Selection Committee

Heather Dewey-Hagborg – biohacker and visual artist, 2016 Creative Capital Awardee
Kamilah Forbes – President & CEO of Apollo Theater
Alice Gray Stites – Chief Curator of 21c Museum Hotels
Rasu Jilani – Director of Community Engagement and Recruiting at NEW INC, independent curator and social sculptor
Scott Macaulay – Editor of Filmmaker Magazine, and President and Producer of Forensic Films
Jillian Mayer – video artist and filmmaker, co-director of Borscht Corp., 2015 Creative Capital Awardee
Ethan Nosowsky – Editorial Director of Graywolf Press
E. Carmen Ramos – Deputy Chief Curator and Curator of Latino Art at Smithsonian American Art Museum
Sixto Wagan – Director of Center for Art and Social Engagement at University of Houston

Panel Advisor
Kemi Ilesanmi – Executive Director, The Laundromat Project