Categories: The recipient must be accomplished in one or more of the five following categories:

1. Artist: (any or all mediums, including photography)
2. Author: (writer, historian, researcher, journalist, etc.)
3. Drama & Theater: (producer, director, playwright, dancer, performer, etc.)
4. Music: (performer, composer, conductor, etc.)
5. *Patron of the Arts: a person whose ideas,personal participation, organizing skills, and/or encouragement has supported and promoted the arts in the community. (To only have donated money does not qualify a person for this distinction.)

*May be a group or organization.

Requirements:

1. Person must have resided/worked in Auburn or adjacent area 15-20 years.
2. Be professionally recognized by peers, locally, regionally, and/or nationally as an accomplished member of the artistic community.
3. * Cannot have received the Medal of Arts award for five years.
4. * Cannot be a member of the Arts Commission at the time the award is given.

* Requirements may be modified by a two-thirds vote of the membership of Auburn Arts Commission, Inc.

Recipients of the Medal of Arts Award

1993- Art: Jeanne O. Gehring
1994- Music: John D. Smith
1995- Writer: John Martin Smith
1996- Theater: John Wilson
1997- Patron: Judy H. Waanders
1998- Art: Brian Baker
1999- Music: Dick Norris
2000- Writer:  Hubert Stackhouse
2001- Theatre: Tim Albert
2002- Patron:  Helen Pickering
2003- Art: Mary Thiel
2004- Music: Mildred Hansen & Imogene Mavis
2005- Writer:  Dave Kurtz
2006- Music:  Frank & Betty Bueker
2007- Patron- Tri Kappa Chapters of DeKalb County
2008- Art: Mable Bevington & Mark Ober
2009- Writer: Jane Kempf