2010

• Glenn Ligon

  Conceptual Artist

  
• Greg Lynn

  Architect

  
• Greg Tate

  Cultural Critic

  
• Guy Klucevsek

  Accordionist and Composer

  
• Jennifer Heller Zurick

  Basketmaker

  
• Jeremy Frey

  Basketmaker

  
• Joyce Scott

  Jewelry Maker and Sculptor

  
• Julie Archer

  Set and Lighting Designer

  
• Khaled Mattawa

  Poet and Translator

  
• Laura Poitras

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Martin Espada

  Poet, Essayist, and Translator

  
• Mary Lucier

  Video and Installation Artist

  
• Matthias Pliessnig

  Furniture Designer

  
• Mel Chin

  Conceptual Artist

  
• Michael Sherrill

  Ceramicist and Sculptor

  
• Miguel Gutierrez

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Natalia Almada

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Quiara Alegría Hudes

  Playwright and Composer

  
• Rajiv Joseph

  Playwright

  
• Ramin Bahrani

  Director and Screenwriter

  
• Renée Green

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Rob Ickes

  Dobro Player

  
• Siah Armajani

  Installation and Public Artist

  
• Susan Steinberg

  Fiction Writer

  
• Teddy Cruz

  Architect

  
• Tina Mabry

  Filmmaker and Screenwriter

  
• Trey McIntyre

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Uri Caine

  Pianist and Composer

  
• W.A. Ehren Tool

  Ceramicist

  

2009

• Ai Ogawa

  Poet

  
• Anna Deavere Smith

  Actor and Playwright

  
• Anthony Hernandez

  Photographer

  
• Antonya Nelson

  Fiction Writer

  
• Beth Lo

  Ceramicist

  
• Brian Turner

  Poet & Essayist

  
• Charles Burnett

  Filmmaker and Screenwriter

  
• Cruz Angeles

  Filmmaker and Screenwriter

  
• Cyro Baptista

  Percussionist

  
• Dan Hurlin

  Puppeteer & Director

  
• Daniel Plonsey

  Saxophonist and Composer

  
• Danongan Kalanduyan

  Kulintang Musician

  
• Dario Robleto

  Sculptor and Installation Artist

  
• Dave McKenzie

  Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer

  
• Delores Lewis Garcia and Emma Lewis Mitchell

  Potters

  
• Diana Al-Hadid

  Sculptor

  
• Dona Look

  Basketmaker

  
• Elizabeth Meister and Dan Collison

  Radio Producers

  
• Ella Jenkins

  Folk Singer and Actress

  
• Gilbert Hernandez

  Graphic Novelist

  
• Hannibal Lokumbe

  Composer and Trumpeter

  
• Heather Courtney

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Hokulani Holt-Padilla

  Kumu Hula (Hula Master)

  
• Joan Jonas

  Performance and Video Artist

  
• John O’Neal

  Playwright and Theater Director

  
• Judy Pfaff

  Installation Artist

  
• Justin Torres

  Fiction Writer

  
• Kate and Laura Mulleavy

  Fashion Designers

  
• Kevin Young

  Poet

  
• Kim Jones

  Performance Artist

  
• Kukuli Velarde

  Ceramicist

  
• Laura Kurgan

  Architect

  
• Lin Hixson and Matthew Goulish

  Performance Artists

  
• Lionel Loueke

  Guitarist and Vocalist

  
• Martin Mazorra and Michael Houston

  Printmakers

  
• Mary Shaffer

  Glass Artist

  
• Neil Denari

  Architect

  
• Nilo Cruz

  Playwright

  
• Perry Eaton

  Alutiiq Mask Maker and Carver

  
• Rahim AlHaj

  Composer and Oud Player

  
• Reggie Wilson

  Choreographer

  
• Renée Tajima-Peña

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Rick Lowe

  Public Artist

  
• Ruth Maleczech

  Theater Director and Performer

  
• Sapphire

  Poet and Fiction Writer

  
• Scott Carrier

  Radio Producer

  
• Sophiline Cheam Shapiro

  Cambodian Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Tere O’Connor

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Terry Allen

  Painter and Singer-Songwriter

  
• Vija Celmins

  Painter and Mixed-Media Artist

  

