Awarded: Oct 21, 2021
Up to $275,000 each to seven 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 2021 Doris Duke Artist Awards included:
- Lileana Blain-Cruz (theater)
- Teo Castellanos (theater)
- Kris Davis (jazz)
- Dormeshia (dance)
- Cynthia Oliver (dance)
- Danilo Pérez (jazz)
- Wayne Shorter (jazz)