Joyce Award Winners
Past Joyce Awards have spanned the visual, performing, new media, and multi-disciplinary arts and have fostered impactful collaborations between artists, Great Lakes organizations, and communities.
The Joyce Awards has also been catalytic in advancing the career of artists working across disciplines. A distinct feature of funded projects is the requirement that artists and host institutions include a robust community engagement strategy in their project plan, which often informs the project from the initial concept through the final presentation.
All Joyce Award Winners
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Bill T. Jones With Ravinia Festival Association
Bill T. Jones and Ravinia Festival Association win 2009 Joyce Awards for new work inspired by the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday by African American dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones.
Quiara Alegría Hudes With Goodman Theatre
Quiara Alegría Hudes and Goodman Theatre win 2009 Joyce Awards to develop a new work tentatively titled The Jibaro Play, an exploration of the political revolution in Puerto Rico during the 1930s.
John Clayton With Detroit International Jazz Fest
John Clayton and Detroit International Jazz Fest win 2009 Joyce Awards to write a new full scale jazz work, tentatively titled The Guardian, inspired by Detroit's jazz legacy of the 1920s in celebration of the Festival's 30th anniversary in 2009.
Iona Rozeal Brown With Museum Of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Iona Rozeal Brown and Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland win 2009 Joyce Awards for several new works and to present the first Midwest museum exhibition of African American visual artist Iona Rozeal Brown.
Wing Young Huie With Public Art Saint Paul
2008 Joyce Awards to commission Asian American photographer Wing Young Huie to create an epic gallery of 360 photographs, reflecting complex cultural and socioeconomic diversity of St. Paul.
Cecilia Smith With Cuyahoga Community College
2008 Joyce Award for a collaborative project with African American Jazz artist and composer Cecilia Smith.
I Dewa Putu Berata And Ragamala Music With Dance Theater
2008 Joyce Award to support a commission of Indonesian choreographer I Dewa Putu Berata to create and present "Dhvee" (Duality).
Marc Bamuthi Joseph With Walker Art Center
Marc Bamuthi Joseph is an African American hip-hop theater artist who combines theater, West African and tap dance, spoken word, poetry, and live music to stretch the limits of traditional hip-hop and create a new forum for expressive performance art.
Julie Mehretu With Detroit Institute Of Arts
2007 Joyce Award to commission a new work for City Sitings, an exhibition/installation of 12 large-scale paintings and one site-specific wall drawing by Julie Mehretu.
Gabriela Lena Frank With Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
2007 Joyce Award to commission a multi-movement piece for full orchestra by Gabriela Lena Frank.
Pedro Ruiz With Joffrey Ballet
2007 Joyce Award: a partnership with Luna Negra Dance Theatre, to commission a new ballet by Pedro Ruiz.
Tyree Guyton With Wayne State University
2007 Joyce Award to support the commission of a new sculpture and the presentation of a companion exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Heidelberg Project by Tyree Guyton.
Nick Cave With Chicago Cultural Center Foundation
2006 Joyce Award to support the commission of twenty new works for Soundsuits, a visual art exhibition/installation by African-American artist Nick Cave.
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate With American Composers Forum
2006 Joyce Award to support the commission of a new classical guitar concerto by Native American composer Jerod Impichchaachaahaa' Tate.
Charles Smith With Indiana Repertory Theatre
2006 Joyce Award to the Indiana Repertory Theatre to support the commission of a new play by African-American playwright Charles Smith.
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar With Cleveland Modern Dance Association
2006 Joyce Award to commission a new dance by African-American choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.