2020

• 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

  
• Elaine McMillion Sheldon

  Filmmaker

  
• Fred Moten

  Poet and Cultural Critic

  
• Julia Galloway

  Potter

  
• Las Nietas de Nonó

  Performance Artists

  
• Lileana Blain-Cruz

  Theater Director

  
• Lucas Mann

  Literary Nonfiction

  
• Luis Alfaro

  Playwright

  
• Martinez Studio

  Weaver and Painter/Designer

  
• Mary Kathryn Nagle

  Playwright

  
• Molly McCully Brown

  Poet and Essayist

  
• My Barbarian

  Performance Art Collective

  
• Norman Kelley

  Architects and Designers

  
• Oguri

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Okwui Okpokwasili

  Performer and Choreographer

  
• Patti Warashina

  Ceramicist

  
• Pepón Osorio

  Installation Artist

  
• Ruthie Foster

  Singer and Songwriter

  
• Somi

  Vocalist and Songwriter

  
• Sonya Kelliher-Combs

  Mixed-Media Artist

  
• Starlee Kine

  Podcaster and Writer

  
• Susan Muaddi Darraj

  Writer, Fiction

  
• Tania León

  Composer and Conductor

  
• Tarell Alvin McCraney

  Writer

  
• Terence Blanchard

  Trumpeter and Composer

  
• Terence Nance

  Artist

  
• TNEG (Elissa Blount Moorhead, Arthur Jafa, and Malik Sayeed)

  Filmmakers

  
• Tony Marsh

  Ceramicist

  
• Toshi Reagon

  Musician

  
• Tyshawn Sorey

  Composer and Musician

  
• Vanessa German

  Sculptor and Citizen Artist

  
• Warren Newton Seelig

  Sculptor

  
• Wayne Shorter

  Composer

  

2016

• Amitava Kumar

  Multigenre Writer and Journalist

  
• Annabeth Rosen

  Ceramicist

  
• Anna Hepler

  Sculptor

  
• April Surgent

  Glass Engraver

  
• Beatriz Santiago Muñoz

  Experimental Filmmaker

  
• Charles Atlas

  Multimedia Artist

  
• Cherice Harrison-Nelson

  Ceremonial Dress Artist

  
• Claudia Rankine

  Poet

  
• Daniel Alexander Jones

  Theater Artist and Performer

  
• Dianne Reeves

  Vocalist

  
• Donna Uchizono

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Ernie Marsh

  Bit & Spur Maker and Silversmith

  
• Faye Driscoll

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Hirokazu Kosaka

  Performance Artist and Japanese Archer

  
• Jacolby Satterwhite

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer

  
• Janet Echelman

  Sculptor and Public Artist

  
• Jefferson Pinder

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer

  
• Johnston Marklee

  Architects

  
• Lauren Fensterstock

  Sculptor and Installation Artist

  
• Laurie Jo Reynolds

  Social Practice Artist

  
• Lynn Hershman Leeson

  Filmmaker

  
• Michelle Dorrance

  Tap Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Mike Reed

  Drummer and Composer

  
• Miranda July

  Filmmaker, Writer, and Performer

  
• Peggy Shaw

  Theater Artist and Performer

  
• Piper Shepard

  Fiber Artist

  
• Quique Rivera

  Filmmaker and Animator