This list organizes current and previous recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship based on areas of principal focus. It is intended solely to provide a sense of the range and breadth of their activities collectively. The selection process considers each nominee's creative efforts as a whole, not just with respect to their contributions to a particular discipline or field. Because MacArthur Fellows often cross disciplinary boundaries, readers should not interpret a specific entry as fully descriptive or infer that nominees are chosen on the basis of their fit within any of the categories on this list. There is no such thing as a MacArthur Fellow “in” a specific field.
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Architecture |
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James Carpenter |
Glass Technologist |
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Elizabeth Diller |
Architect |
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Samuel Mockbee |
Architect |
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Ricardo Scofidio |
Architect |
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Choreography and Dance |
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Jeraldyne Blunden |
Choreographer |
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Trisha Brown |
Choreographer |
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Merce Cunningham |
Choreographer |
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Bill T. Jones |
Dancer and Choreographer |
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Liz Lerman |
Choreographer |
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Susan S. Marshall |
Choreographer |
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Arthur Mitchell |
Choreographer |
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Mark Morris |
Choreographer and Dancer |
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Eiko And Koma Otake |
Dancers and Choreographers |
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Elizabeth Streb |
Dancer and Choreographer |
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Paul Taylor |
Choreographer |
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Twyla Tharp |
Dancer and Choreographer |
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Shen Wei |
Choreographer |
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Crafts and Design |
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Timothy Barrett |
Papermaker |
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Charles A. Bigelow |
Graphic Designer |
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Xu Bing |
Printmaker and Calligrapher |
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Joseph Curtin |
Violinmaker |
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Mary A. Jackson |
Fiber Artist |
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Tom Joyce |
Blacksmith |
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Sam Maloof |
Woodworker and Furniture Designer |
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Aminah Robinson |
Folk Artist |
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Claire Van Vliet |
Book Artist and Printmaker |
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Adrian Wilson |
Book Designer, Printer, and Historian of the Book |
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Fiction |
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Walter Abish |
Writer |
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
Writer |
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Andrea Barrett |
Novelist |
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Octavia Butler |
Writer |
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Jay Cantor |
Writer |
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Sandra Cisneros |
Writer |
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Edwidge Danticat |
Novelist |
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Guy Davenport |
Writer, Critic, and Translator |
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Lydia Davis |
Writer and Translator |
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Andre Dubus |
Writer |
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Stuart Dybek |
Writer |
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Deborah Eisenberg |
Short Story Writer |
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William Gaddis |
Novelist |
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Ernest J. Gaines |
Writer |
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Rebecca Goldstein |
Writer |
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Virginia Hamilton |
Writer |
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Patricia Hampl |
Writer |
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Aleksandar Hemon |
Writer |
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Karen S. Hesse |
Writer |
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Bette Howland |
Writer and Literary Critic |
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Novelist and Screenwriter |
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Angela Johnson |
Writer |
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Charles R. Johnson |
Writer |
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Edward P. Jones |
Writer |
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William Kennedy |
Novelist |
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Jonathan Lethem |
Writer |
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Norman Manea |
Writer |
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Paule Marshall |
Writer |
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Cormac McCarthy |
Writer |
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James A. McPherson |
Writer |
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Ved Mehta |
Writer |
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Richard Powers |
Novelist |
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Thomas Pynchon |
Novelist |
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Ishmael Scott Reed |
Poet and Writer |
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George Saunders |
Writer |
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Joanna Scott |
Writer |
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Leslie Marmon Silko |
Writer |
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David Foster Wallace |
Writer |
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Colson Whitehead |
Writer |
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John Edgar Wideman |
Writer |
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Music |
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Marin Alsop |
Orchestra Conductor |
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Milton Babbitt |
Composer |
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Ran Blake |
Composer and Pianist |
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Anthony Braxton |
