The Creator Award provides $10,000 in unrestricted funding to individual artists across South Florida, offering flexible support that reflects the realities of sustaining a creative practice.
Current Winners
Adrian Cardenas
2026 Creator Award Winner
Alián Rives
2026 Creator Award Winner
Amanda Linares
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
Amy Schissel
2026 Creator Award Winner
Ania Moussawel
2026 Creator Award Winner
2021 Teacher Travel Grant Winner
2021 Teacher Travel Grant Winner
Beatriz Chachamovits
2026 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Cornelius Tulloch
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Diana Larrea
2026 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Edison Peñafiel
2026 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Francisco Masó
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Ingrid Schindall
2026 Creator Award Winner
Jula Tüllmann
2026 Creator Award Winner
Kerry Phillips
2026 Creator Award Winner
Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova
2026 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Lisu Vega
2026 Creator Award Winner
Luján Candria
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
Margo Hannah
2026 Creator Award Winner
Marie Franco
2026 Creator Award Winner
Marina Gonella
2026 Creator Award Winner
Medardo (Freddy) Rodriguez
2026 Creator Award Winner
Melissa Sclafani
2026 Creator Award Winner
Monica Sorelle
2026 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Nathalie Alfonso
2026 Creator Award Winner
Pavel Acosta
2026 Creator Award Winner
Priscilla Aleman
2026 Creator Award Winner
Rose Marie Cromwell
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Roxana Barba
2026 Creator Award Winner
Samantha Salzinger
2026 Creator Award Winner
Sheherazade Thénard
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
Yanira Collado
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Past Winners: 2025
Amanda Keeley
2025 Creator Award Winner
Angela Valella
2025 Creator Award Winner
Aqua Etefia
2025 Creator Award Winner
Ariesela Diaz
2025 Creator Award Winner
Berenicé Brino
2025 Creator Award Winner
Cara Despain
2025 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Clara Toro
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
Clara Varas
2025 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Cornelius Tulloch
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Cynthia Cruz
2025 Creator Award Winner
Denise Treizman
2025 Creator Award Winner
Fernanda Froes
2025 Creator Award Winner
Frances Trombly
2025 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Francess Dunbar
2025 Creator Award Winner
Gabriel Jean-Paul Soomar
2025 Creator Award Winner
Gabriela Gamboa
2025 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Gregory Clark
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Isabella Marie Garcia
2025 Creator Award Winner
Jayme Kaye Gershen
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
Jevon Brown
2025 Creator Award Winner
Julia Zurilla
2025 Creator Award Winner
Kareem Tabsch
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Karen Rifas
2025 Creator Award Winner
2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Karla Caprali
2025 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Liene Bosquê
2025 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Lissette Schaeffler
2025 Creator Award Winner
Luján Candria
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
Marisabella Telleria
2025 Creator Award Winner
Melanie Oliva
2025 Creator Award Winner
Morel Doucet
2025 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
MyFi Studio (Aimee Rubensteen and Dr. Josh Eisenberg)
2025 Creator Award Winner
Nicole Combeau
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Rachelle Salnave
2025 Creator Award Winner
Robert Colom
2025 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Rosa Naday Garmendia
2025 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Sheherazade Thénard
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
Sydney Maubert
2025 Creator Award Winner
Yanira Collado
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Past Winners: 2023
Aaron Jackson
2023 Creator Award Winner
Agua Dulce
2023 Creator Winner Award
Aldeide Delgado
2023 Creator Award Winner
Alexander Zastera
2023 Creator Award Winner
Alicia Edwards
2023 Creator Winner
Anita Sharma
2023 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Beatriz Chachamovits
2026 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Carmen Pelaez
2027 Cinematic Resident
Carola Bravo
2023 Creator Winner
Chire Regans
2023 Creator Award Winner
2020 A Better World Award Winner
2020 A Better World Award Winner
Devora Perez
2023 Creator Award Winner
Diana Larrea
2026 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Edny Jean Joseph
2023 Creator Award Winner
Elisa Turner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Elle Barbeito
2023 Creator Award Winner
Elliot + Erick Jimenez
2023 Creator Award Winner
Friday
2023 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Gregory Clark
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Jennifer Basile
2023 Creator Award Winner
Jennifer Printz
2023 Creator Award Winner
Joshua Jean-Baptiste
2023 Creator Winner
Kareem Tabsch
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Luis Gispert
