2016

• Randy Weston

  Pianist and Composer

  
• Raphael Xavier

  Hip hop/Breaker and Choreographer

  
• Raven Chacon

  Composer

  
• Roberto Lugo

  Potter

  
• Rosie Herrera

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Senga Nengudi

  Sculptor and Installation Artist

  
• Shirin Neshat

  Filmmaker and Multimedia Artist

  
• Stanley Whitney

  Painter

  
• Steven Paul Judd

  Filmmaker

  
• Steve Paxton

  Experimental Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Teri Greeves

  Beadworker

  
• Vicky Holt Takamine

  Kumu Hula Master

  
• Vijay Iyer

  Composer and Pianist

  
• Vivian Beer

  Furniture Designer and Maker

  
• Winfred Rembert

  Painter

  
• Young Jean Lee

  Playwright and Theater Director

  
• yuniya edi kwon

  Composer and Violinist

  
• Yvonne Rainer

  Dancer and Choreographer

  

2015

• Adrian Matejka

  Poet

  
• Amos Paul Kennedy

  Printmaker

  
• Anne Wilson

  Multidisciplinary and Fiber Artist

  
• Ayumi Horie

  Potter

  
• Camille A. Brown

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Chat Travieso

  Designer and Public Artist

  
• Cristina Córdova

  Ceramic Sculptor

  
• Da-ka-xeen Mehner

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• David Lang

  Composer

  
• Dawoud Bey

  Photographer

  
• Deborah Stratman

  Filmmaker

  
• Diego Romero

  Ceramicist

  
• Frank Big Bear

  Painter and Mixed-Media Artists

  
• Invincible ill Weaver

  Lyricist and Performance Artist

  
• Jackie Sibblies Drury

  Playwright

  
• Jasiri X

  Hip-Hop Artist and Activist

  
• Joe Louis Walker

  Guitarist and Singer-Songwriter

  
• Jonah Bokaer

  Choreographer

  
• Jonathan Muecke

  Designer and Architect

  
• Judith Baca

  Painter and Muralist

  
• Kade Twist

  Multimedia Artist

  
• Kathleen Carlo-Kendall

  Athabaskan Mask Maker and Carver

  
• Mark Hewitt

  Potter

  
• Mary Louise Defender Wilson

  Storyteller and Traditional Artist

  
• Maya Beiser

  Cellist

  
• Mickalene Thomas

  Painter and Multimedia Artist

  
• Narcissister

  Performance Artist

  
• Paul Pfeiffer

  Video & Installation Artist

  
• Peter Nicks

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Rudresh Mahanthappa

  Alto Saxophonist and Composer

  
• Shan Goshorn

  Basketmaker

  
• Shara Nova

  Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist

  
• Sidonka Wadina

  Weaver and Folk Painter

  
• Teju Cole

  Fiction Writer

  
• Therman Statom

  Sculptor and Glass Blower

  
• Toni Pierce-Sands & Uri Sands

  Dancers and Choreographers

  

2014

• Achy Obejas

  Fiction Writer, Journalist, and Poet

  
• Alejandro Cerrudo

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Alison Brown

  Banjo Player and Composer

  
• Chris Abani

  Multigenre Writer

  
• Daniel Woodrell

  Fiction Writer

  
• Daoud Haroon

  Trombonist and Percussionist

  
• Darryl Montana

  Master Mardi Gras Suitmaker

  
• Doris Sung

  Architect and Designer

  
• d. Sabela grimes

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Edouard Duval-Carrié

  Painter and Sculptor

  
• Einar de la Torre and Jamex de la Torre

  Mixed-Media Artists and Glass Blowers

  
• Ken Jacobs

  Experimental Filmmaker

  
• Kia Corthron

  Playwright and Fiction Writer

  
• LaToya Ruby Frazier

  Photographer

  
• Leslie Hewitt

  Photographer and Sculptor

  
• Marcus Amerman

  Traditional Beadworker

  
• Marlon Blackwell

  Architect

  
• Mary Heilmann

  Painter

  
• Meshell Ndegeocello

  Bassist and Songwriter

  
• Natalie Diaz

  Poet

  
• Peter Bagge

  Cartoonist

  
• Rigoberto González

  Multigenre Writer

  
• RoseAnne Spradlin

  Choreographer

  
• Ryan White and Ben Cotner

  Documentary Filmmakers

  
• Sandow Birk

  Multimedia Artist

  
• Sibyl Kempson

  Playwright and Performer

  
• Sigrid Gilmer

  Playwright

  
• Sydney Freeland

  Filmmaker

  
• Tip Toland

  Ceramicist

  
• Wangechi Mutu

  Visual Artist

  
• Willie Birch

  Painter and Sculptor

  
• Yowei Shaw

  Radio Producer

  

2012

• Adrian Castro

  Poet and Performance Artist

  
• Adrienne Kennedy

  Playwright

  
• Aleksandar Hemon

  Fiction Writer

  
• Alison Saar

  Sculptor and Installation Artist

  
• Annie-B Parson

  Theater Director

  
• Annie Proulx

  Fiction Writer

  
• Barry Jenkins

  Filmmaker

  
• C.E. Morgan

  Fiction Writer

  
• Claire Lynch

  Singer and Songwriter

  
• Coco Fusco

  Visual Artist

  
• Colin Jacobsen and Eric Jacobsen

  Composers / Violinist and Cellist

  
• David Hartt

  Multimedia Artist

  
• David Henry Hwang

  Playwright

  
• David Thomson

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Edgar Heap of Birds

  Visual Artist

  
• Edward White

  Composer

  
• Eugene Rodriguez

  Mexican Folk Musician

  
• Guillermo Gomez-Peña

  Performance Artist

  
• Jack DeJohnette

  Drummer, Pianist, and Composer

  
• Jacqueline Goss

  Filmmaker and Animator

  
• Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto

  Architects

  
• Joanie Madden

  Traditional Irish Flutist and Composer

  
• John Kelly

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer

  
• Kate Orff

  Landscape Architect

  
• Keith Hennessy

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Kerry Tribe

  Multimedia Artist

  
• Kurt Weiser

  Ceramicist

  
• Kyle Abraham

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• LeAnne Howe

  Writer

  
• Lee Isaac Chung

  Multigenre Writer

  
• Leon Niehues

  Basketmaker

  
• Luis Camnitzer

  Conceptual Artist

  
• Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich

  Architects

  
• Marcus Gardley

  Poet and Playwright

  
• Margaret Brown

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Micheline Aharonian Marcom

  Fiction Writer

  
• Myra Mimlitsch-Gray

  Metalsmith

  
• Nicholas Galanin

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Nicholas van der Kolk

  Podcaster

  
• Phil Solomon

  Experimental Filmmaker

  
• Ranee Ramaswamy

  Bharatanatyam Dancer

  
• Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia

  Filmmakers

  
• Robbie McCauley

  Playwright, Actor, and Theater Director

  
• Rowland Ricketts

  Textile Artist

  
• Sibylle Peretti

  Glass Artist

  
• Stephen Luoni

  Architect and Designer

  
• Theaster Gates

  Social Practice Artist

  
• Tony Trischka

  Banjo Player

  
• Trisha Brown

  Choreographer

  
• William Leavitt

  Conceptual Artist

  

2011

• Aaron Yakim

  Basketmaker

  
• Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano

  Architects

  
• A. E. Stallings

  Poet and Translator