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Celebrating the 2026 Doris Duke Artist Awards Recipients
Since 2012, the Doris Duke Artist Awards have granted over $40 million to leading contemporary dance, jazz and theater artists. As the largest prize of its kind in the United States, the awards uniquely recognize artists as both individuals and creative workers.
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Doris Duke Foundation to Host an Artist-led Labor Crawl to Celebrate May Day
On May 1, the International Day of the Worker, the Doris Duke Foundation in partnership with iconic New York City arts organizations, will host a multi-site Labor Crawl from Governor’s Island to the Apollo Theater in Harlem to uplift the essential role of artistic labor and the conditions needed for artists to thrive.
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Doris Duke Foundation Announces 2026 Artist Awards and New Grants Supporting the Labor of Making Art
The Doris Duke Foundation announces the 2026 Doris Duke Artist Award recipients—the nation's largest prize dedicated to individual performing artists. As part of the Creative Labor, Creative Conditions campaign, DDF has also awarded six grants totaling more than $1M to programs and initiatives advancing artists as workers.
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Announcing a Multi-foundation $6.5M Commitment to Ensure Performing Artists are at the Center of Technology Innovation
Artists Make Technology – which will be structured around three core pillars – will create pathways to center performing artists in technological innovation by providing support, resources and collaboration opportunities.
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