Doris Duke Artist Award


The Doris Duke Artist Award is undertaken by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and designed to "empower, invest in and celebrate artists by offering multi-year, unrestricted funding as a response to financial and funding challenges both unique to the performing arts and to each grantee". Started in 2011, the program supports artists in jazz, theatre, and contemporary dance.
The Doris Duke Artist Award now offers up to $575,000 of individual support. The prize was $275,000 until it was doubled 2023 in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the program and Doris Duke Foundation's continued commitment to supporting individual performing artists. Two classes of Doris Duke Impact Awards totaling $80,000 were made in 2014 and 2015, but the program was discontinued after that.

Eligibility

Individuals are nominated for the award by nominators who are experts in the fields DDCF funds, as well as by previous Doris Duke Artists, and become eligible for the Award when they have won at least three designated national or regional grants, awards, or accolades. An anonymous panel reviews all eligible artists and recommends a class of recipients every year.

Recipients

2012 Artist Award Recipients
2013 Artist Award Recipients
2014 Impact Award Recipients
2014 Artist Award Recipients
2015 Artist Award Recipients
2015 Impact Award Recipients
2016 Artist Award Recipients
2018 Artist Award Recipients
2019 Artist Award Recipients
2020 Artist Award Recipients
2021 Arts Award Recipients
2023 Arts Award Recipients
2024 Artist Award Recipients
2025 Artist Award Recipients