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What is the Herb Alpert Award?

The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is an unrestricted prize of $75,000 given annually to risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and the visual arts.

The prize was initiated and funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation and has been administered by California Institute of the Arts since 1994. The Herb Alpert Award honors and supports artists respected for their creativity, ingenuity, and bodies of work, at a moment in their lives when they are poised to propel their art in new and unpredictable directions. The Herb Alpert Award recognizes experimenters who are making something that matters within and beyond their field.

Announcements

Jun 18, 2024
Watch Here The 2024 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winners DANCE: Jonathan González, Mariana Valencia FILM/VIDEO: Nuotama Bodomo, Lucy Raven MUSIC: Huang Ruo, Anna Webber THEATRE: Robin Frohardt, Cannupa Hanska Luger VISUAL ARTS: Marina Rosenfeld, Marie Watt    
2023 Herb Alpert Award Winners: Ayodele Casel, Makini (jumatatu m. poe) and Jermone Donte Beacham, Christopher Harris, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, Erin Gee, Linda May Han Oh, Tania El Khoury, Whitney White, American Artist, Park McArthur
Jul 19, 2023
Watch the Highlights of the 2023 Virtual Celebration The 2023 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winners: DANCE: Ayodele Casel, Makini (jumatatu m. poe) and Jermone Donte Beacham FILM/VIDEO: Christopher Harris, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich MUSIC: Erin Gee, Linda May Han Oh THEATRE: Tania El Khoury, Whitney White VISUAL ARTS: American Artist, Park McArthur
Apr 19, 2023
May 4, 2022 Watch the Highlights of the 2022 Virtual Celebration The 2022 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winners DANCE: Yanira Castro, nia love FILM/VIDEO: Bani Khoshnoudi, Terence Nance MUSIC: Tomeka Reid, Cory Smythe THEATRE: Aleshea Harris, Virginia Grise VISUAL ARTS: Guadalupe Maravilla, Martine Syms

2024 Panelists

Dance
John Andress
Stanford Makishi
Charmaine Warren
Bill T. Jones Director and Curator of Performing Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Boston, MA
Vice President & Artistic Director, Dance, New York City Center
New York, NY
Founder/Artistic Director, Black Dance Stories; Dance on the Lawn-Montclair Dance Festival; Producer, DanceAfrica@BAM; former curator, E-Moves Harlem Stage
Montclair, NJ
Film/Video
Pablo de Ocampo
Arthur Jafa
Leslie Thornton
Director and Curator of Moving Image, Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
artist, filmmaker, theorist, Herb Alpert Award Artist
Los Angeles, CA
artist, Herb Alpert Award Artist
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Music
Steve Coleman
Adam Fong
Julia Wolfe
musician, composer, Herb Alpert Award Artist
Allentown, PA
composer
San Francisco, CA
composer, Herb Alpert Award Artist
New York, NY
Theatre
Nataki Garrett
Maria Goyanes
Meiyin Wang
co-artistic director, One Nation/One Project
San Francisco Bay Area
artistic director, Woolly Mammoth Theater
Washington, DC
Director of Producing and Programming, Perelman Performing Arts Center
New York, NY
Visual Arts
Ruth Estévez
Emily Jacir
Tanya Lukin Linklater
independent curator and writer
New York and Mexico City
artist, Herb Alpert Award Artist
Bethlehem and Rome
artist, Herb Alpert Award Artist
Nbisiing Anishnaabeg aki