2020
Grisel Acosta
Professor, City University of New York-BCC
Lesley Nneka Arimah
USA Artist Fellow, Fiction Writer
Rebecca Cummins
Chair and Professor, University of Washington
Nadia Elokdah
Vice President and Director of Programs, Grantmakers in the Arts
Gabriel Frey
USA Artist Fellow, Traditional Basket Maker
Victoria Haven
Visual Artist
Robyn Hollingshead
Managing Program Director, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
USA Artist Fellow, Filmmaker and Playwright
John Roderick
Singer/Songwriter
Shannon Scrofano
Director, Center of Performance and Civic Practice
Bill Shannon
USA Artist Fellow
Performance and Video Artist
Leila Tamari
Senior Program Officer, ArtPlace America
Holcombe Waller
USA Artist Fellow, Composer, Vocalist, Performer
2019
Francene Blythe
Native Arts & Culture Foundation
Claire Dederer
Writer
Angie Durrell
Intempo
Ara Fitzgerald
Dancer and Choreographer
Amber Hoy
First People’s Fund
Kathleen Hughes
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Ruby Lopez Harper
Americans for the Arts
Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs
Artist (Performance)
Kira Pritchard
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Judilee Reed
William Penn Foundation
Ry Rocklen
Artist
Vincent Toro
Poet
Alan Tracy
RISD Career Center
2018
Bruce Barcott
Journalist
Denise Brown
Leeway Foundation
Matthew Deleget
MINUS SPACE
Deana Haggag
United States Artists
Sharon Loudon
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
Dmae Roberts
MediaRites
Karlos Rodriguez
Catalyst Quartet
Victoria Rogers
Knight Foundation
Alycia Socia
Kresge Foundation
April Surgent
United States Artists Fellow
Donna Uchizono
United States Artists Fellow
Hrag Vartanian
Hyperallergic
Larry Vienneau
Seminole State College of Florida
2017
Alexandra Siclait
Creative Capital
Amy Kitchener
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Barbara Lanciers
Trust for Mutual Understanding
Bonnie Nadzam
Author
Caen Thomason-Redus
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Cannupa Hanska Luger
Artist
Ellen Placey Wadey
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Kapena Alapai
Arts in a Changing America
Melissa Thodos
Thodos Dance Chicago
Michael Sherrill
Center for Craft Creativity and Design
Shawn Greenlee
Rhode Island School of Design
Todd Boss
Poet