2022

• Rosy Simas

  Transdisciplinary and Dance Artist

  
• Ryan Kuo

  Artist and Writer

  
• RyanNicole Austin

  Multi-hyphenate Creative

  
• Salome Asega

  New Media Artist

  
• Sandie (Chun-shan) Yi

  Artist

  
• Sandy Ho

  Community Organizer

  
• Sharif Bey

  Ceramicist

  
• Sharif Farrag

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• SO–IL (Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg)

  Architects

  
• T. Ayo Alston

  Dancer, Musician, and Educator

  
• Tee Franklin

  Author and Screenwriter

  
• Terrol Dew Johnson

  Artist and Community Activist

  
• Viveca Vázquez

  Experimental Choreographer

  
• Wendy Lu

  Journalist

  
• Wondertwins

  Dance Performance Artists

  
• Yo-Yo Lin

  Artist

  

2021

• Aki Sasamoto

  Installation and Performance Artist

  
• Alexander Chee

  Novelist and Essayist

  
• Amara Tabor-Smith

  Choreographer and Performance Maker

  
• Amber Cowan

  Glass Artist

  
• Basil Kincaid

  Quilter, Ritualist, and Healer

  
• Bisa Butler

  Portrait Quilter

  
• Black Quantum Futurism

  Interdisciplinary Artists

  
• Cannupa Hanska Luger

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Futurist

  
• Carmelita Tropicana

  Playwright and Performer

  
• Carolyn Lazard

  Artist and Writer

  
• Carolyn L. Mazloomi

  Quilter

  
• Christopher Chen

  Playwright

  
• Cynthia Oliver

  Choreographer and Performer

  
• Danez Smith

  Poet and Writer

  
• Daniel Lind-Ramos

  Assemblage Sculptor and Painter

  
• Darius Clark Monroe

  Filmmaker

  
• Delina White

  Native American Fashion Designer, Jewelry Maker, and Beadwork Artist

  
• Diedrick Brackens

  Weaver

  
• Dr. Rashaad Newsome

  Interdisciplinary Artist

  
• Dunya Mikhail

  Poet and Writer

  
• Edward “Kidd” Jordan

  Jazz Musician, Saxophonist, and Educator

  
• Elizabeth McCracken

  Multi-genre Writer

  
• Emily Johnson

  Choreographer and Body-Based Artist

  
• Erin M. Riley

  Tapestry Weaver

  
• Eve L. Ewing

  Writer and Scholar

  
• Faren Humes

  Filmmaker

  
• Geo Soctomah Neptune

  Basketry Artist and Performer

  
• Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

  Poet and Writer

  
• Idris Goodwin

  Breakbeat Poet and Playwright

  
• Ishmael Houston-Jones

  Choreographer, Author, Curator, and Educator

  
• JanpiStar

  Dancer and Drag Queen

  
• Jennifer Bonner / MALL

  Architect

  
• Jennifer Reeder

  Filmmaker

  
• Jibz Cameron

  Performer

  
• Karen Zacarías

  Playwright and Activist

  
• Kawika Lum-Nelmida

  Hawaiian Feather Artist

  
• Lauren Lee McCarthy

  Performance Artist

  
• Lex Brown

  Multimedia Poet and Performer

  
• Lulani Arquette

  Arts Navigator and Cultural Strategist

  
• Macha Colón

  Undisciplined Creator

  
• Margo Hall

  Actor, Director, Playwright, and Educator

  
• Maria Gaspar

  Interdisciplinary Artist

  
• Martha Gonzalez

  Chicana Musician and Artivista

  
• Mazz Swift

  Violinist, Composer, and Conductor

  
• Mia Katigbak

  Actor-Manager

  
• Morehshin Allahyari

  Media Artist, Activist, and Writer

  
• Mother Cyborg

  Artist, Educator, and Tech Organizer

  
• Naima Ramos-Chapman

  Filmmaker

  
• Natalie Y. Moore

  Author, Journalist, and Playwright

  
• Nathan P Jackson

  Traditional Woodcarver and Sculptor

  
• Ni'Ja Whitson

  Multidisciplinary Artist, Performer, and Writer

  
• Njideka Akunyili Crosby

  Painter and Mixed Media Artist

  
• Ocean Vuong

  Poet and Writer

  
• Ofelia Esparza

  Altarista (Alter-maker)