Jazz Composer and Performer |
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Regina Carter |
Jazz Violinist |
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Ornette Coleman |
Jazz Performer and Composer |
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John C. Eaton |
Composer |
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Osvaldo Golijov |
Composer |
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John Harbison |
Composer and Conductor |
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Corey Harris |
Blues Musician |
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Stephen Hough |
Pianist |
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Bernice Johnson Reagon |
Music Historian, Composer, and Vocalist |
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Leila Josefowicz |
Violinist |
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Ali Akbar Khan |
Classical Indian Music Performer |
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Walter Kitundu |
Instrument Maker and Composer |
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Steve Lacy |
Saxophonist and Jazz Composer |
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George E. Lewis |
Composer, Performer, and Music Theorist |
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Edgar Meyer |
Bassist and Composer |
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Conlon Nancarrow |
Composer |
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George Perle |
Composer and Music Theorist |
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Max Roach |
Percussionist and Jazz Composer |
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Reginald Robinson |
Ragtime Pianist and Composer |
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George Russell |
Composer and Music Theorist |
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Gunther Schuller |
Composer, Conductor, and Jazz Historian |
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Ralph Shapey |
Composer and Conductor |
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Bright Sheng |
Composer |
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Cecil Taylor |
Jazz Pianist and Composer |
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Dawn Upshaw |
Vocalist |
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Ken Vandermark |
Jazz Composer and Performer |
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Marion Williams |
Gospel Music Performer |
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Charles Wuorinen |
Composer |
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Miguel Zenón |
Saxophonist |
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John Zorn |
Musician and Composer |
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Photography, Filmmaking, and Video |
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Robert Adams |
Photographer |
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Allison Anders |
Filmmaker |
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Edet Belzberg |
Documentary Filmmaker |
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Richard Benson |
Photographer |
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Charles Burnett |
Filmmaker |
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Jon H. Else |
Documentary Filmmaker |
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Wendy Ewald |
Photographer |
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Lee Friedlander |
Photographer |
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Alfredo Jaar |
Photographer |
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James Longley |
Filmmaker |
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Louis Massiah |
Documentary Filmmaker |
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Susan Meiselas |
Photojournalist |
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Errol Morris |
Filmmaker |
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Stanley Nelson |
Documentary Filmmaker |
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Marcel Ophuls |
Documentary Filmmaking |
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Yvonne Rainer |
Filmmaker and Choreographer |
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John Sayles |
Filmmaker and Writer |
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Fazal Sheikh |
Photographer |
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Camilo José Vergara |
Photographer |
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Bill Viola |
Video Artist |
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Frederick Wiseman |
Documentary Filmmaker |
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Poetry |
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A. R. Ammons |
Poet |
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John Ashbery |
Poet |
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Linda Bierds |
Poet |
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Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
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Anne Carson |
Poet and Classicist |
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Amy Clampitt |
Poet |
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Douglas Crase |
Poet |
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Irving Feldman |
Poet |
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Alice Fulton |
Poet |
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Jorie Graham |
Poet |
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Allen Grossman |
Poet and Literary Critic |
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Thom Gunn |
Poet and Literary Critic |
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Robert Hass |
Poet, Critic, and Translator |
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Daryl Hine |
Poet and Translator |
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Edward Hirsch |
Poet, Essayist, and Literary Critic |
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John Hollander |
Poet and Literary Critic |
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Richard Howard |
Poet, Translator, and Literary Critic |
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Richard Kenney |
Poet |
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Galway Kinnell |
Poet |
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Ann Lauterbach |
Poet and Literary Critic |
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Brad Leithauser |
Poet and Writer |
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Campbell McGrath |
Poet |
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Heather McHugh |
Poet |
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Thylias Moss |
Poet and Writer |
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Lucia M. Perillo |
Poet |
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Jim Powell |
Poet, Translator, and Literary Critic |
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A. K. Ramanujan |
Poet, Translator, and Literary Scholar |
