Charles "Poppin Chuck" Bledsoe Dancer & Visual Artist 3Arts Awardee

Lili-Anne Brown Director Stan Lipkin & Evelyn Appell Lipkin Awardee

Caitlin Edwards Creator, Violinist, Musician, Composer Walder Foundation Awardee

Andres L. Hernandez Artist, Designer, Educator Chandler Family Awardee

Emily Hooper Lansana Storyteller & Community Builder BMO Harris Bank Community Awardee

Andrés Lemus-Spont Teaching Artist HMS Fund Awardee

Cat Mahari Artist & Black Being Walder Foundation Awardee

Shanta Nurullah Musician & Storyteller SIF Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation Awardee in honor of Samuel G. Roberson Jr.

David Rhee Theater Artist Reva & David Logan Foundation Awardee

Derrick Woods-Morrow Multimedia Installation Artist & Filmmaker Gary & Denise Gardner Fund Awardee