Advancing the power of art to educate and inspire people to action
CSPG's Honorees
Since 1995, CSPG has been honoring people who exemplify our mission of advancing the power of art to educate and inspire people to action. The titles of the awards came from posters in our collection:
Art is a Hammer Award
Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it — Vladimir Mayakovsky
Historian of the Lions Award
Until the lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter — African Proverb
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation Award
Culture contains the seed of opposition becoming the flower of liberation — Amílcar Cabral
2019
Art is a Hammer:
Micah Bazant
Historian of the Lions:
Sabina Virgo & Kwazi Nkrumah
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Nallelí Cobo
2016
Art is a Hammer:
Mariona Barkus
Historian of the Lions:
Lincoln Cushing
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Bryonn Bain
2015
Art is a Hammer:
Jos Sances
Historian of the Lions:
Sonali Kolhatkar
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Gilda Haas & Gary Phillips
2014
Art is a Hammer:
Samella Lewis
Historian of the Lions:
Larry Gross & Scott Tucker
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Dolores Huerta
2013
Art is a Hammer:
Cheri Gaulke & Sue Maberry
Historian of the Lions:
Diane Luby Lane & the Get Lit Players
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Sonia Mercado & R. Samuel Paz
2012
Art is a Hammer:
Andy Zermeño
Historian of the Lions:
Joan Sekler
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Tom Morello
2011
Art is a Hammer:
Doug Minkler
Historian of the Lions:
Angela Davis
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Reverend James & Dorothy Lawson
2010
Art is a Hammer:
Ricardo Levins Morales
Historian of the Lions:
Robert Scheer & Narda Zacchino
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Youth Justice Coalition
2009
Art is a Hammer:
Juan Fuentes
Historian of the Lions:
David Kunzle
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
June Wayne
2008
Art is a Hammer:
John Carr & Yo! What Happened to Peace?
Historian of the Lions:
Erin Aubry Kaplan
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Susan Adelman & Claudio Llanos
2005
Art is a Hammer:
Taller Tupac Amaru / Jesus Barraza & Favianna Rodriguez
Historian of the Lions:
Sandra Levinson & Center for Cuban Studies (New York)
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Marge Tabankin & Earl Katz
2007
Art of Resistance:
Barbara Kruger
Historian of the Lions:
Rudy Acuña
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Barbara & Douglas Hadsell
2004
Art is a Hammer:
Barbara Carrasco
Historian of the Lions:
Culture Clash (Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Sigüenza)
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Betty & Stanley Sheinbaum
Special Founders Award:
Aris Anagnos
2006
Art is a Hammer:
Emory Douglas
Historian of the Lions:
Moctesuma Esparza
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Cynthia Anderson-Barker & Tim Barker
2003
Art is a Hammer:
Lalo Alcaraz
Historian of the Lions:
Code Pink, Women for Peace
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Mary Brent Wehrli
Emma Goldman Award:
David Clennon
2002
Art is a Hammer:
Wendell Collins
Historian of the Lions:
Norma Chinchilla & Nora Hamilton
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Paul Conrad
2001
Art is a Hammer:
Guerrilla Girls
Historian of the Lions:
Laurie Ochoa
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Susan Grode
2000
Art is a Hammer:
Rupert García
Historian of the Lions:
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department
1999
Art is a Hammer:
Robbie Conal
Historian of the Lions:
Midnight Special Bookstore
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Getty Grant Program
1998
Art is a Hammer:
Carlos Cortéz
Historian of the Lions:
Elizabeth Martínez
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Doran Ross
1997
Art is a Hammer:
Malaquías Montoya
Historian of the Lions:
Sister Karen Boccalero
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Ed Pearl
1996
Art is a Hammer:
Sheila Pinkel
Historian of the Lions:
Shifra Goldman
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation:
Tom Patchett
1995
Special Founders Award:
Aris & Carolyn Anagnos