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Adrienne Rich |
Poet and Writer |
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Charles Simic |
Poet, Translator, and Essayist |
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Mark Strand |
Poet and Writer |
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May Swenson |
Poet |
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Derek Walcott |
Poet and Playwright |
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Robert Penn Warren |
Poet, Writer, and Literary Critic |
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Eleanor Wilner |
Poet |
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C.D. Wright |
Poet |
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Jay Wright |
Poet and Playwright |
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Theater and Performing Arts |
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Luis Alfaro |
Writer and Performance Artist |
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Lee Breuer |
Playwright and Theater Director |
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Martha Clarke |
Theater Director and Choreographer |
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Richard Foreman |
Theater Director and Playwright |
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Guillermo Gómez-Peña |
Writer and Interdisciplinary Artist |
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Jerzy Grotowski |
Theater Director and Drama Theorist |
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Bill Irwin |
Writer and Performance Artist |
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John Jesurun |
Playwright and Director |
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Elizabeth LeCompte |
Theater Director |
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Meredith Monk |
Vocalist, Composer, and Theater Director |
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Michael Moschen |
Performance Artist and Juggler |
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Lynn Nottage |
Playwright |
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Han Ong |
Playwright |
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Suzan-Lori Parks |
Playwright |
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Willie Reale |
Theater Arts Educator |
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Sarah Ruhl |
Playwright |
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Bruce Schwartz |
Figurative Sculptor and Puppeteer |
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Peter Sellars |
Theater and Opera Director |
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Anna Deavere Smith |
Theater Performer and Playwright |
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Ellen Stewart |
Theater Director |
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Julie Taymor |
Theater Director and Costume Designer |
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Jennifer Tipton |
Stage Lighting Designer |
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Naomi Wallace |
Playwright |
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Mary A. Zimmerman |
Theater Director and Playwright |
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Visual Arts |
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Janine Antoni |
Sculptor and Installation Artist |
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Ida Applebroog |
Painter |
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Robert H. Blackburn |
Printmaker |
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Mark Bradford |
Mixed Media Artist |
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Vija Celmins |
Painter and Sculptor |
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Tara Donovan |
Sculptor and Installation Artist |
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Rackstraw Downes |
Painter |
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Teresita Fernández |
Sculptor and Installation Artist |
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Ann Hamilton |
Installation Artist |
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David Hammons |
Sculptor and Installation Artist |
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Gary R. Hill |
Video Artist |
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Robert W. Irwin |
Painter and Installation Artist |
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Ned M. Kahn |
Artist and Science Exhibit Designer |
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Ben Katchor |
Graphic Novelist |
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Toba Khedoori |
Painter |
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Liza Lou |
Installation Artist |
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Whitfield Lovell |
Painter and Installation Artist |
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David Macaulay |
Illustrator and Author |
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Inigo Manglano-Ovalle |
Photographer, Sculptor, and Installation Artist |
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Kerry James Marshall |
Painter |
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Josiah McElheny |
Sculptor |
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Julie Mehretu |
Painter |
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Amalia Mesa-Bains |
Artist and Cultural Critic |
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Elizabeth Murray |
Painter |
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Pepon Osorio |
Installation Artist |
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Judy Pfaff |
Sculptor and Installation Artist |
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Martin Puryear |
Sculptor |
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Anna Schuleit |
Commemorative Artist |
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John T. Scott |
Sculptor |
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Cindy Sherman |
Photographer |
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Shahzia Sikander |
Painter |
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Peter Sis |
Illustrator |
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Joan Snyder |
Painter |
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Sarah Sze |
Sculptor and Installation Artist |
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Trimpin |
Sound Sculptor and Composer |
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James Turrell |
Light Sculptor |
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Camille Utterback |
Digital Artist |
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Kara E. Walker |
Installation Artist |
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David Wilson |
Artist and Curator |
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Fred Wilson |
Installation Artist |
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Daisy Youngblood |
Sculptor |
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