Today, the Joyce Foundation announced the recipients of the 2025 Creative Impact Awards, a one-time funding opportunity honoring artists and organizations that have enriched the Great Lakes region through creativity and culture.

Administered by United States Artists, the program awards $10,000 to individual artists and $5,000 to organizations, totaling nearly $900,000 in unrestricted funding.

This award recognizes the efforts of artists and organizations that have sparked creativity, artistic growth, and collaboration in Great Lakes communities, through the Joyce Foundation Culture Program. This unrestricted award celebrates their contributions and commitment to ongoing creative practice and programs.

The 2025 Creative Impact Awardees are:

Artists

Adela Goldbard

Aja Black

Ananya Chatterjea

Andrea Assaf

Aparna Ramaswamy

Aram Han Sifuentes

Aravind Enrique Adyanthaya

Bryan Thao Worra

Camille A. Brown

Cecilia Smith

Charles Smith

Chinary Ung

Daniel Minter

Edgar Arceneaux

Edra Soto

Emily Johnson

Faheem Majeed

Gabriela Lena Frank

Hannibal Lokumbe

Helado Negro

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

jessica Care moore

Jessie Montgomery

John Clayton

Juan Angel Chavez

Julie Tolentino

Kaneza Schaal

Katie Ka Vang

Larissa FastHorse

Lisa Langford

Luis Alfaro

M. Carmen Lane

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Marcus Elliot

Marisa Morán Jahn

Marlena Myles

Marlina Gonzalez

Mikemansondatbedancin

Nabil Ince

Naomi Iizuka

Onye Ozuzu

Pramila Vasudevan

Regina Agu

Reginald Baylor Studio

Reginald Wilson

Ricardo Gamboa

Roberto Sierra

Rokafella

Rosy Simas

Sandra Delgado

Seitu Jones

Shaun Leonardo

Sonny K. Mehta

Sydney Chatman

Tarell Alvin McCraney

Terry Guest

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Ty Defoe

Tyree Guyton

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Organizations

ACCESS/Arab American National Museum

American Composers Forum

ATNSC

Cedar Cultural Center

Chicago Children's Museum

Chicago Children's Theatre

Chicago Public Art Group

Children's Theatre Company

Cleveland Public Theatre

Columbia College Chicago - Dance Center

DANCECleveland

Detroit Parks Coalition

Franconia Sculpture Park

Free Street Theater

Gallery 400

Goodman Theatre

HANA Center

Harrison Center for the Arts

Hyde Park Art Center

Indiana Repertory Theatre

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Joffrey Ballet

Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota

Links Hall

Lynden Sculpture Garden

Mandala Arts

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Minnesota Center for Book Arts

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago

National Museum of Mexican Art

National Public Housing Museum

Northrop, University of Minnesota

Old Town School of Folk Music

Penumbra Theatre Company

Pillsbury House Theatre

Public Art St. Paul

Ragamala Dance Company

Ravinia Festival Association

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Smart Museum of Art

SPACES

Sphinx Organization

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Teatro del Pueblo

Teatro Vista

The Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University

The Sculpture Center

Theater Mu

TRUE Skool

VocalEssence

Walker Art Center

Wayne State University

The 2025 Creative Impact Awardees were selected by an external panel of artists, curators, arts administrators, and field leaders, including Joseph Hall (Co-Executive Director, Kelly Strayhorn Theater); Danny Orendorff (Senior Director of Programs & Engagement, The Contemporary Austin); Jennifer Joy Jameson (Associate Program Director & Media Director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts); Kerri Malone (consultant); mariana moscoso (Senior Program Officer, California Humanities); and Sara Nash (independent arts consultant).