  
• Olalekan Jeyifous

  Speculative Architect and Public Artist

  
• People’s Kitchen Collective

  Social Artists

  
• rafa esparza

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Roberto Bedoya

  Writer, Activist, and Policy Maker

  
• Rodolfo Peraza

  New Media Artist

  
• Rodrigo Reyes

  Filmmaker

  
• Salvador Jiménez-Flores

  Interdisciplinary Artist and Ceramicist

  
• Sandra Delgado

  Playwright and Actor

  
• Sharon Hayes

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Sondra Perry

  New Media and Installation Artist

  
• Stephanie Dinkins

  Artist

  
• Stephen Maing

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Tiff Massey

  Interdisciplinary Artist

  
• Tomeka Reid

  Cellist, Composer, Bandleader, and Organizer

  
• Wadada Leo Smith

  Creative Composer and Trumpeter

  
• Walter Hood

  Landscape and Public Artist

  

2020

• Aaron McIntosh

  Cross-Disciplinary Artist and Quiltmaker

  
• Abby Zbikowski

  Choreographer and Dancer

  
• Alice Sheppard

  Choreographer, Dancer, and Writer

  
• Alice Wong

  Media Maker

  
• Anthony Braxton

  Composer

  
• Bing Liu

  Filmmaker

  
• Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

  Theater Artist and Writer

  
• Cameron Rowland

  Visual Artist

  
• Carolyn Lazard

  Artist and Writer

  
• Christina Anderson

  Playwright

  
• Christine Sun Kim

  Artist

  
• Clint Ramos

  Theater and Film Designer

  
• Courtney Bryan

  Composer and Pianist

  
• Crystal Wilkinson

  Fiction Writer

  
• Del Harrow

  Ceramicist

  
• Delores Churchill

  Haida Weaver

  
• Dianne McIntyre

  Choreographer, Dancer, and Dance-Driven Dramatist

  
• Dom Flemons, The American Songster

  Multi-Instrumentalist, Historian, and Songster

  
• Edwidge Danticat

  Multigenre Writer

  
• Eli Clare

  Poet, Essayist, and Activist

  
• Elizabeth Streb

  Extreme Action Choreographer

  
• Guadalupe Rosales

  New Media and Installation Artist

  
• Hamid Rahmanian

  Designer and Director

  
• Hanif Abdurraqib

  Critic and Writer

  
• Howardena Pindell

  Painter and Visual Artist

  
• Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

  Painter, Printmaker, and Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Jeffrey Mansfield

  Designer

  
• Jen Deerinwater

  Classically Trained Vocalist, Multimedia Investigative Reporter, and Narrative Non-fiction Writer

  
• Jennifer Ling Datchuk

  Multimedia Ceramicist

  
• Jericho Brown

  Poet

  
• Jerron Herman

  Dancer

  
• Jim LeBrecht

  Filmmaker and Sound Mixer

  
• John Lee Clark

  Writer

  
• Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas

  Theater Maker

  
• Kevin Locke

  Traditional and Cultural Artist

  
• Lani Strong Hotch

  Northwest Coast Textile Artist

  
• Laurie Woolery

  Director and Citizen Artist

  
• Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

  Writer, Curator, Movement Worker, and Archivist

  
• Linda Goode Bryant

  Social Activist

  
• Linda Sikora

  Ceramicist

  
• Lisa Nelson

  Experimental Choreographer and Dancer

  
• Martine Syms

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Matthew Angelo Harrison

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Melvin Edwards

  Sculptor

  
• Mia Mingus

  Writer and Organizer

  
• MOS

  Architects

  
• Nari Ward

  Installation Artist and Sculptor

  
• Nathalie Joachim

  Flutist, Composer, and Vocalist

  
• Navild (niv) Acosta

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Activist

  
• Nicole Mitchell

  Flutist, Conceptualist, and Composer

  
• Pamela Z

  Composer, Performer, and Vocalist

  
• Patty Berne

  Artistic Director, Writer, and Filmmaker

  
• Patty Chang

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Perel

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Choreographer

  
• RaMell Ross

  Liberated Documentarian

  
• Riva Lehrer

  Artist and Writer