Past Recipients

2023

Suzanne Ciani – Musical Arts
Ute Goggins – Visual Arts
Tim Ryan – Contributions to the Arts Community
Tiffany Shlain – Performing Arts
Thomas Singer – Literary Arts

2019

Karen Benke – Literary Arts
Bob and Elza Burton – Contributions to the Arts Community
Robert Holmes – Visual Arts and Design
Phil Pastuhov – Performing and Film Arts
Lorin Rowan – Musical Arts

2018

Marty Balin – Musical Arts
Dart Cherk – Visual Arts and Design
Dr. Warren Farrell – Literary Arts
Annie Rosenthal Parr – Performing and Film Arts
Larry Lautzer – Community Contributions
The Fall Arts Festival for the Vera Schultz Award, which honors achievements of organizations that have made lasting contributions to the cultural life of Mill Valley.

2017

Don Hunter – Sali Lieberman Award – Lifetime achievements and lasting contributions to the cultural life of Mill Valley
Thacher Hurd – Literary Arts
Lisa Kristine – Visual Arts and Design
Winifred and John MacLeod – Contributions to the Creative Life of the Mill Valley Community
Gini Wilson – Musical Arts
Gary Yost – Performing and Film Arts

2016

Bob Bijou, Two Neat owner – Contributions to the Arts Community
Tripp Carpenter, master woodworker – Visual & Design Arts
Jacques Leslie, journalist, author – Literary Arts
Jasson Minadakis, Marin Theatre Company artistic director – Performing & Film Arts
Maria Muldaur, singer, musician – Musical Arts

2015

Tom Corwin, record producer, musician – Musical Arts
Joanne Hively, Mill Valley Library volunteer, leader – Contributions to the Arts Community
John Korty, filmmaker – Performing & Film Arts
Michael Painter, landscape architect – Visual & Design Arts
Eve Pell, investigative reporter, author – Literary Arts
Paul Smith, Mountain Play musical director, pianist – Sali Lieberman Award
Mill Valley Chamber Music Society – Vera Schultz Award

2014

Scott Mathews, record producer, composer-arranger – Musical Arts
Joyce Maynard, author – Literary Arts
Christopher Raker, architect – Visual & Design Arts
Mort Sahl, comedian, political satirist – Performing & Film Arts
Murphy Productions, event producers – Contributions to the Arts Community
Gage Schubert, arts organization volunteer, benefactor – Sali Lieberman Award
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts – Vera Schultz Award

2013

Kristin Jakob, botanical illustrator – Visual & Design Arts
Ann Killion, sports columnist, author – Literary Arts
Jim Lange, radio & television host – Performing & Film Arts
Phil Sheridan, storyteller, actor – Contributions to the Arts Community
Dick Fregulia, jazz musician – Musical Arts
Alan Nayer, website developer, writer – Sali Lieberman Award
Mountain Play Association – Vera Schultz Award

2012

Jack Beck, Mill Valley Paint-Off founder – Contributions to the Arts Community
Alice Corning, ceramist, sculptor – Visual & Design Arts
Jimmy Dillon, musician – Musical Arts
Zoe Elton, Mill Valley Film Festival director of programming – Performing & Film Arts
Betty Goerke, author, anthropology professor – Literary Arts

2011

Eldon Beck, landscape architect – Visual & Design Arts
Katy Butler, journalist, essayist – Literary Arts
Sue Carlomagno, Italian Street Painting Festival founder, director – Contributions to the Arts Community
Si & Max Perkoff, musicians – Musical Arts
Sammy Hagar, musician, entertainer – Performing & Film Arts
Larry Snyder, musical educator, Mill Valley Chamber Music Society leader – Sali Lieberman Award

2010

Sharon Boucher, actor, director – Performing Arts
Bill Champlin, musician – Musical Arts
Fred Larson, photographer – Visual Arts
Steve McNamara, Pacific Sun publisher, editor – Contributions to the Arts Community
Richard Moore, poet – Literary Arts

2009

Steve Bajor, events producer – Contributions to the Arts Community
Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, author – Literary Arts
Dan Hicks, musician – Musical Arts
Naomi Newman, actor, theater founder – Performing & Film Arts
Gretchen Jane Mentzer, installation artist – Visual Arts & Design
Abby Wasserman and Trubee Schock, Milley Awards co-founders – Sali Lieberman Award

2008

Susan Brashear and Ben Cleaveland, actors, Tamalpais High Conservatory Theatre
Ensemble co-directors – Performing & Film Arts
Creig Flessel, cartoonist, illustrator – Visual & Design Arts
Gabriella Mautner, author – Literary Arts
Lucy Mercer, 142 Throckmorton Theatre founder/artistic director – Contributions to the Arts Community
Ricca Wolff, musician, music educator – Musical Arts

