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Headshot of Onyx Ashanti in a studio, looking at the camera with their hands by their ears as they display their multi-colored exodermal mesh interface over the top half of their body. The interface begins at the top center of their head, going down their forehead to their nose, at which point it becomes symmetrical. It also rests on their cheeks, lips, beard, chest, forearms, and hands.
Onyx Ashanti
Grants to Artists, 2026
Music/Sound
Headshot of Lukas Avendaño. Avendaño looks at the camera, her hair is covering her left eye  and folded into various parts of the beaded turquoise necklace wrapped around her neck  in multiple layers. She is wearing a dangling silver earring in her right ear and is shirtless. There is a black backdrop behind Avendaño.
Lukas Avendaño
Grants to Artists, 2026
Performance Art/Theater
Portrait of Teresa Baker. Baker smiles at the camera, sitting with her hands placed on top of each other resting over her crossed leg. She’s wearing black pants, a blue and white striped button up shirt with a bright orange jacket over it, and silver rings on each ring finger, one with lapis lazuli and the other a stone that resembles sunstone or amber.  Behind Baker her work “Twenty Minutes to Sunset” appears in close detail.
Teresa Baker
Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting, 2026
Visual Arts
Headshot of Olivia Block looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a black shirt and a black vest. Behind her is dark fig color backdrop with wrinkles.
Olivia Block
Alvin Lucier Award, 2026
Music/Sound
Portrait of Nanette Carter in a pastel yellow room. Smiling at the camera, Carter is wearing a fuzzy orange sweater with black sleeves and a black and white striped head wrap. She is sitting on a section of a couch that is orange with a blue, pink, and yellow pattern throughout it. Behind Carter is another section of the couch, but this time it is in brown, with a small orange pillow with pink, blue, yellow, and red patterns on it. Three vibrant green plants are around Carter.
Nanette Carter
Grants to Artists, 2026
Visual Arts
Black and white portrait of Maggie Cloud. She is sitting on a wooden ladder,  smiling at the camera in jeans and a sleeveless fringe shirt. Maggie’s feet are  bare, pointed down on the last step of the ladder and the floor. Behind her is a  white backdrop.
Maggie Cloud
Viola Farber Award, 2026
Dance
Headshot of Brenda Coultas. Coultas is looking at the camera, wearing a white long sleeve button-up collared shirt. Her body is positioned between the two different materials on the wall behind her. To Coultas' right is a patterned curtain in autumn colors with a bit of baby blue. To her left is wallpaper with beige, white, seafoam blue and baby blue lines running up and down, separated by color, and interrupted by dark yellow and blue shapes.
Brenda Coultas
C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2026
Poetry
Portrait of Christopher Cozier adjusting a row of pennant string flags in a gallery space. There are 7 rows in total, with each flag painted with different images in what are varying earth tones, in addition to red and bright green. Images on the flags include varying stars, candy wrappers, leafs, the moon, and what resembles the Cuban flag, minus the star. Each flag has two binder clips on it, attaching it to a white string. The flags are installed against white gallery walls, above a white floor. On the wall behind Christopher is a framed artwork.
Christopher Cozier
Roy Lichtenstein Award, 2026
Visual Arts
Portrait of Jennifer Elise Foerster wearing a black long  sleeve top and blue jeans. She is looking at the camera while sitting down with her right leg up,  which she is  resting her left hand on as well as her right elbow.  Foerster's right hand is in the air just over her left  shoulder. There is a grey backdrop behind her.
Jennifer Elise Foerster
Grants to Artists, 2026
Poetry
Portrait of Edgar Garcia in Teotihuacan, an ancient Mesoamerican city in Mexico. Garcia is wearing a faded light blue button down shirt, a tan wide brimmed hat, and tortoise eyeglasses. In the background is a row of rectangular stone pillars carved with what appears to be glyphs and symbols representing the cosmos and nature. Garcia is captured in quarter profile looking outwards.
Edgar Garcia
Grants to Artists, 2026
Poetry
Portrait of Kearra Amaya Gopee. Gopee stands on a sidewalk, looking into the camera while resting their arms on a black iron gate. They are wearing a black leather jacket, sunglasses with a thick rectangular white frame, a silver chainmail necklace, a silver hoop earring, a silver curved barbell eyebrow ring, and black lipstick.
Kearra Amaya Gopee
Grants to Artists, 2026
Visual Arts
Portrait of Janet Olivia Henry looking at the camera and holding her arms across  her chest, wearing a suede purple button down jacket over a white collard shirt,  a white hat, as well as jewelry on her wrists, fingers and ear. Henry’s jacket is  decorated with a pin of an animated black cat on its collar. Behind and to the  left of Henry is a dangling sculpture composed of beads.
Janet Olivia Henry
Grants to Artists, 2026
Visual Arts
Grainy mirror selfie of Harmony Holiday. Holiday is looking directly at the mirror, covering her neck with her phone in the reflection. She’s holding her phone with a green hexagonal phone grip attached to her light pink phone case. She is wearing an unzipped leather jacket, which exposes part of her stomach. There is a yellow wall behind Holiday as well as a framed
Harmony Holiday
Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2026
Poetry
Headshot of Benjamin Akio Kimitch. Looking at the camera, he smiles to his right side.  Kimitch is wearing a white shirt and is in front of a black backdrop.
