Emerging Voices Awards

Presented biennially to one scholar, one artist, and five shortlist artists, the Emerging Voices Awards recognize and support the next generation of makers and thinkers in the fields of contemporary craft, decorative arts, and design.

 

Bukola Koiki

Bukola Koiki

2019 Emerging Voices shortlist artist Bukola Koiki is a Nigerian-American multidisciplinary artist employing fibers, paper, video, and unusual materials to collapse the single-story of disenfranchised peoples.
Mediums Fiber Recognition Emerging Voices Awards
Luci Jockel

Luci Jockel

2019 Emerging Voices shortlist artist Luci Jockel's work explores the life, death, and rebirth of nonhuman animals in the intimate format of jewelry.
Mediums Jewelry Recognition Emerging Voices Awards
Aram Han Sifuentes

Aram Han Sifuentes

2019 Emerging Voices shortlist artist Aram Han Sifuentes is a fiber, social practice, and performance artist who works to claim spaces for immigrant and disenfranchised communities.
Mediums Fiber Recognition Emerging Voices Awards
Raven Halfmoon

Raven Halfmoon

2019 Emerging Voices shortlist artist Raven Halfmoon works in clay to break the mold of the Native American stereotype and assert the resilience and relevance of indigenous people and craft practices.
Mediums Clay Recognition Emerging Voices Awards
Marisa Finos

Marisa Finos

2019 Emerging Voices shortlist artist Marisa Finos is a sculptor and multimedia artist whose sculptures and performances explore thresholds of consciousness, body, and space.
Mediums Clay Recognition Emerging Voices Awards
Sarah-Darro

Sarah Darro

2019 Emerging Voices scholar Sarah Darro is a curator who works to address contemporary culture through the lens of craft, material, and design.
Recognition Emerging Voices Awards
Diedrick Brackens in studio

Diedrick Brackens

2019 Emerging Voices artist Diedrick Brackens is a textile artist whose tapestries pose pressing moral, spiritual, and political questions through an eloquent symbolism.
Mediums Fiber Recognition Emerging Voices Awards