2021

• 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

  
• Rodney Evans

  Filmmaker

  
• Ryan J. Haddad

  Playwright and Performer

  
• Sarah M. Broom

  Multigenre Writer

  
• Sara Zewde

  Landscape Architect and Public Artist

  
• Sharon Olds

  Poet

  
• Sky Cubacub

  Garment Maker and Performance Artist

  
• Slow and Steady Wins the Race by Mary Ping

  Designer

  
• Sophia Nahli Allison

  Experimental Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Surya Mattu

  Artist, Engineer, and Journalist

  
• Sylvie Courvoisier

  Composer and Pianist

  
• Tatsu Aoki

  Musician, Composer, and Educator

  
• Tourmaline

  Artist

  
• Wendy Maruyama

  Furniture Maker and Woodworker

  
• Will Rawls

  Choreographer and Dancer

  
• Yasmin Elayat

  Immersive Director

  

2019

• Alice Sheppard

  Choreographer, Dancer, and Writer

  
• Allison Akootchook Warden

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer

  
• Arthur López

  Wood Sculptor

  
• Carole Frances Lung

  Social Practice and Performance Artist

  
• Cecilia Vicuña

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Poet

  
• Charlotte Brathwaite

  Director

  
• Complex Movements

  Interdisciplinary Art and Organizing Collective

  
• Coulter Fussell

  Quilter

  
• David Dorfman

  Choreographer

  
• Dyani White Hawk

  Painter and Multimedia Artist

  
• Erin Besler and Ian Besler

  Architects and Designers

  
• Firelei Báez

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

  Dramatist

  
• Gabriel Frey

  Traditional Basketmaker

  
• Helado Negro

  Avant-Pop Musician and Performer

  
• Hyphen-Labs

  Designers

  
• Janice Lessman-Moss

  Digital Weaver

  
• Jen Shyu

  Vocalist and Composer

  
• Juan Díes

  Mexican Folk Musician

  
• Juliana Huxtable

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Writer

  
• Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar

  Documentary Filmmakers

  
• Kaneza Schaal

  Theater Artist

  
• Keller Easterling

  Writer and Designer

  
• Kristy Edmunds

  Artistic Director and Curator

  
• Lenora Lee

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Lesley Nneka Arimah

  Fiction Writer

  
• Lisa Armstrong

  Journalist

  
• Lucia Cuba

  Designer and Textile Artist

  
• Lynda Barry

  Cartoonist

  
• Merián Soto

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Michelle Holzapfel

  Wood Carver

  
• Mitra Kaboli

  Multimedia Artist and Podcaster

  
• Nuotama Frances Bodomo

  Filmmaker

  
• Ramona S. Diaz

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Rashida Bumbray

  Choreographer and Performer

  
• Rebecca Gayle Howell

  Poet

  
• Reena Esmail

  Composer

  
• Roscoe Mitchell

  Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer

  
• Samuel Harvey

  Ceramicist

  
• Simone Leigh

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Susie Ibarra

  Percussionist and Composer

  
• Tarfia Faizullah

  Poet

  
• Teo Castellanos

  Theater Artist

  
• Tunde Olaniran

  Pop Musician and Performer

  
• Wu Tsang

  Filmmaker and Artist

  
• Yara Travieso

  Director, Choreographer, and Filmmaker

  

2018

• Abigail DeVille

  Installation Artist

  
• Allison Orr

  Choreographer

  
• Amanda Williams

  Public Artist

  
• Amara Tabor-Smith

  Choreographer and Performance Maker

  
• Amir ElSaffar

  Trumpeter and Composer

  
• Bill Shannon

  Performance and Video Artist

  
• Cassils

  Multidisciplinary and Performing Artist

  
• Cauleen Smith

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Danilo Pérez

  Pianist and Composer

  
• Dawn Nichols Walden

  Basketry Fiber Artist

  
• Dread Scott

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• D.Y. Begay

  Textile Artist

  
• Ebony G. Patterson

  Painter and Mixed Media Artist