Past winners of the City of Quincy Art Awards are:

2016-17

• Arts Organization: Quincy Civic Music Association
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher:  Dr. Steven Soebbing
  
• Business Leadership:  Rosewood Custom Framing
  
• Individual Volunteer Leadership:  Anna Mugerditchian
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Burnett

2015-16

• Arts Organization: Quinsippi Needleworkers
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher:  Rebecca Hoskins
  
• Business Leadership:  Knapheide Manufacturing
  
• Individual Volunteer Leadership:  Bret Austin
  

2014-15
2013-14
Arts awards winners received an original print created by students in Blaine Barnes' classes at Quincy Senior High School.

• Arts Organization: Quincy Community Theatre
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Anne Stupavsky
  
• Business Leadership: Kohl Cash & Carry
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Maggie Strong
  
  

2012-13
Each arts award winner received an original print created by students in Libby Tournear's classes at the Quincy Art Center.

• Arts Organization: Midsummer Arts Faire
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Ann Titus
  
• Business Leadership: Peoples Prosperity Bank
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Vicki Dempsey
  
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Mentesti
  
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Connie & Rich Niemann
  
  

2011-12

• Arts Organization: The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Brandon Thomson
  
• Business leadership: ETC Computerland & Media Development
  
• Volunteer Leadership: John Gebhardt
  
• Riverfest Best of Show: Blaine Troup
  
• Riverfest Best Member Booth: Quincy Museum
  
  

2010-11

• Arts Organization: Quincy Public Library
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Gary Butler
  
• Business Leadership: Rodney Heimer & Associates
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Hal Oakley
  
• Riverfest Best of Show: Callie Page
  
• Riverfest Best Member Booth: Quincy Art Center
  

2009-10

• Arts Organization: Friends of the Log Cabins
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Dominc Cattero
  
• Business Leadership: Sturhahn Jewelers
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Mowbray Allen
  
• Riverfest Best of Show: Blaine Troup
  
• Riverfest Best Member Booth: Mississippi Thespians
  

2008-09

• Arts Organization: The Quincy Preservation Commission
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Lavern Wagner
  
• Business Leadership: Advance Physical Therapy
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Mary Jane Stewart
  
• Riverfest Best of Show: Caleb Bourn & Kyle Darnell
  
• Riverfest Best Member Booth: Quincy Symphony Orchestra
  

2007-08

• Arts Organization: Quincy Community Concert Band
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Monica Scholz
  
• Business Leadership: Hansen-Spear Funeral Home
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Leroy Boeckelman
  
• Riverfest Best of Show: David Carter
  
• Riverfest Best Member Booth: Mississippi Thespians
  

2006-07

• Arts Organization: Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Marci Likes Keller
  
• Business Leadership: Bank of Quincy
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Paul and Suzi Duker
  
• Riverfest Best of Show: Jane V. Saunders
  
• Riverfest Best Member Booth: Quincy Community Theatre
  

2005-06

• Arts Organization: Quincy Art Center/75th Beaux Arts Ball Special Event
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Barbara Rowell
  
• Business Leadership:Shottenkirk/Planet Shottenkirk
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Chuck McClain
  
• President's Award: Greg Lueckenhoff
  
• Riverfest Best of Show: George Machart
  
• Riverfest Best Member Booth: Mississippi Thespians
  

2004-05

• Arts Organization: Quincy Artists Guild
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Dr. Randall McClelland
  
• Business Leadership: Bank of America
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Mary Ann Klein
  

2003-04

• Arts Organization: Quincy Notre Dame High School
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Kathryn Gray
  
• Business Leadership: KHQA-TV Channel 7
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Pat Surface
  

2002-03

• Arts Organization: Historic Quincy Business District
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Kathi Dooley
  
• Business Leadership: GRAY HUNTER STENN LLP
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Anne St. John
  

2001-02

• Arts Organization: Quincy Beautification Group
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Don Langellier
  
• Business Leadership: Modern Printing
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Doris Malacarne
  

2000-01

• Arts Organization: Great River Barbershop Chorus
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Roger Leach
  
• Business Leadership: Sharkey Transportation
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Robin Walden
  

1999-2000

• Arts Organization: Sunday Music Series
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Robert March
  
• Business Leadership: Refreshment Services Pepsi
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Avril Marie Bernzen
  

1998-99

• Arts Organization: Quincy Park Band
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Les Fonza
  
• Business Leadership:Michelmann Foundation
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Carol Mason
  

1997-98

• Arts Organization: Mid-Mississippi Blues Society
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Jewel Gwaltney
  
• Business Leadership: McNay Truckline
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Stacia Kemp
  

1996-97

• Arts Organization: Muddy River Opera Company
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Sandy Meyer
  
• Business Leadership: First Bankers Trust Company
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Vera Magill
  

1995-96

• Arts Organization: German Village Society
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Dale Kimpton
  
• Business Leadership: Continental Cablevision
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Jane Shair
  

1994-95

• Arts Organization: John Wood Community College Fine Arts
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Sarama Schnack
  
• Business Leadership: Gardner Denver Machinery Inc.
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Mike McClain
  

1993-94

• Arts Organization: Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Dan Sherman
  
• Business Leadership: Dame & Hurdle Jewelers
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Mary S. Oakley and Mrs. Arthur Lindsay, Jr.
  

1992-93

• Arts Organization: Quincy Civic Music Association
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Father Tom Brown
  
• Business Leadership: Oakley-Lindsay Foundation
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Carolyn Stevenson
  

1991-92

• Arts Organization: Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Mary Anne Spangler-Scott and Mary Jane McCloskey
  
• Business Leadership: Hardee's Restaurants and WGEM-AM-FM-TV
  
• Volunteer Leadership: W. Kirby Eber and Mary Catherine Paben
  

1990-91

• Arts Organization: Quincy Art Center
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Robert Mejer
  
• Business Leadership: Knapheide Manufacturing Company
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Ned Broemmel
  

1989-90

• Arts Organization: Quincy Museum
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Rose Camastro-Pritchett
  
• Business Leadership: Mercantile Trust Bank
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Kay Stevenson
  

1988-89

• Arts Organization: Quincy College Fine Arts Department
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Kirk St. Maur
  
• Business Leadership: The Quincy Herald Whig
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Caroline Sexauer
  

1987-88

• Arts Organization: Quincy Community Little Theatre
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Leonora Suppan-Gehrich
  
• Business Leadership: Gem City Savings And Loan
  
• Volunteer Leadership: Joe Bonansinga
  

1986-87

• Arts Organization: Quincy High School Fine Arts Department
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Fritzi Morrison
  
• Business Leadership: Central Illinois Public Service Company
  

1985-86

• Arts Organization: Quincy Preserves
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Elizabeth Lieber
  
• Business Leadership: Quincy Holiday Inn
  

1984-85

• Arts Organization: Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Naomi Watts
  
• Business Leadership: Moorman Manufacturing Company
  

1983-84

• Arts Organization: Quincy Civic Music Association
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Janet Conover
  
• Business Leadership: Boatmen's Bank of Quincy
  

1982-81

• Arts Organization: Quincy Symphony Orchestra
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: Wayne Pyle
  

1981-82

• Arts Organization: Quincy Preserves
  
• Individual Artist/Teacher: George Irwin