Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship
Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship
Every two years, one or more Fellows are recognized as Gold Medalists, an award for a lifetime of achievement. It is the highest award given by the Council. Gold Medal awardees represent the extraordinary among a field of elite craftspeople. The significance cannot be overstated, and the value of material related to the individuals has proportional importance to the preservation and scholarship of American craft. Awardees are nominated by the College of Fellows and selected by the ACC Awards Committee.
Introducing Our 2024 Gold Medalists
All ACC Gold Medalists
2024 Nick Cave
2024 Wendy Maruyama
2024 Anne Wilson
2022 Jim Bassler
2022 Lia Cook
2022 Richard Marquis
2022 Judy Kensley McKie
2022 John McQueen
2022 Patti Warashina
2020 Joyce J. Scott
2018 Jun Kaneko
2016 Gerhardt Knodel
2014 Betty Woodman
2012 Stephen De Staebler
2010 Albert Paley
2009 Katherine Westphal
2008 Paul Soldner
2006 Dale Chihuly
2005 Fred Fenster
2003 William Daley
2002 Kay Sekimachi
2002 Don Reitz
2001 Otto and Gertrude Natzler
2001 Arline Fisch
2000 Cynthia Schira
2000 L. Brent Kington
1999 Dominic L. Di Mare
1999 Rudy Autio
1998 Warren MacKenzie
1998 Karen Karnes
1998 Kenneth Ferguson
1997 Sheila Hicks
1997 Ruth Duckworth
1997 Wendell Castle
1996 June Schwarcz
1996 Ronald Hayes Pearson
1996 Jack Lenor Larsen
1995 Bob Stocksdale
1995 Rudolf Staffel
1994 Toshiko Takaezu
1994 John Paul Miller
1993 Robert C. Turner
1993 Marianne Strengell
1993 Douglass Morse Howell
1993 Alma Eikerman
1992 Beatrice Wood
1992 John Prip
1990 Ed Rossbach
1988 Sam Maloof
1987 Lenore Tawney
1986 Gerry Williams
1986 Peter Voulkos
1986 Margret Craver
1985 Lucy M. Lewis
1983 Harvey Littleton
1981 Anni Albers
1970 Dorothy Liebes
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