2008

• Alvin Aningayou

  Yupiq Carver

  
• Andrea Bowers

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Andrew Okpeaha MacLean

  Filmmaker and Playwright

  
• Andrew Zago

  Architect

  
• Ann Carlson

  Performer and Choreographer

  
• A. Van Jordan

  Poet

  
• Barkley L. Hendricks

  Painter

  
• Barry Hannah

  Fiction Writer

  
• Bill Rauch

  Theater Director

  
• Cary Joji Fukunaga

  Filmmaker

  
• Catherine Sullivan

  Multimedia Artist

  
• Chris Jonas and Molly Sturges

  Composers, Musicians, and Performers

  
• Deanna Dikeman

  Photographer

  
• Dianne Walker

  Tap Dancer

  
• Douglas Garofalo

  Architect

  
• Ela Troyano

  Multimedia Artist and Filmmaker

  
• Forrest Gander

  Poet and Fiction Writer

  
• Harryette Mullen

  Poet

  
• Henry Threadgill

  Composer, Saxophonist, and Flautist

  
• Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

  Choreographer

  
• Jay Rosenblatt

  Filmmaker

  
• Jeff Chang

  Cultural Critic

  
• Jennifer Tipton

  Lighting Designer

  
• J. Meejin Yoon

  Architect and Designer

  
• Joe Goode

  Choreographer

  
• Joy Harjo

  Poet and Musician

  
• Judith Schaechter

  Stained Glass Artist

  
• Julie Bargmann

  Landscape Architect and Designer

  
• Kara Walker

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Karen Kandel

  Actor

  
• Laura Kasischke

  Poet and Fiction Writer

  
• Lê Thi Diem Thúy

  Poet and Performer

  
• Lourdes Portillo

  Filmmaker

  
• Martha Rosler

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Mary Jackson

  Basket Weaver

  
• Michael Asher

  Conceptual Artist

  
• Muhal Richard Abrams

  Pianist and Composer

  
• Pat Graney

  Choreographer

  
• Richard Notkin

  Ceramicist

  
• Robert Cazimero

  Composer, Musician, and Kumu Hula

  
• Rodney McMillian

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Rosalba Rolón

  Theater Artist

  
• Stephen Burks

  Industrial Designer

  
• Stephen Scott

  Composer

  
• Tayari Jones

  Fiction Writer

  
• Tehching Hsieh

  Performance Artist

  
• Terry Adkins

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• William Greaves

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Will Power

  Playwright and Performer

  
• Wu Man

  Pipa Virtuoso and Composer

  

2007

• Alex Rivera

  Filmmaker

  
• Allan Sekula

  Multimedia Artist

  
• Anna Halprin

  Avant-garde Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Ann Hamilton

  Installation Artist

  
• Aranda/Lasch

  Architects and Designers

  
• Ball-Nogues Studio

  Architects and Designers

  
• Benjamin Millepied

  Ballet Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Bill T. Jones

  Dancer and Choreographer

  
• Charles D’Ambrosio

  Fiction Writer and Essayist

  
• Charles Gaines

  Conceptual Artist

  
• Cherríe Moraga

  Poet, Playwright, and Essayist

  
• Chris Eyre

  Filmmaker

  
• Daniel Joseph Martinez

  Multidisciplinary Artist

  
• Don Byron

  Composer and Multi-Instrumentalist

  
• Edgar Arceneaux

  Multimedia Artist

  
• Elizabeth LeCompte

  Director

  
• Evan Ziporyn

  Clarinetist and Composer

  
• Gary Simmons

  Sculptor and Installation Artist

  
• Gwendolyn Magee

  Quilter

  
• Helena María Viramontes

  Fiction Writer

  
• Henri Cole

  Poet

  
• Jason Moran

  Composer and Pianist

  
• Joanna Haigood

  Choreographer and Site Artist

  
• John Haines

  Poet

  
• John Santos

  Composer and Percussionist

  
• Judith Helfand

  Documentary Filmmaker

  
• Julie Dash

  Filmmaker