MAEA Elementary Division Art Educator of The Year
2026 Recipient
Past Recipients:
2024 - Brittany McCallum
2023 - Caren Barber
2022 - Sara Doman
2021 - Tara Meleones
2020 - Katie Tarrant
2019 - Landon Bryant
2018 - Brandi Hoxie
2017 - Gene Everitt
2016 - Amanda Koonlaba
2013 - Rebecca Lancaster
2012 - Gena Yarbrough
2011 - Amanda Cashman
2010 - Lesa Allen
2009 - Brenda Wolf
2008 - Kathy Taylor
2007 - Debbie Thomson
2006 - Melanie Tucker
2005 - Janis Anderson
2004 - Limeul Eubanks
2003 - Kathy Gibson
1999 - Lee Bryson
1998 - Sandra Cassibry
Tracy Nock
MAEA Middle Division Art Educator of The Year
2026 Recipient
Past Recipients
2025 - Anthony DiFatta
2024 - Nan Mangum
2023 - Sondra Hamilton
2022 - Wanda Primer
2021 - Susan Hodges
2021 - Courtney Lipscomb
2020 - Ashley Sullivan
2019 - Catie Stoltzfus
2018 - Jaime Coon
2017 - Kay Franz
2016 - Melissa K. Magee
2012 - Katie Baxter
2010 - Heather Rumfelt
2008 - Sally Edwards
2006 - Felicia Forbes
2005 - Laura Shanley
2004 - Be'Be' Schelver
2003 - Laura Shanley
2000 - Tricia Havard
1999 - Miriam Wahl
1998 - Alice Lancaster
Vashti graham
MAEA Secondary Division Art Educator of The Year
2026 Recipient
christian Bailey
Past Recipients:
2025 - Patricia Parker
2024 - Joshua Bagwell
2023 - Debra Long
2022 - Delwin Wallace
2021 - Courtney Melton
2020 - Renna Moore-Edwards
2019 - Rebecca Lancaster
2018 - Jo Cousar
2017 - Felicia Lee
2016 - Shirley Hamilton
2014 - Kelly Young
2013 - Heather Rumfelt
2012 - Carla Nations
2011 - Summer Nation
2010 - Mary Jane Cox
2009 - Kathy Gibson
2008 - Barbara Eaton
2007 - Rebecca Wilkinson
2006 - Rebecca Browning
2005 - Vicky Miley
2004 - Nancy Mitchell
2000 - Gail Morton
1999 - Rebecca Hendrix
1998 - Lisa Allen
MAEA Higher Education Division Educator of The Year
2026 Recipient
Past Recipients:
2025 - Vicky Miley
2024 - Geoff Latham
2023 - Ray Gregory
2022 - Miriam Wahl
2020 - Sandra Cassibry
2019 - Phyllis Hill
2018 - Gail Morton
2017 - Dr. Gillian Furniss
2016 - Elizabeth Thweatt
2013 - Katrina Arrington
2012 - Dr. Stephanie Busbea
2011 - Dr. Randy Miley
2006 - Dr. Randy Miley
2005 - Dr. Katherine Lewis
2004 - Tom Douglas
2003 - Dr. Mary Jane Zander
2000 - Mollie Rushing
1999 - Bob Cromer
1998 - Pat Pinson
Brent funderburk
MAEA Museum Division Educator of The Year
Past Recipients:
2025 - Heather Johnson
2024 - Bech Evans
2021 - Merry Barnes
2019 - Anthony Difatta
2018 - Randy Jolly
2017 - Heather Rumfelt
2013 - Ginger Williams Cook
2010 - Leann Takemori
2006 - Pat Pinson
2005 - Stephanie Busbea
2000 - Marshall Adams
1999 - Tina Lutz
1998 - Marshall Adams
MAEA Supervision Division Educator of The Year
Past Recipients:
2025 - Malaika Quarterman
2024 - Kit Stafford
2021 - Limuel Eubanks
2005 - Sally W. Edwards
MAEA Emeritus Division Educator of The Year
Past Recipients:
2025 - Ron Koehler
2024 - Marshall Adams
2023 - Brenda Wolf
2022 - Vicky Miley
2021 - Shawn Richards
2020 - Kathy Taylor
2018 - Miriam Wahl
2013 - Mary Jane Whitfield
2026 Recipient
carla Nations
MAEA Bill Poirier Art Educator of The Year
2026 Recipient
merry barnes
Past Recipients:
2025 - Rebecca Lancaster
2024 - Ashley Sullivan
2023 - Courtney Lipscomb
2022 - Shirley Hamilton
2021 - Summer Nation
2020 - Catie Stoltzfus
2019 - Elise Payne
2018 - Chuck Rhoads
2017 - Renna Moore
2016 - Kelly Walters
2015 - Amanda Cashman
2014 - Mollie Rushing
2013 - Kathy Gibson
2012 - Carla Nations
2011 - Anne O'Hara
2010 - Rebecca Wilkinson
2009 - Felicia Lee
2008- Limeul Eubanks
2007 - Dr. Stephanie Busbea
2006 - Laura Shanley
2005 - Dr. Kathryn C. Lewis
2004 - Gail Morton
2003 - Randy Jolly
2002 - Vicky Miley
2001 - Miriam Wahl
2000 - Dr. Randy Miley
1999 - Becky Hendrix
1998 - Gail Morton
MAEA PRISM Award for Outstanding Support of Art Education
2026 Recipient
pearl River Glass conservatory
Past Recipients:
2026 -
2025 - Yolande van Heerdan
2024 - Art & Design Department Belhaven University
2023 - Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
2022 - Walter Anderson Museum of Art
2021 - Robin Whitfield
2020 - Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art
2019 - Pearl Public Library
2018 - Mississippi College
2017 - Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation
2016 - Delta Arts Alliance
2014 - Stacy Underwood
2013 - Wyatt Waters
2012 - Malcolm White
2011 - Mississippi Museum of Art
2010 - Union County Museum
2004 - Edward Douglass
2000 - Robert Tettleton
1999 - Gum Tree Festival
MAEA Preservice Division Art Educator of the Year
Past Recipients:
2025 - Gabriel Williams
2024 - Kendall Mackey
2026 Recipient
Tabitha Hewitt-Rafferty
NAEA Southeast Regional Awards
2022 - Secondary Art Educator of the Year: Carla Nations
2005 - Middle Level Art Educator of the Year: Miriam Wahl
2005 - Secondary Level Art Educator of the Year: Vicky Miley
NAEA National Awards
2018 - NAEA Southeastern Region Art Educator: Vicky Miley
2007 - NAEA Newsletter Editor of the Year - Dr. Randy Miley
2007 - National Middle Level Art Educator of the Year - Miriam Wahl