ArtsFairfax Awards

Nominations now open for the 2025 ArtsFairfax Awards
The nomination deadline is Friday, February 28, 2025 at 5pm.
Multiple nominations are allowed in the categories below. Please complete a separate form for each nomination. Also, self-nominations are accepted. We will announce the award winners in April 2025 and the awards will be presented at the
2025 ArtsFairfax Awards
11:15am-2:00pm on Friday, October 24, 2025
Hyatt Regency Reston | 1800 President Street, Reston, VA 20190
- The Education Award recognizes an artist or arts organization for providing exceptional arts education opportunities and experiences in Fairfax County and/or the Cities of Fairfax or Falls Church.
- The Impact Award recognizes an organization, program, or activity for providing arts opportunities or experiences that have made a significant impact on the Fairfax County community.
- The Philanthropy Award recognizes an individual, corporation, or foundation that has provided leadership funding, long-term monetary support, or significant investment in the arts in the Fairfax County community.
Celebrating visionary contributions in Fairfax County
Held annually to raise the visibility of arts and culture throughout Fairfax County and the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church, the ArtsFairfax Awards attract more than 350 guests, including local, state, and federal elected officials, as well as private supporters, business professionals, and arts and community leaders.
Proceeds from the ArtsFairfax Awards help sustain the critical services, resources, and support the nonprofit provides for the local arts sector and the broader community. As Fairfax County’s local arts agency, ArtsFairfax serves more than 200 arts and culture nonprofits by distributing County funds to the arts, connecting artists and arts organizations to each other and to other sectors, and promoting arts and culture activities for approximately 1.2 million County residents.
2024 ArtsFairfax Awards
Channel 16 Segment for 2024 ArtsFairfax Awards
Featuring: Stuart Holt, President & CEO, ArtsFairfax
Angelique Palmer, Fairfax County Poet Laureate 2024-02027
Jeffrey C. McKay, Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Produced by Fairfax County Government Channel 16 in cooperation with ArtsFairfax.
Leila Gordon & BeBe Nguyen for Visionary Sponsor, Reston Community Center
Produced by Fairfax County Government Channel 16 in cooperation with ArtsFairfax.
ArtsFairfax Awards Past Honorees
Jinx Hazel Award:
- Peterson Family Foundation (2024)
- Workhouse Arts Center (2023)
- Capital One Hall (2022)
- National Museum of the United States Army (2021)
- The Honorable Sharon Bulova (2019)
- Margaret & Shashi Gupta (2019)
- Claude Moore Charitable Foundation (2018)
- Dewberry (2017)
- Dominion Resources, Inc. (2016)
- Earle C. Williams (2015)
- Bill Reeder & Richard Kamenitzer (2014)
- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (2013)
- John Til Hazel & Anne Hazel (2012)
Education Award:
- The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University (2023)
- Traveling Players Ensemble (2021)
- Kelli Schollard-Sincock (2021)
- American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (2018)
- Fairfax Choral Society (2016)
- Cappies of the National Capital Area (2014)
- McLean Project for the Arts (2012)
Philanthropy Award:
- Anne R. Kline (2024)
- Lola Reinsch (2023)
- Gary & Tina Mather (2022)
- Reston Town Center Association (2021)
- Stephen Roberts (2019)
- Virginia McGehee Friend (2018)
- Todd Hitt (2017)
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (2016)
- Richard Hausler (2015)
- Pat & Steve Macintyre (2014)
- Cityline Partners (2013)
- EnviroSolutions (2012)
Impact Award:
- Inova Schar Cancer Institute in partnership with Smith Center for Healing and the Arts (2023)
- 1st Stage (2021)
- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (2018)
- George Washington’s Mount Vernon (2016)
- GRACE (2014)
- IPAR (2012)
Achievement Award:
- Shu-Chen Cuff (2024)
- Mark Brutsché (2022)
- Foon Sham (2019)
- Dan Sheehy (2017)
- Rebecca Kamen (2015)
- Kathryn Fredgren (2013)
Emerging Award:
- NextStop Theatre Company (2019)
- Washington West Film Festival (2017)
- Vienna Jammers (2015)
- Riverbend Opera Company (2013)
Innovation Award:
- We Rock Cancer (2024)
- Fall For The Book (2022)
ArtsFairfax Awards Past Awards Artists
Artists:
- Andy Yoder (2024)
- Jean Sausele-Knodt (2023)
- Foon Sham (2022)
- JP Muller (2021)
- Bikki Stricker (2019)
- David Barnes (2018)
- Wayne Schiffelbein (2017)
- Rebecca Kamen (2016)
- Jonathan Fisher (2015)
- Evan C. Reed (2014)
- Dale Marhanka (2013)
- Ian Kessler-Gowell (2012)