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Overview

Sachs Fund Prize

Overview: Honors outstanding artistic achievement and celebrates those whose work has enriched the cultural life of the Cincinnati region. An exclusive honor recognizing excellence in the arts.

Geographic Scope: Greater Cincinnati region

Focus Areas:

  • Visual arts

  • Music

  • Theatre

  • Dance

  • Literature

  • Sculpture

  • Architecture

  • Any artistic discipline

    • Eligibility:

  • Local, regional, national and international artists

  • Those who have made outstanding contribution to the cultural life of the Greater Cincinnati region

  • Recognition based on artistic achievement and impact on region's cultural development

    • Program History: First awarded in 1929, established in the will of Samuel B. Sachs to honor outstanding accomplishments in the arts

    Recognition:

  • Awarded annually

  • Honorees invited to exclusive ArtsWave Award event

  • Leadership donors invited to attend ceremony

  • Posthumous awards permitted

    • Recent Winners (2024-2025):

  • Gee Horton (2025) - reconnection through drawing, family, memory and artistic practice

  • Kathy Wade (2025) - founder/CEO Learning Through Art, Books Alive for Kids program, jazz heritage

  • Kim Kern (2024) - President & CEO, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

  • Toilynn O'Neal Turner (2024) - CEO & Founder, Robert O'Neal Multicultural Center

  • Norman Johns (2023) - Cellist

  • Carolyn Mazloomi (2023) - Quilt Artist

    • Contact: ArtsWave | 513.871.ARTS | artswave.org

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    Fields of Work

    arts

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