AWARDS

2011: PRIX DE WEST BUYER'S CHOICE AWARD -- "Enigmatic Long House" 36x36
Prix de West, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City

2010: HENRY FARNEY AWARD -- "The Arborists' Reward" 28"x28"
Quest for the West, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis

2010: PATRONS' CHOICE AWARD -- "Overture of Twilight" 28x22
American Masters Fine Art Show & Sale, The Salmagundi Club, NY

2008: ARTIST OF DISTINCTION AWARD -- "Evening's Dance of Light" 36x36
Quest for the West, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis

2008: TRUSTEES' PURCHASE AWARD -- "Splendid Turmoil" 54x84
Masters of the American West, Autry National Center, L.A.

2007: VICTOR HIGGINS WORK OF DISTINCTION AWARD -- "September Afternoon at Lake Ohara" 36x36
Quest for the West, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis

2007: PATRONS' CHOICE AWARD -- ""September Afternoon at Lake Ohara" 36x36
Quest for the West, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis

2007: PRIX DE WEST PURCHASE AWARD -- "Spring's Caprice" 36x36
Prix de West, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City

2007: NONA JEAN HULSEY BUYER’S CHOICE AWARD -- "Ra's Domain" 60x90
Prix de West, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City

2006: BEST OVERALL PRESENTATION AWARD -- "La Plata Thunder" 40x60; "A Diviner Air" 36x28; "West from Lipan Point" 16x24; "Calf Creek Gorge" 14x12
Quest for the West, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis

2005: FREDERIC REMINGTON AWARD -- "Rio Grande Reflections" 48x48
Prix de West, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City

2004: FREDERIC REMINGTON AWARD -- "Apache Walls" 48x78
Prix de West, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City

2002:  NONA JEAN HULSEY BUYER’S CHOICE AWARD -- "Grandeur Besieged" 50x80
Prix de West, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City

1999: PATRON’S CHOICE AWARD -- "Canyon Sinuosity" 50x40
Masters of the American West, Autry National Center, L.A.

1999: PATRON’S CHOICE AWARD -- "The Ethereal Magic of Lauterbrunnen" 40x60
Artists of America, Rotary Club, Denver

1998:  NONA JEAN HULSEY BUYER’S CHOICE AWARD -- "Winter Grandeur Revealed" 40x60
Prix de West, National Cowboy Museum, Oklahoma City

OTHER HONORS:

2011: "40 Prominent People" Southwest Art, April 2011

2010: Rendezvous Artists' Retrospective Exhibition & Art Sale, Gilcrease, Museum of the Americas, Tulsa OK

2009: "Moments & Monuments: The Plein Air and Studio Paintings of Curt Walters" Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis

2008 "Curt Walters Conquers the Grand Canyon" Southwest Art

2007: "Master of the Grand Canyon" Wildlife Art

2007: Chosen as one of “Eight TRUE Masters” Art of the West Magazine. Nov/Dec

2003: Chosen to paint Powell Award, given by Grand Canyon Trust for Hon. Bruce Babbitt, Former Secretary of the Interior, Phoenix

2001: Named Honorary Board of Grand Canyon Foundation, Flagstaff, Arizona

1997: Declared "Greatest Living Grand Canyon Artist" Art of the West Magazine

1994: Chosen to paint Grand Canyon for 75th rededication ceremonies by Grand Canyon Trust, Grand Canyon National Park

1987: Recognition for contribution to the Arts in New Mexico: “Curt Walters Court” named in the Nor Este Subdivision, Albuquerque

1977: John F. & Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Award, Private Scholarship, Arizona