The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission has announced the winners for the 2015 Phoenix Awards.

The awards, now in their 20th year, annually recognize outstanding artistic achievement in the Lawrence community.

The 2015 recipients are Marty Olson in the category of Exceptional Artistic Achievement; The Committee on Imagination & Place in the Creative Spaces category; and John Derby in the Art Educator category.

“On behalf of the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission, I am very pleased to announce this year’s Phoenix Awards winners,” said Katherine Simmons, chair of the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission.

A reception will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., to recognize this year’s winners. The event is free and open to the public. The winners will receive custom awards created by local artist Marie McKenzie.

Since the inception of the Phoenix Awards in 1996, more than 100 local artists — among them sculptors, photographers, dancers, musicians, educators, writers, administrators and volunteers — have been recognized by their peers and fellow Lawrencians.