Artists and Cultural Practitioners
Discover awarded artists and cultural practitioners who are shaping our cultural landscape.
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2021
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Ocean Vuong
Poet and Writer
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Ofelia Esparza
Altarista (Alter-maker)
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Olalekan Jeyifous
Speculative Architect and Public Artist
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People’s Kitchen Collective
Social Artists
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rafa esparza
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Rashaad Newsome
Interdisciplinary Artist
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Roberto Bedoya
Writer, Activist, and Policy Maker
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Rodolfo Peraza
New Media Artist
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Rodrigo Reyes
Filmmaker
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Salvador Jiménez-Flores
Interdisciplinary Artist and Ceramicist
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Sandra Delgado
Playwright and Actor
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Sharon Hayes
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Sondra Perry
New Media and Installation Artist
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Stephanie Dinkins
Artist
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Stephen Maing
Documentary Filmmaker
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Tiff Massey
Interdisciplinary Artist
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Tomeka Reid
Cellist, Composer, Bandleader, and Organizer
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Wadada Leo Smith
Creative Composer and Trumpeter
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Walter Hood
Landscape and Public Artist
2020
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Aaron McIntosh
Cross-Disciplinary Artist and Quiltmaker
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Abby Zbikowski
Choreographer and Dancer
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Alice Sheppard
Choreographer, Dancer, and Writer
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Alice Wong
Media Maker
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Anthony Braxton
Composer
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Bing Liu
Filmmaker
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Theater Artist and Writer
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Cameron Rowland
Visual Artist
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Carolyn Lazard
Artist and Writer
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Christina Anderson
Playwright
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Christine Sun Kim
Artist
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Clint Ramos
Theater and Film Designer
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Courtney Bryan
Composer and Pianist
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Crystal Wilkinson
Fiction Writer
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Del Harrow
Ceramicist
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Delores Churchill
Haida Weaver
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Dianne McIntyre
Choreographer, Dancer, and Dance-Driven Dramatist
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Dom Flemons, The American Songster
Multi-Instrumentalist, Historian, and Songster
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Edwidge Danticat
Multigenre Writer
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Eli Clare
Poet, Essayist, and Activist
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Elizabeth Streb
Extreme Action Choreographer
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Guadalupe Rosales
New Media and Installation Artist
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Hamid Rahmanian
Designer and Director
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Hanif Abdurraqib
Critic and Writer
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Howardena Pindell
Painter and Visual Artist
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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
Painter, Printmaker, and Multidisciplinary Artist
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Jeffrey Mansfield
Designer
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Jen Deerinwater
Classically Trained Vocalist, Multimedia Investigative Reporter, and Narrative Non-fiction Writer
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Jennifer Ling Datchuk
Multimedia Ceramicist
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Jericho Brown
Poet
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Jerron Herman
Dancer
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Jim LeBrecht
Filmmaker and Sound Mixer
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John Lee Clark
Writer
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Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas
Theater Maker
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Kevin Locke
Traditional and Cultural Artist
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Lani Strong Hotch
Northwest Coast Textile Artist
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Laurie Woolery
Director and Citizen Artist
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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Writer, Curator, Movement Worker, and Archivist
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Linda Goode Bryant
Social Activist
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Linda Sikora
Ceramicist
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Lisa Nelson
Experimental Choreographer and Dancer
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Martine Syms
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Matthew Angelo Harrison
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Melvin Edwards
Sculptor
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Mia Mingus
Writer and Organizer
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MOS
Architects
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Nari Ward
Installation Artist and Sculptor
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Nathalie Joachim
Flutist, Composer, and Vocalist
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Navild (niv) Acosta
Multidisciplinary Artist and Activist
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Nicole Mitchell
Flutist, Conceptualist, and Composer
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Pamela Z
Composer, Performer, and Vocalist
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Patty Berne
Artistic Director, Writer, and Filmmaker
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Patty Chang
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Perel
Multidisciplinary Artist and Choreographer
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RaMell Ross
Liberated Documentarian
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Riva Lehrer
Artist and Writer
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Rodney Evans
Filmmaker
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Ryan J. Haddad
Playwright and Performer
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Sarah M. Broom
Multigenre Writer
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Sara Zewde
Landscape Architect and Public Artist
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Sharon Olds
Poet
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Sky Cubacub
Garment Maker and Performance Artist
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Slow and Steady Wins the Race by Mary Ping
Designer
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Sophia Nahli Allison
Experimental Documentary Filmmaker
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Surya Mattu
Artist, Engineer, and Journalist
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Sylvie Courvoisier
Composer and Pianist
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Tatsu Aoki
Musician, Composer, and Educator
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Tourmaline
Artist
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Wendy Maruyama
Furniture Maker and Woodworker
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Will Rawls
Choreographer and Dancer
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Yasmin Elayat
Immersive Director
2019
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Alice Sheppard
Choreographer, Dancer, and Writer
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Allison Akootchook Warden
Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer
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Arthur López
Wood Sculptor
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Carole Frances Lung
Social Practice and Performance Artist
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Cecilia Vicuña
Multidisciplinary Artist and Poet
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Charlotte Brathwaite
Director
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Complex Movements
Interdisciplinary Art and Organizing Collective
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Coulter Fussell
Quilter
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David Dorfman
Choreographer
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Dyani White Hawk
Painter and Multimedia Artist
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Erin Besler and Ian Besler
Architects and Designers
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Firelei Báez
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Dramatist
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Gabriel Frey
Traditional Basketmaker
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Helado Negro
Avant-Pop Musician and Performer
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Hyphen-Labs
Designers
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Janice Lessman-Moss
Digital Weaver
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Jen Shyu
Vocalist and Composer
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Juan Díes
Mexican Folk Musician
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Juliana Huxtable
Multidisciplinary Artist and Writer
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Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar
Documentary Filmmakers
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Kaneza Schaal
Theater Artist
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Keller Easterling
Writer and Designer
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Kristy Edmunds
Artistic Director and Curator
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Lenora Lee
Dancer and Choreographer
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Lesley Nneka Arimah
Fiction Writer
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Lisa Armstrong
Journalist
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Lucia Cuba
Designer and Textile Artist
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Lynda Barry
Cartoonist
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Merián Soto
Dancer and Choreographer
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Michelle Holzapfel
Wood Carver
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Mitra Kaboli
Multimedia Artist and Podcaster
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Nuotama Frances Bodomo
Filmmaker
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Ramona S. Diaz
Documentary Filmmaker
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Rashida Bumbray
Choreographer and Performer
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Rebecca Gayle Howell
Poet
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Reena Esmail
Composer
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Roscoe Mitchell
Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer
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Samuel Harvey
Ceramicist
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Simone Leigh
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Susie Ibarra
Percussionist and Composer
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Tarfia Faizullah
Poet
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Teo Castellanos
Theater Artist
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Tunde Olaniran
Pop Musician and Performer
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Wu Tsang
Filmmaker and Artist
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Yara Travieso
Director, Choreographer, and Filmmaker
2018
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Abigail DeVille
Installation Artist
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Allison Orr
Choreographer
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Amanda Williams
Public Artist
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Amara Tabor-Smith
Choreographer and Performance Maker
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Amir ElSaffar
Trumpeter and Composer
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Bill Shannon
Performance and Video Artist
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Cassils
Multidisciplinary and Performing Artist
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Cauleen Smith
Multidisciplinary Artist
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Danilo Pérez
Pianist and Composer
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Dawn Nichols Walden
Basketry Fiber Artist
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Dread Scott
Multidisciplinary Artist
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D.Y. Begay
Textile Artist
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Ebony G. Patterson
Painter and Mixed Media Artist
