
Recipients
1st - 28th
Kevin Beasley
28th
Arts
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.
Roberto Lugo
28th
Arts
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.
vanessa german
27th
Arts
A visual and performance artist whose sculpture, installations, and community-based work confront racism, violence, homophobia and hate, while simultaneously providing affirmation and hope.
Cauleen Smith
27th
Arts
An interdisciplinary artist and educator whose experimental films, installations and multimedia works reflect on history and imagine futures of possibility.
Tanya Aguiñiga
26th
Arts
Artist whose dynamic visual artworks blend contemporary craft, sculpture and performance to address issues of migration, gender and identity
Sanford Biggers
26th
Arts
Artist whose work in sculpture, painting, video and performance reveal intertwined cultural and aesthetic relationships while suggesting new narratives
Gabriela Lena Frank
25th
Arts & Humanities
Composer and pianist who explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions and mentors emerging composers
Kevin Jerome Everson
24th
Arts & Humanities
Filmmaker whose sensitive portrayals reveal beauty in the everyday lives of working-class Black Americans
Ralph Lemon
23rd
Arts & Humanities
Interdisciplinary artist whose powerful works integrate dance, film and spoken word
Natasha Trethewey
22nd
Arts & Humanities
Poet lauded for her luminous writings that explore memory, history and racial injustice in America
Troy Andrews
21st
Arts & Humanities
Better known as “Trombone Shorty” for his unique sound and for preserving and passing on the musical legacy of New Orleans
Roz Chast
20th
Arts & Humanities
Cartoonist who finds humor in the anxieties, insecurities and neuroses of everyday modern life