Every year the Arts and Healing Network honors healing artists who are truly making a difference in the world. Our hope is that these awards offer the recipients encouragement and support to continue and expand their outstanding work. We also hope that by highlighting these artists on our web site that their amazing work will inspire others and light the way for more healing artists.

In 2012, the Arts & Healing Network will be offering two separate rounds of awards, and we are actively seeking nominations. The first round is an open call for healing artists of any age and working in any creative medium, who have a demonstrable process of using art to heal. We will be giving away 1-4 awards of $5000 each in this first round. The nomination deadline is May 15, 2012. To nominate yourself or someone else please click here to learn more. 

The second round of awards is called "Honoring the Next Generation," and focuses on artists using art to heal who are 18-35 years old. The nomination deadline for round two is September 15, 2012. We will be giving away 1-4 awards of $5000 each in this second round. If you or someone you know is eligible for this opportunity, please click here to learn more.

	2011 Awards: Honoring the Next Generation In 2011, we gave away three awards of $4000 each to healing artists under 35 years old. The recipients were Ricky Lee Gordon, Naomi Natale, and Sara Potler.
	2010 Awards: Honoring Ceremonial Art In 2010, we gave away two awards of $5000 each to Vijali Hamilton and Dominique Mazeaud, who each use creative work and ceremony to bring healing to communities and the earth.
	2009 Awards: Healing Artists Working with Water In 2009, we gave away four awards of $2500 each to artists who are addressing one of the most important & threatened resources on our planet – WATER. The awardees are Liza Behrendt, Joan Carne & Louise Towell, Judith Selby Lang & Richard Lang, and Aviva Rahmani.
	2008 Award: Rachel Bagby Since 1985, Rachel Bagby has pioneered vibralingual practices that help people form vocal communities for ecological and social healing. A vocal artist, writer, composer, teacher and founder of Choral Earth, Rachel is internationally recognized for inspiring multiple generations to bring their voices to life.
	2007 Award: Lynne Hull For over 20 years, Lynne Hull has pioneered "trans-species" art, creating sculptural installations that provide wildlife habitat enhancement and eco-atonement for human impact.
	2006 Award: Anna Halprin Anna Halprin is a pioneer and innovator in dance and expressive arts. As a performer, choreographer, teacher, and founder of the Tamalpa Institute, she has introduced countless people to the transformative and healing power of dance.
	2005 Award: Tim Lefens Artist and author Tim Lefens is the founder of Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.), a New Jersey-based nonprofit creating tools and techniques that allow for the uncompromised creative self-expression of those with the most severe physical challenges.
	2004 Award: Bill Talen Bill Talen is an artist and activist whose public performances as Reverend Billy from the Church of Stop Shopping very effectively call into question America's mindless consumption of resources and encourage people to reexamine their values.
	2003 Award: Patricia Johanson Since 1968, Patricia Johanson has been creating works that honor nature and the earth, applying her skills as an artist toward solving environmental issues such as sewage treatment and balancing ecosystems.
	2002 Award: Lily Yeh Lily Yeh is the founder of the Village of Arts and Humanities which for over 15 years has been facilitating major transformations in inner-city Philadelphia through the creation of community gardens, murals and other artwork.
	2001 Award: Bonnie Ora Sherk Bonnie Sherk, an artist and educator, is also the founder and president of Life Frames, Inc. whose mission is to develop site-specific, culturally-sensitive designs for community learning environments.
	2000 Award: Betsy Damon Betsy Damon creates environmental artworks that address issues of water conservation, and her most recent work includes the Living Waters Park in Chengdu, China.
	1999 Award: Marilyn Wood Marilyn Wood is director of the International Center for Celebration whose mission is "to discover the role of celebration as a vital element within our global community and to promote the creation of new celebrations that nurture the essence and spirit of peoples everywhere."
	1998 Award: Bill Witherspoon Bill Witherspoon creates visionary environmental art that has demonstrated how creative acts of reverence and gratitude to the earth are effective in increasing earth productivity and decreasing earth toxicity.

Learn More About the AHN Award

In 2007, we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the AHN Award by creating a special episode of the Arts & Healing Podcast that includes the voices of all 10 recipients from 1998-2007. To listen to this podcast online click here and hear these inspiring artists talk about their current work and how art heals.

Read the greenmuseum.org's interview with the Arts and Healing Network about the AHN Award.