2012 Mayor’s Arts Awards winners announced

Each person who wins is allowed to select an emerging artist in their area, which is a way of showcasing the next generation of cultural stars.

Here's the list of winners with the emerging artist mentioned in parentheses.

Studio Arts:

• Yvonne Wakabayashi (Soledad Muñoz) for craft and design
• Robert Clark (Merri Schwartz) for culinary arts
• Loretta Sarah Todd (Christopher Auchter) for film and new media
• W.H. New (Onjana Yawnghwe) for literary arts
• Jim Breukelman (Hua Jin) for visual arts
• The late Jerry Pethick (Samuel Roy-Bois) for public art
• David Diamond (Amanda Nahanee) for community engaged art

Performing Arts:

• Rosario Ancer (Kiruthika Rathanaswami) for dance
• John Korsrud (Eli Bennett) for music
• Donna Spencer (Anita Rochon) for theatre

Support of the Arts:

• Michael Audain for philanthropy
• Erik Graff for volunteerism
• Sharman King and the Book Warehouse for business support
• Catherine Van Alstine for arts board member of the year.

Lifetime Achievement: The first recipient in the new lifetime achievement category is the late Tom Cone, an influential playwright, librettist and arts advocate.