# Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award

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. The WCA Honor Awards Ceremony has occurred annually most years since then.
| 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 Zeisler |
| 1983 | Philadelphia | Edna Andrade, Dorothy Dehner, Lotte Jacobi, Ellen Johnson, Stella Kramrisch, Lenore Tawney, Pecolia Warner |
| 1985 | Los Angeles | Minna Citron, Clyde Connell, Eleanor Raymond, Joyce Treiman, June Wayne, Rachel Wischnitzer |
| 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, 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 Spero |
| 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, Andrea Barnwell Brownlee (President's Award) |
| 2006 | Boston | Eleanor Antin, Marisol Escobar, Elinor Gadon, Yayoi Kusama, Maura Reilly (President's Award) |
| 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 |
| 2017 | New York | Audrey Flack, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Charlene Teters, Martha Rosler, (President's Award for Art and Activism) Kat Griefen |
| 2018 | Los Angeles | Lee Bontecou, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Gloria Orenstein, Renee Stout, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Kathy Gallegos and Amelia Jones |
| 2019 | Los Angeles | Olga de Amaral, Mary Beth Edelson, Gladys Barker Grauer, Mira Schor, (President's Award for Art & Activism) L.J. Roberts and Aruna D’Souza |
| 2020 | Chicago | Joyce Fernandes, Michiko Itatani, Judy Onofrio, Alison Saar, Judith Stein, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Rose B. Simpson |
| 2022 | Chicago | Lynda Benglis, Beate Minkovski, Gladys Nilsson, Lorraine O’Grady, Linda Vallejo, (President's Award for Art & Activism) Sabrina Nelson, (Emerging Artists Award) Ashley January |