2007

Lonnie Barback, author – Literary Arts
Austin deLone, musician – Musical Arts
Suki Hill, photographer – Visual arts
Ivan Poutiatine, architect – Contributions to the Arts Community
Kathleen Quinlan, actor – Performing Arts
The Depot Bookstore and Café – Vera Schultz Award

2006

Laurie Cohen, Mill Valley Philharmonic Orchestra founder/director – Musical Arts
Craig Frazier, graphic designer/illustrator – Visual Arts
Jane Hirshfield, poet/editor – Literary Arts
Rob Nilsson, filmmaker – Performing Arts
Elaine and Bill Petrocelli, Book Passage owners – Contributions to the Arts Community
Peggy Salkind, pianist and teacher – Sali Lieberman Award

2005

Martha Hannon, arts organizations publicist – Contributions to the Arts Community
Cyra McFadden, author – Literary Arts
Gloria Unti, dancer, performing arts director – Performing Arts
Bob Weir, musician – Musical Arts
Margaret “Kett” Zegart, visual arts educator – Visual Arts
Robert Royston and Asa Hanamoto, landscape architects – Sali Lieberman Award

2004

Catherine and Anthony Angelo, duo pianists – Musical Arts
Phyllis Faber, environmental writer and publisher – Contributions to the Arts Community
Tom Killion, master printmaker – Visual & Design Arts
Michael Parra, choreographer, dancer – Performing & Film Arts
Margaret Sanborn, historical writer – Literary Arts

2014 Milley Award recipients — 2004 Milley Award recipients, from left: Tom Killion, Phyllis Faber, Tony and Catherine Angelo, Michael Parra, and Cathy Burford, representing her mother, Margaret Sanborn, who passed away.

2003

Pirkle Jones, photographer – Visual & Design Arts
Cece Bechelli, dancer, dance educator – Performing & Film Arts
Trisha Garlock, Kiddo! co-founder & executive director – Contributions to the Arts Community
Paul Liberatore, journalist, arts chronicler – Literary Arts
Jan Pederson Schiff, singer, SingersMarin founder – Musical Arts
Ida Geary, environmental artist and writer – Sali Lieberman Award

2002

Steve Coleman, set designer – Visual & Design Arts
James Dunn, theater director – Performing & Film Arts
Richard Jessup, architect – Contributions to the Arts Community
Charles Meacham, violinist, Marin Symphony concertmaster – Musical Arts
Susan Trott, novelist – Literary Arts
The Outdoor Art Club – Vera Schultz Award

2001

Jeanie Chandler, flutist – Contributions to the Arts Community
George Duke, pianist – Musical Arts
David Roche, monologist – Performing & Film Arts
Barry Spitz, journalist, historian – Literary Arts
Ray Strong, landscape painter – Visual & Design Arts

2000

Carol Cunningham, book artist – Visual & Design Arts
Joan Deamer, middle school drama educator – Performing & Film Arts
John Goddard, Village Music owner – Contributions to the Arts Community
Jon Hendricks, singer, musician – Musical Arts
Zilpha Keatley Snyder, children’s novelist – Literary Arts
Jean Maguire Mitchell, cellist, Marin Symphony co-founder – Sali Lieberman Award

1999

Richard Dillon, author, historian – Literary Arts
Paul, Stefan and Julian Hersh, pianist, cellist, and violist – Musical Arts
Lee Sankowich, theater director – Performing & Film Arts
Lettie Schubert, puppeteer, arts organization leader – Contributions to the Arts Community
Millicent Tomkins, painter – Visual & Design Arts

1998

Chester Arnold, painter – Visual & Design Arts
Philip and Josepha Fath, clarinetist, violinist – Musical Arts
David Harris, investigative journalist, author – Literary Arts
David Myers, cinematographer – Performing & Film Arts
Marilyn Smith, Mountain Play executive director – Contributions to the Arts Community

1997

Joseph Angiulo, music educator – Musical Arts
Henri Boussy, multi-media artist, art educator – Visual & Design Arts
Mimi Farina, Bread & Roses founder – Performing & Film Arts
Ned and Katherine Mills, Mill Valley Record publishers– Contributions to the Arts Community
Martin Cruz Smith, novelist – Literary Arts

1996

Rita Abrams, pianist and songwriter – Musical Arts
Nelson Foote, Mill Valley Chamber Music Society leader – Contributions to the Arts Community
Rosemary Ishii MacConnell, sculptor – Visual & Design Arts
Will Marchetti, actor – Performing & Film Arts

The award was reintroduced as The Milley Award

1995

Dan Caldwell, actor, drama educator – Performing & Film Arts
Allester Dillon, ceramicist, sculptor, art festival leader – Visuals & Design Arts
The Fromer Family, composers, musicians – Musical Arts
George Leonard, author – Literary Arts
Jeanie Patterson, The Sweetwater owner – Contributions to the Arts Community