Recipients

Visual artist whose works encompass sculpture, sound and performance, and are inspired by personal experiences of grappling with history, generational memory, power and race in America.

Ceramicist, activist, poet and educator whose wheel-thrown pottery uses traditional vessel forms as canvases for street art depicting social resistance, hip-hop culture and Puerto Rican and African heritage.

A visual and performance artist whose sculpture, installations, and community-based work confront racism, violence, homophobia and hate, while simultaneously providing affirmation and hope.

An interdisciplinary artist and educator whose experimental films, installations and multimedia works reflect on history and imagine futures of possibility.

Artist whose dynamic visual artworks blend contemporary craft, sculpture and performance to address issues of migration, gender and identity

Artist whose work in sculpture, painting, video and performance reveal intertwined cultural and aesthetic relationships while suggesting new narratives

Composer and pianist who explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions and mentors emerging composers

Filmmaker whose sensitive portrayals reveal beauty in the everyday lives of working-class Black Americans

Interdisciplinary artist whose powerful works integrate dance, film and spoken word

Poet lauded for her luminous writings that explore memory, history and racial injustice in America

Better known as “Trombone Shorty” for his unique sound and for preserving and passing on the musical legacy of New Orleans

Cartoonist who finds humor in the anxieties, insecurities and neuroses of everyday modern life