2014

• 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

  
• Akio Takamori

  Ceramicist

  
• Allen Ruppersberg

  Conceptual Artist

  
• Annie Baker

  Playwright

  
• Beth Lipman

  Glass Artist

  
• Campbell McGrath

  Poet

  
• Carolee Schneemann

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Dee Rees

  Filmmaker and Screenwriter

  
• Donald Byrd

  Choreographer

  
• Elena Manferdini

  Architect

  
• George Lewis

  Composer

  
• Holcombe Waller

  Composer, Vocalist, and Performer

  
• Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• James Longley

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Jenny E. Sabin

  Architect and Designer

  
• J. Morgan Puett

  Social Practice and Textile Artist

  
• John Collins

  Theater Director

  
• John Jasperse

  Choreographer

  
• John Jota Leaños

  Multimedia Artist

  
• John Outterbridge

  Mixed-Media Artist

  
• Jon Eric Riis

  Tapestry Artist

  
• Kara Oehler and Ann Heppermann

  Radio Producers

  
• Karen Tei Yamashita

  Fiction Writer and Playwright

  
• Kelly Reichardt

  Filmmaker and Screenwriter

  
• Kirk Lynn

  Playwright and Fiction Writer

  
• Lar Lubovitch

  Choreographer

  
• Lee Breuer

  Playwright and Theater Director

  
• Lila Downs

  Singer-Songwriter

  
• Liz Lerman

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Lorraine O’Grady

  Conceptual Artist

  
• Mabel O. Wilson

  Architect

  
• Manuel Barrueco

  Guitarist

  
• Mary Ellen Childs

  Composer and Multimedia Artist

  
• Michelle Ellsworth

  Dancer and Performance Artist

  
• Mike Smith

  Photographer

  
• Morgan Thorson

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Nancy Keystone

  Theater Director

  
• Nora Chipaumire

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Octavio Solis

  Playwright and Theater Director

  
• Roger Shimomura

  Painter

  
• Sean Shepherd

  Composer

  
• Sonya Clark

  Fiber Artist

  
• Steve James

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Sxip Shirey

  Electro-Acoustic Composer and Performer

  
• Teresa Hernández

  Theater Artist

  
• Terrance Hayes

  Poet

  
• Tom Joyce

  Blacksmith and Sculptor

  
• Tze Chun

  Filmmaker and Screenwriter

  

2010

• Allison Smith

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Almudena Carracedo

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Anna Von Mertens

  Textile Artist

  
• Anne Lewis

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Awilda Sterling-Duprey

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Barrett Golding

  Audio Producer

  
• Bebe Miller

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Brighde Mullins

  Playwright and Poet

  
• Carlyle Brown

  Playwright and Performer

  
• Charles Bowden

  Nonfiction Writer and Journalist

  
• Cherien Dabis

  Filmmaker

  
• Danny Hoch

  Theater Artist and Performer

  
• Dara Birnbaum

  Video and Installation Artist

  
• David Reinfurt

  Graphic Designer

  
• Dayna Hanson

  Dancer, Choreographer, Musician, and Dance Filmmaker

  
• Deborah Hay

  Experimental Dancer and Choreographer