Board of Directors
Jay Tomlinson,
 President
Mary Lou Brous
Olivia Dorsey
Jan Rasmussen
Eric Rosen
Raechell Smith
Charles Sosland

Staff
David Hughes,
 Jr., Director
Kate Hackman,
 Associate Director
Jared Panick,
 Programs
 Administrator

Curatorial Advisors
Bruce Hartman-
 JCCC Gallery of
 Art
Valerie Cassel
 Oliver-
 Contemporary
 Art Museum
 Houston
Raechell Smith-
 H+R Block
 Artspace, KCAI
Stacy Switzer-
 Grand Arts
Gregory Volk -  Virginia  Commonwealth  University

Special Thanks
Grand Arts
MPress
Vanessa Severo
Eric Solberg

2007 Nominators
Maria Buszek
Scott Gobber
Annie Fischer
Karen Holland
Elizabeth Kirsch
Dan Maginn
Brad Nicholson
Jay Norton

Funding for 2007 Awards

Star Benefactors
American
 Century
 Foundation
Louis + Elizabeth  Nave Flarsheim  Charitable  Foundation (Bank  of America,  Trustee)
Grand Arts
Helix Architecture  + Design
Muriel McBrien  Kauffman  Foundation
Karen McCarthy  Charitable Fund
Merchant,  Merchant +  Robinson Fund  (Greater Kansas
 City Community
 Foundation, Trustee)
Richard J. Stern
 Foundation
 (Commerce
 Bank, Trustee)
Andy Warhol  Foundation for the  Visual Arts

Benefactors
Bernstein-Rein  Advertising
Mary Lou + Tom  Brous
DST Systems,
 Inc.
Francis Family
 Foundation
Hall Family  Foundation
Dee + David  Hughes
R.C. Kemper  Charitable Trust
White Goss
 Bowers March
 Schulte &
 Weisenfels

Patrons
ArtsKC Fund
H+R Block  Foundation
Hallmark Cards,  Inc.
Kansas City Power  + Light
Leveraging  Investments in  Creativity (LINC)
Missouri Bank
Bradley W. + Linda  J. Nicholson  Foundation
William T.
 Kemper
 Foundation
 (Commerce
 Bank, Trustee)
Steven + Karen  Pack Family Fund
Sprint Foundation

Donors
Joan + Bert  Berkley
Boulevard Brewery
Joni + Thornton  Cooke II
Barbara + Peter  Gattermeier
Pam + Gary  Gradinger
Nancy + Rick  Green
Shirley + Barnett  Helzberg  Foundation
Ellen + Irv  Hockaday
Karen + Jack  Holland
Dennis + Carol  Hudson
David Hughes,Jr.
Stacey + Mike  Koon
Lathrop + Gage,  L.C.
Peggy + Bill Lyons
Tinka + Harry  McCray
Julie + Same  Meers
Harold + Marilyn  Melcher  Foundation
Janet + Marshall  Miller
Jeanette Nichols
Miller Nichols  Charitable  Foundation
Joyce + Don Omer
Marti + Tony  Oppenheimer
Cecile + Louis  Rasmussen
Jan Rasmussen
Ann Robertson,  CPA
Sonnenschein,  Nath + Rosenthal,  LLP
Estelle + Morton  Sosland
Jeanne + Charlie  Sosland
George Terbovich
Ellen + Jerry Wolf
Annie + Rick  Zander

Supporters
Gloria + Richard  Anderson
Andrews McMeel
 Universal
 Foundation
Cheryl + Porter
 Arneill
Ms. Suzanne
 Aron + Mr.
 Joseph Levin
Mary + Alan
 Atterbury
Bartlett + Co.  Foundation
Constance + Ray
 Beagle
Copaken Family  Fund
Doug Curran
Beatrice Davis
Christopher Davis
Michael C. Davis
Amy + David  Embry
Jo Ann Field
Joan + Kirk  Gastinger

Gastinger Walker
 Harden
 Architects
Gould Evans
Kate Hackman
Sandi + Larry
 Hackman
Carol + Todd
 Haenisch
Paget + Tom
 Higgins
Sharon + John  Hoffman
Michelle Bolton  King
Elizabeth Kirsch
Nancy + Herb  Kohn
Aaron March
Joan + Alan Marsh
Barbara Hall  Marshall
C. Stephen Metzler
Lewis + Sue  Nerman
Margaret + Jerome  Nerman
Derek Porter  Studio
Beth A. Smith
Elaine + David  Stansfield
360 Architecture
Jane Voorhees
Tonya Witmer +  Ben Hansen

Contributors
Barbara +
 Stephen Abend
Lennie + Jerry
 Berkowitz
Maureen + Bill
 Berkley
Maria Elena Buszek
Eileen + Byron
 Cohen
Elaine P. French
Steven R. Fuller
Jean + Moulton
 Green
Adele + Donald
 J. Hall
Joanie + Paul
 Hamilton
Leslie + Charles
 Herman
Richard Hill
Avery M. Hughes
Kate + Steve  Hughes
Martha + David
 Immenschuh
Linda + John H.
 Johntz, Jr.
Pinky + Arthur
 Kase
Lynn + Andrew
 Kauffman
Flip + William P.  Kline
Kathryn
 Koslowsky
Russell Leffel
Wendy
 MacLaughlin
Peggy + Mark
 McDowell
Martha + Clyde  Nichols
Marilyn P.  Patterson
Michael Sigler
Sandra + Mark
 Spencer
Jarene + Lee
 Stanford
Mary + Curt
 Watkins

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