Award Year

The 2021 Creative Capital Awards represent 35 projects by 42 artists from all over the country. The projects span a range of genres, including literature, performance, the visual arts, moving image, technology, and socially-engaged art. Read more about the 2021 Creative Capital Awards.


Selection Committee

Naomi Beckwith – Manilow Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Ken Chen – Writer
Ryan Dennis – Chief Curator and Artistic Director of the Center for Art & Public Exchange (CAPE) at the Mississippi Museum of Art
Karen Farber – Vice President for External Affairs, Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Jennifer Lange – Curator of the Film/Video Studio Program, Wexner Center for the Arts
George Lugg – Consulting Producer, CalArts Center for New Performance
Ali Momeni – Senior Principal Scientist, AI and Robotics, Shield AI; 2013 Creative Capital Awardee
Lucy Mukerjee – Senior Programmer, Tribeca Film Festival; Co-Founder of the Programmers of Colour Collective

Reviewers

Chris Abani, Nana Adusei-Poku, Pia Agrawal, Allison Agsten, John Andress, Jessica Anthony, Jaad Asante, Salome Asega, Jasmine Amussen, Jeanelle Augustin, Miriam Bale, Rehema Barber, Dena Beard, Ahmed Best, Sarah Bishop-Stone, Rodrigo Brandão, Barbara Bryan, Danielle Burns Wilson, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Dejha Carrington, Lisa Chen, Rachel Cook, Ashley Dehoyos, Jen Delos Reyes, Demian DinéYazhi’, Jasen Emmons, Dani Fecko, Joel Ferree, Leslie Fields-Cruz, Kristen Fitzpatrick, J. K. Fowler, Anna Gallagher-Ross, Chloe Gbai, Leah Giblin, Lauren Haynes, Dan Hirsch, Jamillah James, Rebecca Jampol, Ben Johnson, Naima Keith, Brooke Kellaway, Nora Khan, Sara Krajewski, Margaret Lawrence, Oshun Layne, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Rebekah Lengel, Natasha Logan, Jessica Lynne, Patricia Maloney, Thomas Martinez, Laurie McCants, Elise McCave, Ari Melenciano, Katie Morgan, Ceci Moss, David Ninh, Ade Omotosho, Larry Ossei-Mensah, Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Amy Owen, Edward Patuto, Julie Phelps, Monica Ramirez, Thomas Richardson, Kenya (Robinson), Kristina Robinson, Jose Rodriguez, Paul Rucker, Raquel Salas Rivera, Benjamin Samuel, George Scheer, Carrie Schneider, Antajuan Scott, Brandon Sheats, Joel Shepard, Jenny Slattery, Frank Smigiel, Bob Snead, Leila Tamari, Amanda Trokan, Tiffany Vazquez, Irene Villasenor, Jasmine Wahi, Stephen Winter, Miranda Wright, Emily Zimmerman