2026 Cleo Curtis Award

Dating back to 1968, Duncan Enterprises implemented the Education Program which was written by Cleo Curtis. Cleo was made Director of Education. Her idea was to implement a program with instructors to pass this knowledge onto us. Cleo’s dream started with Ambassadors (our Fired Arts Educators) and continues now in our organization (IAC). After her death in 1988, IADCCT created the Cleo Curtis Award in tribute to her increasing love of ceramics and its teachers. As the times are changing, so are we. This is now IAC’s most prestigious award and the person chosen to receive this award personifies the ideals that Cleo instilled in us all.

Our award winner has been doing ceramics for 60 years.

She got certified with Duncan in 1991.

She ha also been certified with at least 6 different companies

This person has been awarded Shield, Erma Duncan, and many others.

They have won a Peggy and other trophies and ribbons from ceramic shows.

Ceramics helped pay for and earn this person a BS in education/accounting.

This person served on the IAC board as the Membership Director.

She is a charter member of the Oklahoma Dreamcatchers.

She was nomminated by Donna Gould and Cheryl Holmberg.

Let’s give a round of applause for Miss Ann Barton.