Beverly Taylor Sorensen – Over the past ten years, Beverly has worked tirelessly, promoting elementary arts for children. She has committed $1.5 million dollars in support of the BYU A.R.T.S. Partnership and provided initial operating costs to launch the project. Her vision, that every child in the state of Utah receive sustained sequential training in the arts, is being supported by multiple donations across the state. Because of her commitment and generosity, tens of thousands of children’s lives have been and will continue to be impacted by the transformative power of arts education. For more information, visit: www.artworksforkids.org

Don and Mima Hicken – Don Hicken set up a memorial endowment for his wife to provide elementary teachers with arts training once a year in a symposium.  As an elementary school teacher in Wasatch School District, Mima was an inspiration to all of her students, who were touched by her creative gifts. Her legacy lives on as other teachers develop creative resources for their own classrooms through this gift.