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- Anne Bogart, theatre
- Don Byron, jazz
- Wally Cardona, dance
- Rinde Eckert, theatre
- Bill Frisell, jazz
- Deborah Hay, dance
- John Hollenbeck, jazz
- Vijay Iyer, jazz
- Marc Bamuthi Joseph, theatre
- Elizabeth LeCompte, theatre
- Young Jean Lee, theatre
- Ralph Lemon, dance
- Richard Maxwell, theatre
- Sarah Michelson, dance
- Bebe Miller, dance
- Nicole Mitchell, jazz
- Meredith Monk, dance
- Eiko Otake, dance
- Takashi Koma Otake, dance
- Basil Twist, theatre
- Reggie Wilson, dance
- Anthony Braxton
- Billy Childs
- Ping Chong
- Kelly Copper
- Lisa D'Amour
- DD Dorvillier
- Amir ElSaffar
- David Gordon
- Pat Graney
- Stacy Klein
- David Lang
- Pavol Liska
- Rudresh Mahanthappa
- John Malpede
- Miya Masaoka
- Myra Melford
- Tere O'Connor
- William Parker
- Elizabeth Streb
- Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- Steve Coleman
- Anna Halprin
- Trajal Harrell
- Julia Jarcho
- Jennifer Lacey
- Jodi Melnick
- Ben Monder
- Jennifer Monson
- Dean Moss
- Lucia Neare
- Aruán Ortiz
- Matana Roberts
- Tina Satter
- Jen Shyu
- Johnny Simons
- Michael Sommers
- Adrienne Truscott
- Cristal [Chanelle Truscott]
- John Collins
- Joanna Haigood
- David Henry Hwang
- John Jasperse
- Emily Johnson
- Bill T. Jones
- Melanie Joseph
- Nancy Keystone
- Lisa Kron
- Oliver Lake
- Steve Lehman
- Tarell Alvin McCraney
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Zeena Parkins
- Annie-B Parson
- Ranee Ramaswamy
- Peggy Shaw
- Craig Taborn
- Randy Weston
- Muhal Richard Abrams
- Ambrose Akinmusire
- Darcy James Argue
- Camille A. Brown
- Ronald K. Brown
- Ann Carlson
- Nora Chipaumire
- Steve Coleman
- Paul S. Flores
- Cynthia Hopkins
- Daniel Alexander Jones
- Alonzo King
- Okkyung Lee
- Linda Parris-Bailey
- Stephen Petronio
- Mildred Ruiz-Sapp
- Steven Sapp
- Shawn Sides
- Yosvany Terry
- Doug Varone
- Becca Blackwell
- Kris Davis
- Lear deBessonet
- Mark Dresser
- Michelle Ellsworth
- Beth Gill
- Milford Graves
- Ishmael Houston-Jones
- Morgan Jenness
- Heather Kravas
- Dohee Lee
- Dianne McIntyre
- Matt Mitchell
- Carlos Murillo
- Brooke O'Harra
- Susan Rethorst
- Tyshawn Sorey
- Henry Threadgill
- Reggie Workman
- Pamela Z
- Kyle Abraham
- Sharon Bridgforth
- Dave Douglas
- Faye Driscoll
- Janie Geiser
- Miguel Gutierrez
- Fred Hersch
- Wayne Horvitz
- Taylor Mac
- Dianne McIntyre
- Jason Moran
- Mark Morris
- Lynn Nottage
- Thaddeus Phillips
- Will Power
- Aparna Ramaswamy
- Matana Roberts
- Jen Shyu
- Wadada Leo Smith
- Morgan Thorson
- Henry Threadgill
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Regina Carter
- Michelle Dorrance
- Stefon Harris
- Muriel Miguel
- Okwui Okpokwasili
- Rosalba Rolón
2020 Artist Award Recipients
- Ana María Alvarez
- Andrew Cyrille
- Sean Dorsey
- Michael John Garcés
- Rennie Harris
- Dael Orlandersmith
- Cécile McLorin Salvant
- Pam Tanowitz
- Lileana Blain-Cruz
- Teo Castellanos
- Kris Davis
- Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards
- Cynthia Oliver
- Danilo Pérez
- Wayne Shorter
- Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
- Charlotte Brathwaite
- Ayodele Casel
- Somi Kakoma a.k.a. Somi
- Rosy Simas
- Kristina Wong
2025 Artist Award Recipients