1972—Phil Thompson, Phoenix Art Museum
1974—Marian Gifford, Indianapolis Museum of Art
1975—Phil Thompson, Philadelphia Museum of Art
1976—Barbara Neiswender Pate, New Orleans Museum of Art
1977—Charles Edwards, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartfield
1978—Cathy McClain Finlon, Denver Art Museum
1979—Charles Thomas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1980—Karen Jensen, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
1981—Helen Moss, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
1982—Paul Hood, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
1983—Margaret Skidmore, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1984—Christine Hyer, Memorial Art Gallery Rochester, NY
1984—Dan Meyer, George Eastman House
1985—Barbara Neiswender Pate, New Orleans Museum of Art
1986—Kerry Buckley, LA Museum of Contemporary Art
1986—Julie Johnston, LA County Museum of Art
1987—Larry Wheeler, Cleveland Museum of Art
1988—Forest Williamson, Colonial Williamsburg
1989—Christine O’Neill, Art Institute of Chicago
1990—Scott Charles, Seattle Art Museum
1991—Michael Churchman, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KC
1992—Alexandra Aldridge, Philadelphia Museum of Art
1993—Jane Rice, San Diego Museum of Art
1993—Anne Farrell, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
1994—John Easley, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
1994—Katharine DeShaw, Walker Art Center
1995—Patricia Jacoby, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1996—James R. Hackney, Mint Museum of Art
1997—Kate Markert, Cleveland Museum of Art
1998—Karen Skaer Soh, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
1998—Margaret Skidmore, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1999—Martin Duus, The Frick Collection
1999—Carolyn Nesbitt, The Morgan Library
2000—Robert Chamberlain, Phoenix Art Museum
2001—Maryann Jordan, Seattle Art Museum
2002—Patrick McCusker, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
2002—Greg Cameron, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2002—Alice DuBose, Art Institute of Chicago
2003—Dolores F. Ellenberg, Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh
2004—Paul Johnson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2005—Colleen Kelly, Museum of New Mexico Foundation
2006—Diana Duke Duncan, Dallas Museum of Art
2007—Christopher Stevens, Walker Art Center
2007—Joan Grathwol Olson, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2008—Linda McNay, High Museum of Art
2009—Canceled
2010—Jill Westgard, Yale University Art Gallery
2010—Beth Miller, Yale Center for British Art
2011—Shawn St. Michael, Art Gallery of Ontario
2012—Kelly O’Brien, Philadelphia Museum of Art
2013—Lisa M. Key, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2014—Carl Hamm, Saint Louis Art Museum
2015—August Napoli, Cleveland Museum of Art
2016—Melissa Bomes, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2017—Alexandra Wheeler, Whitney Museum of American Art
2018—Arpie Chucovich, Denver Art Museum
2019—Rehana Abbas, Oakland Museum of California
2019—Samantha Leo, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2020—Crystal Churchwell Evans, Frist Art Museum
2021-23—Amy Purvis, Museum of Fine Arts Houston