2023 Creator Winner
Maria Lino
2023 Creator Winner
Monica Sorelle
2026 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Motyko Morales
2023 Creator Award Winner
Nicole Combeau
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
Phillip Agnew
2023 Creator Award Winner
Roscoè B. Thické III
2023 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Samuel Lopez De Victoria
2023 Creator Award Winner
Sean Mick
2023 Creator Award Winner
Sue Montoya
2023 Creator Award Winner
Susan Kim Alvarez
2023 Creator Award Winner
Sydney Maubert
2025 Creator Award Winner
Tom Scicluna
2023 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Xavier Cortada
2023 Creator Award Winner
Yanira Collado
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Yucef Merhi
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Past Winners: 2022
Alexandra Fields O’Neale
2022 Creator Award Winner
Amanda Linares
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
Anastasia Samoylova
2022 Creator Award Winner
Antonia Wright
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Cara Dodge
2022 Creator Award Winner
Carlos Sandoval De Leon
2022 Creator Award Winner
Carolina Casusol Valle
2022 Creator Award Winner
Carolina Cueva
2025 Teacher Travel Grant Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
Clara Toro
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
Coralina Rodriguez Meyer
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Cornelius Tulloch
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Dainy Tapia
2022 Creator Award Winner
Dara Friedman
2022 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Ema Ri
2022 Creator Award Winner
Fola Akinde
2022 Creator Award Winner
Francisco Masó
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
George Sanchez-Calderon
2022 Creator Award Winner
Jacek Kolasiński
2022 Creator Award Winner
Jayme Kaye Gershen
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
Jee Park
2022 Creator Award Winner
Johann C. Muñoz
2022 Creator Award Winner
Larissa Perez
2022 Creator Award Winner
Lee Pivnik
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Leslie Gomez-Gonzalez
2022 Creator Award Winner
Liz Ferrer
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Margaret Cardillo
2022 Creator Award Winner
Monica Uszerowicz
2022 Creator Award Winner
Nadia Wolff
2022 Creator Award Winner
Oscar Rieveling
2022 Creator Award Winner
Rhonda Mitrani
2022 Creator Award Winner
Ricardo E. Zulueta
2022 Creator Award Winner
Robert Thiele
2022 Creator Award Winner
Rose Marie Cromwell
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Smita Sen
2022 Creator Award Winner
Smith Durogene
2022 Creator Award Winner
T. Eliott Mansa
2025 A Better World Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Victoria Ravelo
2022 Creator Award Winner
William Osorio
2022 Creator Award Winner
Yi Chin Hsieh
2022 Creator Award Winner
Past Winners: 2021
Abhi Chatterjee-Dutt
2021 Creator Award Winner
Alberto Checa
2021 Creator Award Winner
Andrea Nones-Kobiakov
2021 Creator Award Winner
Anita Sharma
2023 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Antonio Mendez (Queef Latina)
2021 Creator Award Winner
Arsimmer McCoy
2021 Creator Award Winner
Aurora Molina
2021 Creator Award Winner
Carl Juste
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Carlos Estevez
2021 Creator Award Winner
Colin Foord
2021 Creator Award Winner
Cooper Jacoby
2021 Creator Award Winner
Cristine Brache
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Diana Eusebio
2021 Creator Award Winner
Dimitry Chamy
2021 Creator Award Winner
Donna Ruff
2021 Creator Award Winner
Edison Peñafiel
2026 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Elysa D. Batista
2021 Creator Award Winner
Friday
2023 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Gabriela Gamboa
2025 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Gabriela Serra
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Jamila Rowser
2021 Creator Award Winner
Jessica Gispert
2021 Creator Award Winner
Juan Barquin
2021 Creator Award Winner
Juliana Tafur
2021 Creator Award Winner
Karla Caprali
2025 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Karla Kantorovich
2021 Creator Award Winner
Leo Castaneda
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Miguel Yurrita
2021 Creator Award Winner
Monica Lopez De Victoria
2021 Creator Award Winner
Morel Doucet
2025 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Naomi Fisher
2021 Creator Award Winner
Raymel Casamayor Bello
2021 Creator Award Winner
Regina Jestrow
2021 Creator Award Winner
Roscoè B. Thické III
2023 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
Ruben Millares
2021 Creator Award Winner
Samuel Murrain
2021 Creator Award Winner
Sandra Ramos Lorenzo
2021 Creator Award Winner
Stephen Arboite
2021 Creator Award Winner
Steve Saiz
2021 Creator Award Winner
Summer Jade Leavitt
2021 Creator Award Winner
william cordova
2026 Better World Award Winner, 2021 Creator Award Winner,
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Past Winners: 2020
Amalia Caputo
2020 Creator Award Winner
Anja Marais
2020 Creator Award Winner
Antonia Wright
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Barbara Fernandez
2020 Creator Award Winner
Barron Sherer
2020 Creator Award Winner
Carla Jerez
2020 Creator Award Winner
Charles Humes Jr.
