The Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award was established under the presidency of Lee Ann Miller (1978–80). Joan Mondale, artist and wife of vice-president Walter Mondale, helped to secure approval for a national award honoring women's achievements in the arts, and Jimmy Carter presided over the first Women's Caucus for Art award ceremony in the Oval Office in 1979.Eleanor Dickinson, The History of the Women's Caucus for Art . Retrieved 7 March 2013. The WCA Honor Awards Ceremony has occurred annually most years since then.Past WCA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients, Women's Caucus for Art 40th Anniversary Celebration: 2012 Honor Awards .

Recipients Year Venue Recipients of WCA Honors Lifetime Achievement Award 1979 Washington D. C. Isabel Bishop, Selma Burke, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O'Keeffe (in absentia) 1980 New Orleans Anni Albers, Louise Bourgeois, Caroline Durieux, Ida Kohlmeyer, Lee Krasner 1980 Alternate Awards Washington D. C. Bella Abzug, Sonia Johnson, Sister Theresa Kane, Rosa Parks, Gloria Steinem, Grace Paley 1981 San Francisco Ruth Bernhard, Adelyn Breeskin, Elizabeth Catlett, Sari Dienes, Claire Falkenstein, Helen Lundeberg 1982 New York City Bernice Abbott, Elsie Driggs, Elizabeth Gilmore Holt, Katharine Kuh, Charmion von Wiegand, Claire ZeislerWCA Honor Awards 1982. Retrieved 13 March 2013. 1983 Philadelphia Edna Andrade, Dorothy Dehner, Lotte Jacobi, Ellen Johnson, Stella Kramrisch, Lenore Tawney, Pecolia WarnerWCA Honor Awards 1983 . Retrieved 13 March 2013. 1985 Los Angeles Minna Citron, Clyde Connell, Eleanor Raymond, Joyce Treiman, June Wayne, Rachel WischnitzerWCA Honor Awards 1985 . Retrieved 13 March 2013. 1986 New York City Nell Blaine, Leonora Carrington, Sue Fuller, Lois Mailou Jones, Dorothy Miller, Barbara Morgan 1987 Boston Grace Hartigan, Agnes Mongan, Maud Morgan, Honoré Sharrer, Elizabeth Talford Scott, Beatrice Wood, Patricia Hills (President's Award) 1988 Houston Margaret Burroughs, Dorothy Hood, Miriam Schapiro, Edith Standen, Jane Teller 1989 San Francisco Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Margret Craver, Clare Leighton, Betye Saar, Samella Sanders Lewis 1990 New York City Ilse Bing, Elizabeth Layton, Helen Serger, May Stevens, Pablita Velarde 1991 Washington DC Theresa Bernstein, Mildred Constantine, Otellie Loloma, Miné Okubo, Delilah Pierce 1992 Chicago Vera Berdich, Paula Gerard, Lucy Lewis, Louise Noun, Margaret Tafoya, Anna Tate 1993 Seattle Ruth Asawa, Shifra Goldman, Nancy Graves, Gwen Knight, Agueda Salazar Martinez, Emily Waheneka 1994 New York City Mary Adams, Maria Enriquez de Allen, Beverly Pepper, Faith Ringgold, Rachel Rosenthal, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein 1995 San Antonio Irene Clark, Jacqueline Clipsham,Teresa Barker, "Jacqueline Clipsham: I Had to Design My Own Studio, All My Equipment to Fit Me," Chicago Tribune (July 26, 1987). Alessandra Comini, Jean Lacy, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Celia Álvarez Muñoz 1996 Boston Bernice Bing, Alicia Craig Faxon, Elsa Honig Fine, Howardena Pindell, Marianna Pineda, Kay WalkingStick 1997 Philadelphia Jo Hanson, Sadie Krauss Kriebel, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Moira Roth, Kay Sekimachi, Tee Corinne (President's Award), Ofelia Garcia (President's Award) 1999 Los Angeles Judy Baca, Judy Chicago, Linda Frye Burnham, Evangeline J. Montgomery, Arlene Raven, Barbara T. Smith 2001 Chicago Joyce Aiken, Marie Johnson Calloway, Dorothy Gillespie, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Wilhelmina Holladay, Ellen Lanyon, Ruth G. Waddy 2002 Philadelphia Camille Billops, Judith K. Brodsky, Muriel Magenta, Linda Nochlin, Marilyn Stokstad, Barbara Wolanin (President's Award) 2003 New York City Eleanor Dickinson, Suzi Gablik, Grace Glueck, Ronne Hartfield, Eleanor Munro, Nancy SperoWCA Honor Awards 2003 . Retrieved 9 March 2013. 