previous recipients
Click on a link below to launch the sitelet for that year's recipients of the Alpert Award in the Arts.
Dance
| 2009 | Reggie Wilson | 2001 | John Kelly | |
| 2008 | Pat Graney | 2000 | Mark Dendy | |
| 2007 | Jeanine Durning | 1999 | Ralph Lemon | |
| 2006 | Sarah Michelson | 1998 | Joanna Haigood | |
| 2005 | Donna Uchizono | 1997 | Victoria Marks | |
| 2004 | Stephan Koplowitz | 1996 | David Rousseve | |
| 2003 | Rennie Harris | 1995 | Ann Carlson | |
| 2002 | Lisa Nelson |
Film/Video
| 2009 | Paul Chan | 2001 | Ellen Bruno | |
| 2008 | Bruce McClure | 2000 | Peggy Ahwesh | |
| 2007 | Jacqueline Goss | 1999 | Lourdes Portillo | |
| 2006 | Bill Morrison | 1998 | Jeanne C. Finley | |
| 2005 | Jem Cohen | 1997 | Craig Baldwin | |
| 2004 | Renee Tajima-Pena | 1996 | Su Friedrich | |
| 2003 | Coco Fusco | 1995 | Leslie Thornton | |
| 2002 | ArtMark |
Music
| 2009 | John King | 2001 | Zhou Long | |
| 2008 | Derek Bermel | 2000 | Steve Coleman | |
| 2007 | Mark Feldman | 1999 | George Lewis | |
| 2006 | Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris | 1998 | Pamela Z | |
| 2005 | David Dunn | 1997 | Chen Yi | |
| 2004 | Miya Masaoka | 1996 | Anne LeBaron | |
| 2003 | Vijay Iyer | 1995 | James Carter | |
| 2002 | Laetitia Sonami |
Theatre
| 2009 | Rinde Eckert | 2001 | Erik Ehn | |
| 2008 | Lisa D'Amour | 2000 | W. David Hancock | |
| 2007 | Cynthia Hopkins | 1999 | Brian Freeman | |
| 2006 | Daniel Alexander Jones | 1998 | Danny Hoch | |
| 2005 | Naomi Iizuka | 1997 | Lisa Kron | |
| 2004 | Dan Hurlin | 1996 | Suzan-Lori Parks | |
| 2003 | Carl Hancock Rux | 1995 | Reza Abdoh | |
| 2002 | David Greenspan |
Visual Arts
| 2009 | Paul Pfeiffer | 2001 | Cai Guo-Qiang | |
| 2008 | Byron Kim | 2000 | Shirin Neshat | |
| 2007 | Walid Raad | 1999 | Pepón Osorio | |
| 2006 | Jim Hodges | 1998 | Roni Horn | |
| 2005 | Harrell Fletcher | 1997 | Kerry James Marshall | |
| 2004 | Catherine Sullivan | 1996 | Carrie Mae Weems | |
| 2003 | Catherine Opie | 1995 | Mel Chin | |
| 2002 | Christian Marclay |
