The City of Sonoma’s Cultural and Fine Arts Commission is seeking nominations for the 2022 Sonoma Treasure Artist of the Year Award. First awarded in 1983, the Sonoma Treasure Artist is selected and recognized for outstanding achievement in a chosen artistic medium including the performing, visual, theatrical, literary and craft arts and for their service and involvement within the community.
The public is invited to nominate, in writing, individuals they feel would be worthy of the Sonoma Treasure Artist honor. Letters of nomination must include a description of the artist’s work and contributions to the community, and a rationale for why that person should be named Treasure Artist of the Year.
Nominations will be accepted in the office of the City Clerk, No. 1 The Plaza, Sonoma, CA 95476 (City Hall), or by email at rbarr@sonomacity.org, until 5:00 p.m. January 7, 2022. The Commission will consider the nominations and select the Treasure Artist at their next meeting. Contact City Clerk Rebekah Barr at 933-2216 for additional information.
Past Treasure Artists:
| 2020 & 2021 | Betty Ann Bruno | Dance Teacher, Performer |
| 2019 | Cynthia Tarr | Vocalist, Teacher, Conductor |
| 2018 | Barbara McElroy | Teacher, Composer, Musician |
| 2017 | Peter Hansen | Filmmaker and Teacher |
| 2016 | Dick Cole | Watercolor Artist, Illustrator |
| 2015 | Barbara White Perry | Artist and Author |
| 2014 | Thena Trygstad | Artist and Teacher |
| 2013 | David Aguilar | Musician |
| 2012 | Barbara Jacobsen | Painter, Teacher |
| 2011 | Dennis Ziemienski | Painter |
| 2010 | Gayle Manfre | Painter |
| 2009 | Lin Lipetz | Painter, Teacher |
| 2008 | Linda Rawls` | Costumer |
| 2007 | Richard Schneider | Director of the Home Town Band |
| 2006 | Janis Kobe | Painter, Teacher, Gourd Artist |
| 2005 | Keith Wicks | Painter |
| 2004 | Roger & Diana Rhoten | Teachers/Theater |
| 2003 | Chester Arnold | Artist and Teacher |
| 2002 | Cynthia Hipkiss | Ceramicist |
| 2001 | Beth Marie Deenihan | Dance |
| 2000 | Jim Callahan | Sculptor |
| 1999 | Kate Kennedy | Actress and Director |
| 1998 | Beverly Prevost | Ceramicist |
| 1997 | Ray Jacobsen | Painter |
| 1996 | Antoinette Kuhry | Founder, Sonoma City Opera |
| 1995 | Jo Anne Connor-Metzger | Musician |
| 1994 | Stanley Mouse | Painter |
| Fred Parker | Painter | |
| 1993 | James Griewe | Chorale Conductor |
| 1992 | Norton Buffalo | Musician |
| 1991 | Linus Maurer | Cartoonist |
| 1990 | Otto Hitzberger | Sculptor |
| 1989 | Helene Minelli | Painter |
| 1988 | C. Carl Jennings | Metalsmith |
| 1987 | Irma Wallem | Writer |
| 1986 | Dan Ruggles | Musician |
| 1985 | Anthony Stellon | Sculptor |
| 1984 | M.F.K. Fisher | Writer |
| James Vanderbilt | Painter | |
| 1983 | Marian Brackenridge | Sculptor |
| Ted Christensen | Painter |
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