2004 Seattle Emma Amos, Jo Baer, Michi Itami, Helen Levitt, Yvonne Rainer, Elizabeth A. Sackler (President's Award), Tara Donovan (President's Award) 2005 Atlanta Betty Blayton-Taylor, Rosalynn Carter, Mary D. Garrard, Agnes Martin, Yoko Ono, Ann Sutherland Harris,WCA Honor Awards 2005 . Retrieved 9 March 2013. Andrea Barnwell Brownlee (President's Award) 2006 Boston Eleanor Antin, Marisol Escobar, Elinor Gadon, Yayoi Kusama, Maura Reilly (President's Award)WCA Honor Awards 2006 . Retrieved 9 March 2013. 2007 New York City Barbara Chase-Riboud, Wanda Corn, Buffie Johnson, Lucy R. Lippard, Elizabeth Murray, (President's Award) Connie Butler 2008 Dallas Ida Applebroog, Joanna Frueh, Nancy Grossman, Leslie King-Hammond, Yolanda López, Lowery Stokes Sims, (President's Awards ),Santa Barraza, Joan Davidow, and Tey Marianna Nunn 2009 Los Angeles, Maren Hassinger, Ester Hernandez, Joyce Kozloff, Margo Machida, Ruth Weisberg, Catherine Opie (President's Award), Susan Fisher Sterling (President's Award) 2010 Chicago Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, Mary Jane Jacob, Senga Nengudi, Joyce J. Scott, Spiderwoman Theater (Lisa Mayo, Gloria Miguel, Muriel Miguel), Juana Guzman (President's Award), Karen Reimer (President's Award) 2011 New York Beverly Buchanan, Diane Burko, Ofelia Garcia, Joan Marter, Carolee Schneemann, Sylvia Sleigh, Maria Torres (President's Award for Art & Activism) 2012 Los Angeles Whitney Chadwick, Suzanne Lacy, Ferris Olin, Bernice Steinbaum, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Karen Mary Davalos (President's Award for Art & Activism), Cathy Salser (President's Award for Art & Activism) Lynn Hershman Leeson ( WCA Media Award ) 2013 New York City Tina Dunkley, Artis Lane, Susana Torruella Leval, Joan Semmel, Leanne Stella (President's Award for Art & Activism) 2014 Chicago Phyllis Bramson, Harmony Hammond, Adrian Piper, Faith Wilding, Hye-Seong Tak Lee (President's Award for Art & Activism), Janice Nesser-Chu (President's Award for Art & Activism) 2015 New York Sue Coe, Kiki Smith, Martha Wilson, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Petra Kuppers 2016 Washington, DC Tommi Arai, Helène Aylon, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Juana Guzman, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Stephanie Sherman 2017New YorkAudrey Flack, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Charlene Teters, Martha Rosler, (President's Award for Art and Activism) Kat Griefen2018Los AngelesLee Bontecou, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Gloria Orenstein, Renee Stout, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Kathy Gallegos and Amelia Jones2019Los AngelesOlga de Amaral, Mary Beth Edelson, Gladys Barker Grauer, Mira Schor, (President's Award for Art & Activism) L.J. Roberts and Aruna D'Souza2020ChicagoJoyce Fernandes, Michiko Itatani, Judy Onofrio, Alison Saar, Judith Stein, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Rose B. Simpson2022ChicagoLynda Benglis, Beate Minkovski, Gladys Nilsson, Lorraine O’Grady, Linda Vallejo, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Sabrina Nelson, (Emerging Artists Award) Ashley January

See also

List of media awards honoring women

References