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WINNERS OF 2015 DORIS DUKE IMPACT AWARDS ANNOUNCED

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ROBERT IRWIN (1928–2023)

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June 16, 2015 2:04 pm

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Creative Capital has revealed the second wave of individuals receiving this year’s Doris Duke Impact Awards. Part of the larger Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards, launched in late 2011, the Impact Awards come with $80,000 each, meaning that a total of $1.6 million is going to twenty new grantees.

The 2015 Doris Duke Impact Awards winners are as follows:

Becca Blackwell (Theater)

Lear deBessonet (Theater)

Kris Davis (Jazz)

Mark Dresser (Jazz)

Michelle Ellsworth (Dance)

Beth Gill (Dance)

Milford Graves (Jazz)

Ishmael Houston-Jones (Dance)

Morgan Jenness (Theater)

Heather Kravas (Dance)

Dohee Lee (Theater)

Dianne McIntyre (Dance)

Matt Mitchell (Jazz)

Carlos Murillo (Theater)

Brooke O’Harra (Theater)

Susan Rethorst (Dance)

Tyshawn Sorey (Jazz)

Henry Threadgill (Jazz)

Reggie Workman (Jazz)

Pamela Z (Theater)

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