Benjamin Akio Kimitch
Grants to Artists, 2026
Dance
jaamil olawale kosoko sits outside on a large rock, holding their hands in a triangle, looking towards the camera. The sun is shining  over jaamil. They are wearing a black short sleeve shirt, black  pants, and a square turquoise and gold ring. Above the rock are various green plants, also basking in the sun.
jaamil olawale kosoko
Robert Rauschenberg Award, 2026
Dance
Headshot of Paul Lazar. Lazar looks at the camera, smiling with his teeth. He’s wearing a blue suit with a black button up shirt underneath. Lazar appears to be on a red carpet or at corporate event entrance, standing  in front of a white backdrop that includes two red shapes and a black line. The image is cropped just over his head and below his chest, presumably cutting others who were originally in the photo with him.
Paul Lazar
John Cage Award, 2026
Performance Art/Theater
Portrait of Nyeema Morgan in her studio. Morgan is looking at the camera,  wearing a white dress shirt with black polkadots with an off-white patterned  cardigan on top. In particular, the pattern consists of black double lines that  go up and down, occasionally layered with beige double lines going in the  opposite direction. This creates an optical illusion---allowing the cardigan to  seem like it has black polkadots throughout too. Behind Morgan, from  left to right, is a bookshelf filled with books, a paper roll, lots of used paint  brushes in a jar, and a plant in a plastic green pot.
Nyeema Morgan
Grants to Artists, 2026
Visual Arts
Headshot of Denise Newman in the woods. Newman is smiling at the camera, wearing a bright blue bucket hat, and a denim collared t-shirt over a black turtleneck. Her necklace hangs over her clothing. The sun is shining on the greenery and trees behind her.
Denise Newman
Grants to Artists, 2026
Poetry
Portrait of Elle Perez. Perez is looking directly at the camera with their head tilted to the side. They are standing in front of what appears to be a wall of vibrant green plants with large leaves. To the left of the frame a silver car and a washed tan brick building are visible. Perez is dressed in a black t-shirt and raincoat and their curly hair is cropped short.
Elle Pérez
Grants to Artists, 2026
Visual Arts
Portrait of Timmy Straw. Straw is sitting down and looking towards  the camera, wearing an unzipped grey collared jacket with a black  shirt and a thin gold chain. They are in front of a greenish brown  door. At the top and bottom of the portrait there is a pinkish grey  border containing white text. The top reads
Timmy Straw
Grants to Artists, 2026
Poetry
Maayan Tsadka mid-performance. She is wearing a black sweater, glasses, and her  hair pulled up. In one hand, Tsadka is holding a couple of dried plants close to a  microphone on a mic stand. The mic is pointing downwards and is very close to one of  the dried plants. In the other hand, she is holding a tuning fork close. Tsadka is looking  intensely at the close mic’d plant and in the foreground of the photo blurred leaves are  visible. The background, also blurry, is softly lit by a purple light.
Maayan Tsadka
Grants to Artists, 2026
Music/Sound
Portrait of Shirley Tse in front of an installation on a white gallery wall. Tse is looking at the  camera and crossing her arms, wearing a light gray cardigan with little white dots throughout   over a dark gray shirt. She is also wearing a gold necklace. The installation behind her  has a beige background with white drawings that resemble power lines.
Shirley Tse
Dorothea Tanning Award, 2026
Visual Arts
Ogemdi Ude sitting on a wooden and metal chair in a dance studio. She is in front  of the photographer and looking directly at the camera, wearing a blank tank top, black  pants, and with a bright purple manicure. Her left hand is positioned on her neck gently  touching her jawline. Her right hand, partially cut off in the frame, rests on her knee.
Ogemdi Ude
Grants to Artists, 2026
Dance
Anh Vo gestures forward with one hand, captured  mid-performance with their mouth open. They are wearing a white fur vest over a long sleeve black  dress with printed gold chains running up and down.  The room is dimly lit, creating shadows and a purple hue  in the background.
Anh Vo
Grants to Artists, 2026
Dance
George Albon is centered and directly faces the camera. He is in sharp focus against a soft outdoor backdrop with greenery, wearing a dark sweater and blue-framed glasses, his hands clasped together in front of him.
George Albon
Grants to Artists, 2025
Poetry
Javier Cardona Otero looks directly at the camera with his head tilted slightly. He is standing indoors against a softly lit background, and wearing round brown glasses and a white textured shirt.
Javier Cardona Otero
Robert Rauschenberg Award, 2025
Performance Art/Theater
Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein are photographed intertwined against a black background. Lisa is positioned in the back, her head tilted to the left with her arms around Lena’s torso. Lena is in the foreground, seated and gazing to the left, with her arms embracing Lisa’s legs. Lisa is wearing all black, while Lena is in a white tank top and pink shorts.
Lisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein
Grants to Artists, 2025
Dance
Ebony Noelle Golden looks directly into the camera, resting her chin on one hand, with the other hand extended over her head in a dramatic pose. She is illuminated by vibrant red and blue lighting against a dark backdrop, and is wearing a nose ring, several bracelets, and a large ring.
