The Doris Duke Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2024 Doris Duke Artist Awards in the fields of dance, jazz, and theater.

The cohort of six performing artists will each receive $525,000 in unrestricted funding and an incentive of up to $25,000 to save for retirement. Recipients include Nataki Garrett (theater), Shamel Pitts (dance), Acosia Red Elk (dance), esperanza spalding (jazz), Chay Yew (theater), and Miguel Zenón (jazz). In conjunction with the 2024 cohort, the foundation will further expand its support of the community of award winners with a series of annual convenings in New York and an annual retreat for awardees at Duke Farms, the foundation’s 2,700-acre environmental center in New Jersey. 

Established in 2012, the Doris Duke Artist Award program has provided 135 artists with $38.8 million to date.

“The Doris Duke Artist Award is more than an award—it is a platform to fight for the future of all performing artists,” said Doris Duke Foundation president and CEO Sam Gill. “In illuminating the full range of human possibility, these six remarkable artists show us why that struggle is so important.”

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