Excellence in Education – Individual
Kylie Ahern
Julie Bouck
Nicole Taylor

Excellence in Education – Organization
Lowell Education Team
Flagstaff Festival of Science
Stargazer Travelling Education Program

Community Impact Organization
Grand Canyon Youth
Grateful Festival
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff Poetry Slam

Community Impact Individual
Zane Jacobs
Margarita Cruz
Sara LaRosa
Mare Schumacher & Luis Fernandez

Excellence in Performing Arts
Shakespeare on Pluto
Swing State
Jospeh and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Emma
Dog Sees God

Emerging Artist
Liv Scott
Newton McDaniel
Miasma
Mike Kennedy
Rachel Lemons

Excellence in Storyteling
Julie Lancaster – Beyond Words: How Our Stories and Strategies Inspire Leadership Action
Julie Hammonds – Blue Mountain Rose: A Novel in Five Acts
Poet Brews

Excellence in Music
The Sways
SE Willis
IIWAA
Aaron White
Tsoh tso

Excellence in Visual Arts
Corey Begay- Daago
Bryan David Griffith- Tending the Flame
Jolene Rohrbacker- First International Dark Skies City Mural
Culture Connection- Artemis

Local Artisan
Sam Dauderman
Avari Baldwin
Randy “SQRL” Gray

Excellence in Collaboration

Fantastic Forest- Monika Kuntar, Sierra Stewart, Jessica Miller, Raina Belleau, and Sammie Biter. 

Dreams without Borders- Catch Fire Movement/Keep Flagstaff Together, The Literacy Center/Northern Arizona Immigration Legal Services, and the HeART Box, Amy Martin, and Chip Thomas

Women Who Mix Art with Politics- Catch Fire Movement, Margarita Cruz, Rad Green, Dana Kamberg, Amy Martin, and John de Graaf

Flagstaff Takes the Stage- Theatrikos, Flagstaff Shakespeare Company, Stargazer Collaborative Theatre, and NAU Department of Theatre

A Love Supreme: Coltrane Equinox Celebration – Interference Series, NAU Jazz Studies

Published On: February 17, 2026Categories: Viola Awards, Viola Finalists

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