Awarded: Jun 16, 2015
Up to $80,000 each to 20 artists
To empower, invest in and celebrate artists in the fields of contemporary dance, jazz and theater by offering flexible multi-year funding as a response to financial and funding challenges both unique to the performing arts and to each grantee.
The recipients of the 2015 Doris Duke Impact Awards included:
- 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