Ebony Noelle Golden
Grants to Artists, 2025
Performance Art/Theater
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork is slightly angled toward the camera, looking directly into the lens. They are wearing a beige blazer against a clean, softly lit white background.
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork
Roy Lichtenstein Award, 2025
Music/Sound
Raquel Gutiérrez is centered and directly faces the camera, standing outdoors at night in a softly lit urban setting. She wears a navy button-up shirt and green pants, her hands casually in her pockets. The background is blurred, with subtle hints of storefronts and streetlights.
Raquel Gutiérrez
Grants to Artists, 2025
Poetry
Jennifer Harge looks directly at the camera in a close-up portrait. She is wearing a black tank top and layered gold necklaces, set against a textured wall with a workspace and art supplies visible in the background.
Jennifer Harge
Grants to Artists, 2025
Dance
Asher Hartman grins at the camera as two kittens appear to leap from his body towards the foreground. He is wearing rectangular-framed glasses, a dark suit, and a patterned tie, and stands in front of a black background.
Asher Hartman
Grants to Artists, 2025
Performance Art/Theater
A portrait of Yhuri Cruz wearing a black t-shirt and standing with his arms crossed behind his back. He stands in front of a vibrant blue wall, upon which a layered, geometric wall sculpture comprised of circle and oval forms hangs. The portrait is framed by a soft mauve square. At the top it reads
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego: Yhuri Cruz exhibition
Ellsworth Kelly Award, 2025
Visual Arts
Shayla-Vie Jenkins is smiling against a black background with her hands raised in front of her body and clasped together. She is wearing a dark top under soft, neutral lighting.
Shayla-Vie Jenkins
Viola Farber Award, 2025
Dance
A black and white portrait of Jon Kinzel, who is centered and staring straight at the camera. Against a dark background, he is in high contrast, wearing a light plaid shirt.
Jon Kinzel
Grants to Artists, 2025
Dance
Jutta Koether is photographed mid-performance in an indoor space. She is wearing a pink top and a red skirt, holding a glowing pink object high above her head. A group of people observe from the background.
Jutta Koether
Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting, 2025
Visual Arts
Jennifer Lafferty is centered, smiling directly at the camera. She stands straight against a light, neutral wall, wearing an embroidered navy cardigan, hoop earrings, and jeans.
Jennifer Lafferty
Viola Farber Award, 2025
Dance
Fi Jae Lee stands before a slightly blurred brick background under bright lighting. She smiles, facing the camera with her body angled slightly to the right. She wears a black long-sleeve shirt with her hands at her sides.
Fi Jae Lee
Dorothea Tanning Award, 2025
Visual Arts
Layli Long-Soldier sits on a couch looking straight ahead. She gazes down at the camera, with her chin resting on one hand. She wears a black, patterned shirt, white cuff on each arm, long earlings, and glasses. In the background, there is framed artwork against a beige wall.
Layli Long Soldier
C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2025
Poetry
Jamal R. Moore gazes directly at the camera with his body turned slightly to the side. He wears a black hat, scarf, and pattered top. A fireplace mantle with and yellow wallpaper are visible in the background.
Jamal R. Moore
Grants to Artists, 2025
Music/Sound
Peggy Piacenza smiles slightly at the camera with her body turned slightly to the side. She wears a burnt orange sweater, and hoop earrings against a brightly lit, warm toned wall.
Peggy Piacenza
Merce Cunningham Award, 2025
Dance
Khadijah Queen gazes at the camera, her body turned to the right, her hair blows with the wind. She wears pointed glasses, bright jewelry, and a navy blouse, and appears in front of a blurred background with greenery.
Khadijah Queen
Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2025
Poetry
Mary Ruefle gazes up at the camera, shrugging her shoulders. She wears a navy blue suit and a white button down. Her hands clasped, she stands against green velvet curtains under a bright light.
Mary Ruefle
Grants to Artists, 2025
Poetry
Alex Tatarsky stares at the camera, using their hands to pull their mouth into a smile. They wear bright red lipstick, a black cap, a feathered top and a green coat. They stand against a red fabric background under bright lighting.
Alex Tatarsky
Grants to Artists, 2025
Performance Art/Theater
Tyler Thomas smiles over her right shoulder at the camera. Against a grey background, she wears a sleeveless black top and gold earrings.
Tyler Thomas
Grants to Artists, 2025
Performance Art/Theater
A close up, black and white portrait of Rodrigo Valenzuela. He looks directly at the camera against a bright white background, wearing a black jacket.
Rodrigo Valenzuela
Richard Pousette-Dart Award, 2025
Visual Arts
A close up, black and white portrait of David Watson. His face is turned away from the camera and he looks up and to the right, illuminated by an overhead light. He wears a grey T-shirt against a black background.
David Watson
Alvin Lucier Award, 2025
Music/Sound
Dorian Wood stands smiling against a black background. Centered, she faces the camera with her hands in her pockets. She wears a black dress with embroidered flowers and leaf earrings.
Dorian Wood
Grants to Artists, 2025
Music/Sound