The first class of Doris Duke Artists has been announced. Each member of the first class will receive an unrestricted, multi-year cash grant of $225,000.
The 2012 inaugural award recipients are Anne Bogart, theatre (New York, NY); Don Byron, jazz (New York, NY); Wally Cardona, dance (Brooklyn, NY); Rinde Eckert, multidisciplinary performance (Upper Nyack, NY); Bill Frisell, jazz (Seattle, WA); Deborah Hay, dance (Austin, TX); John Hollenbeck, jazz (Binghamton, NY); Vijay Iyer, jazz (New York, NY); Marc Bamuthi Joseph, multidisciplinary performance (Oakland, CA); Elizabeth LeCompte, theatre (New York, NY); Young Jean Lee, theatre (Brooklyn, NY); Ralph Lemon, dance (New York, NY); Richard Maxwell, theatre (Brooklyn, NY); Sarah Michelson, dance (Brooklyn, NY); Bebe Miller, dance (New York, NY and Columbus, OH); Nicole Mitchell, jazz (Long Beach, CA and Chicago, IL); Meredith Monk, multidisciplinary performance (New York, NY); Eiko Otake, dance (New York, NY); Takashi Koma Otake, dance (New York, NY); Basil Twist, theatre (New York, NY); and Reggie Wilson, dance (Brooklyn, NY).
