For over forty-five years The Cleveland Arts Prize has championed the arts, artists and cultural caretakers of the region. In 1999, the organization began collecting images, words, and stories about the work and lives of Arts Prize awardees. This ongoing project documents the accomplishments of all Cleveland Arts Prize awardees, past and present.

http://clevelandartsprize.org/nominate.html

See the past winners here:

http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html