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The ''' Courage Award for the Arts''' is a private award presented annually by [[Yoko Ono Lennon]] to artists, musicians, collectors, curators, writers who sought the truth in their work and demonstrated leadership, courage, resourcefulness in their work, and risked their careers by pursuing a larger vision of the local or national interest ''despite pressure to succumb to commercial and political constraints. ''
{{quote| These awards are very meaningful to me. I’m deeply inspired by all the honorees—by their courage, their determination, their spirit. In their own ways, they’re all working for peace.| Yoko Ono Lennon |Courage Award for the Arts}}
The award was established in 2009 by Yoko Ono Lennon. Courage Award for the Arts laureates receive a prize of [[United States dollar|US$]]25,000.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/assange-no-concern-of-ours-says-carr-20130606-2nt5t.html|title = Assange no concern of ours, says Carr | author = Philip Dorling|date = June 6, 2013|work  = Sydney Morning Herald|publisher = Fairfax Media|access-date = 17 June 2013}}</ref>
==Recipients==
* 2016: <ref>{{cite web |url =http://imaginepeace.com/archives/21658 |title =Yoko Ono's 2016 Courage Awards For The Arts |access-date =25 May 2019}}</ref>
**[[Laurie Anderson]]
**[[Mohammed el Gharani]]
* 2014: <ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.edwardmgomez.com/articulos/ONO2014COURAGEAWARDS.pdf |title =In New York, Artist Yoko Ono Presents 2014 Courage Awards | author=Edward M. Gómez |access-date =25 May 2019}}</ref>
**[[Laurie Anderson]]
**[[Valie Export]]
**[[Marianne Faithfull]]
**[[Gustav Metzger]]
* 2013: [[Julian Assange]]<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yoko-ono-honors-julian-assange-417790 |title =Yoko Ono Honors Julian Assange With Special Annual Courage Award
| author=Jordan Zakarin |date = 2 April 2013 |publisher =The Hollywood Reporter |access-date =17 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2012: <ref>{{cite web |url =http://imaginepeace.com/archives/16967 |title =Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Awards for the Arts 2012 |access-date =25 May 2019}}</ref>
** Nabeel Abboud-Ashkar
** [[Sabine Breitwieser]] and Jenny Schlenzka
** [[Kate Millett]]
** [[Carolee Schneemann]]
** [[Martha Wilson]]
* 2011: <ref>{{cite web |url =http://imaginepeace.com/archives/13998 |title =Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards for the Arts 2011: Simone Forti, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Meredith Monk, Yvonne Rainer |access-date =25 May 2019}}</ref>
** [[Simone Forti]]
** [[Jean-Jacques Lebel]]
** [[Meredith Monk]]
** [[Yvonne Rainer]]
* 2010: <ref>{{cite web |url =http://imaginepeace.com/archives/10507 |title =Recipients of the Yoko Ono Lennon 2010 Courage Awards for the Arts (&pics) |access-date =25 May 2019 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180616212440/http://imaginepeace.com/archives/10507 |archive-date =16 June 2018 |url-status =dead }}</ref>
** [[Guerrilla Girls]]
** GuerrillaGirlsBroadBand
** [[Guerrilla Girls On Tour]]
** Printed Matter
** Émile Zola
* 2009: <ref>{{cite web |url =http://imaginepeace.com/archives/9913 |title =Courage Awards for the Arts (2009)|access-date =25 May 2019}}</ref>
** Gilbert and Lila Silverman
** [[La Monte Young]] and [[Marian Zazeela]]
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|URL=http://imaginepeace.com/?tag=courage-awards-for-the-arts}}
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