CREATIVE CAPITAL CARNIVAL 2026
Monday, June 15, 2026
Artist Project Screening
Experience video presentations of new works in progress by 2026 Creative Capital Awardees
DATE & TIME
Monday, June 15, 2026
4:00–6:30PM
LOCATION
Walter Reade Theater
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
2026 Artist Dinner
Celebrating artists, new ideas, innovative works-in-progress, and our creative community
DATE & TIME
Monday, June 15, 2026
7:00–9:30PM
Cocktails and seated dinner
LOCATION
The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Featured 2026 Creative Capital Artists
Visual Arts
Sadie Barnette, Oakland, CA
Gina Beavers, West Orange, NJ
Kenturah Davis, Altadena, CA
Liss LaFleur, Denton, TX
Pepe Mar, Miami Shores, FL
Masud Olufani, Atlanta, GA
Jeff Ostergren, New Haven, CT
Margaret Pearce, Rockland, ME
Ronald Rael, Antonito, CO
Cara Romero, Santa Fe, NM
Yoshie Sakai, Gardena, CA
Jean Shin, Hurley, NY
Catherine Telford Keogh, Brooklyn, NY
Film
Daniel Chein, Carpinteria, CA
Sue Ding, Sarah Garrahan, Los Angeles, CA; Long Beach, CA
Cheryl Dunye, Oakland, CA
Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Chicago, IL
Carl Elsaesser, Brooklyn, NY
Eva Louise Hall, Kansas City, MO
Jehane Noujaim, New York, NY
Rodrigo Olivar, Brooklyn, NY
Liz Roberts, San Francisco, CA
Liza Sylvestre, Christopher Robert Jones, Urbana, IL
Gillian Waldo, Chicago, IL
Charlotte Wells, Brooklyn, NY
Multidisciplinary
Lex Brown, Samuel Beebe, Creatine Price, Danny Zelibor, Rome, Italy; Jamaica Plain, MA; New York, NY; Staatsburg, NY
Harmon dot aut, Putnam Valley, NY
Tania El Khoury, Red Hook, NY
Carmina Escobar, Los Angeles, CA
Henry Threadgill, New York, NY
Theater
Jocelyn Bioh, New York, NY
Haruna Lee, Brooklyn, NY
Roger Q. Mason, Santa Monica, CA
Mason Rosenthal, Scott R. Sheppard, Alice Yorke, Philadelphia, PA; Queens, NY; Philadelphia, PA
Jeana Scotti, Brooklyn, NY
Josiah Thomas Turner, St Paul, MN
Dance
devynn emory, Brooklyn, NY
Dayna Hanson, Seattle, WA
Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Brooklyn, NY
Music/Jazz
Delbert Anderson, Kirtland, NM
Amir ElSaffar, Brooklyn, NY
Sharon Chohi Kim, Los Angeles, CA
Sofía Rei, Brooklyn, NY
Avery Sharpe, Plainfield, MA
Literature
Kayla E., Burlington, NC
Suji Kwock Kim, Princeton, NJ
Rob Macaisa Colgate, Chicago, IL
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Vancouver, British Columbia
Nadia Owusu, Brooklyn, NY
More Event Information
Accessibility
Screening at Lincoln Center
All videos will have open captions. The Walter Reade Theater and Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery are accessible. Seating for guests who use wheelchairs is available, and the commissary is accessible.
Artist Dinner at Lincoln Center
The Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center is ADA compliant.
Please be in touch if you have any questions related to accessibility or specific needs: [email protected].
Age Requirements
This event is for guests 21 and older.
Additional Guests
The event is limited to 2026 Creative Capital Awardees, paid industry guests, board members, advisory council members, and supporters. Tickets are available on a first-come, first serve basis for both the screening and the artist dinner.
Transportation
Guests are responsible for their own transportation between locations. Event details are subject to change.
Travel Expenses
Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging expenses. Grantees may use their remaining Creative Capital grant funds for travel expenses.
Covid-19
Your health and safety is our top priority. We recommend all those attending the event be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.