworks
Science Museum of Western Virginia
Taubman Museum of Art*
Individual or Business Arts Supporter
Jack Avis
Barbara Dickinson
Bev Fitzpatrick
Friendship Foundation
The Roanoke Women’s Foundation*
2015
Individual Artist
Barbara Dickinson
Byron Dickson
Nancy Ruth Patterson*
Arts and Cultural Organization
Center in the Square
Larnell Starkey and the Spiritual Seven Gospel Singers
Salem Art Center
Southwest Virginia Ballet*
Individual or Business Arts Supporter
Jack Avis
Foundation for Roanoke Valley*
James W. Hyams
Dr. Robert L.A. Keeley Healing Arts Program at Carilion Clinic
RIDE Solutions
Richard Rudolph
2014
Individual Artist
Keith Ferrell
Charlene Graves
Joseph Mackereth
Page Turner
Bill White*
Arts and Cultural Organization
Mill Mountain Theatre *
Roanoke Arts Commission* (Harriet Stokes Memorial Award)
Roanoke Ballet Theatre
Individual or Business Arts Supporter
Jack Avis and Ginger Poole Avis
James W. Hyams
Member One Federal Credit Union*
The Dr. Robert A. Keeley Healing Arts Program at Carilion Clinic
2013
Individual Artist
Harriett Stokes*
Bill White
Peter Wreden
Arts and Cultural Organization
Roanoke Children’s Theatre, Inc.*
Mill Mountain Theatre
Southwest Virginia Ballet
Individual or Business Arts Supporter
Richard Kurshan*
Jim Hyams
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