2020 Creator Award Winner
Charo Oquet
2020 Creator Award Winner
Christina Pettersson
2020 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Clara Varas
2025 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Cornelius Tulloch
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Evelyn Politzer
2020 Creator Award Winner
Ezekiel Binns
2020 Creator Award Winner
Faren Humes
2020 Creator Award Winner
Francisco Masó
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Gady Alroy
2020 Creator Award Winner
GeoVanna Gonzalez
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Glexis Novoa
2020 Creator Award Winner
Itzel Basualdo
2020 Creator Award Winner
James Brazil
2020 Creator Award Winner
Jenna Balfe
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Johnnie Bess
2020 Creator Award Winner
2019 Teacher Travel Grant Winner
2019 Teacher Travel Grant Winner
Juan Carlos Zaldivar
2020 Creator Award Winner
Katja Esson
2020 Creator Award Winner
Lauren Shapiro
2020 Creator Award Winner
Lee Pivnik
2022 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Liz Shannon
2020 Creator Award Winner
Luna Goldberg
2020 Creator Award Winner
Maria Theresa Barbist
2020 Creator Award Winner
Mark Fleuridor
2020 Creator Award Winner
Nicolle Nyariri
2020 Creator Award Winner
Patrick Farrell
2020 Creator Award Winner
Pedro Wazzan
2020 Creator Award Winner
Pepe Mar
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Reginald O’Neal
2020 Creator Award Winner
Robert Colom
2025 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Robert McKnight
2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Sasha Wortzel
2020 Creator Award Winner
Sebastian Elizondo
2020 Creator Award Winner
Silvia Ros
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Tom Scicluna
2023 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Tony Vazquez-Figueroa
2020 Creator Award Winner
william cordova
2026 Better World Award Winner, 2021 Creator Award Winner,
2020 Creator Award Winner
2020 Creator Award Winner
Past Winners: 2019
A.G.
2019 Creator Award Winner
Agustina Woodgate
2019 Creator Award Winner
Aja Monet Bacquie
2019 Creator Award Winner
Brookhart Jonquil
2019 Creator Award Winner
Carl Juste
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Christina Pettersson
2020 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Clifton Childree
2019 Creator Award Winner
Coralina Rodriguez Meyer
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Cristine Brache
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
CYJO
2019 Creator Award Winner
Dana De Greff
2019 Creator Award Winner
David McCauley
2019 Creator Award Winner
Emmett Moore
2019 Creator Award Winner
Ernesto Oroza
2019 Creator Award Winner
Federico Uribe
2019 Creator Award Winner
Frances Trombly
2025 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Freddy Rodriguez
2019 Creator Award Winner
Gabriela Serra
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Gaspar González
2019 Creator Award Winner
Germane Barnes
2019 Creator Award Winner
Juan Ledesma
2019 Creator Award Winner
Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova
2026 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Liene Bosquê
2025 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Linda Chamorro
2019 Creator Award Winner
Liz Ferrer
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Marcelo Ertorteguy
2019 Creator Award Winner
Maria Corina Ramirez
2019 Creator Award Winner
Martha Raoli
2019 Creator Award Winner
Morel Doucet
2025 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2021 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Neil Brideau
2019 Creator Award Winner
Octavia Yearwood
2019 Creator Award Winner
Otari Oliva Buadze
2019 Creator Award Winner
Rose Marie Cromwell
2026 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
T. Eliott Mansa
2025 A Better World Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2022 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Terence Price II
2019 Creator Award Winner
Tom Virgin
2019/2018 Creator Award Winner
Torrance Gettrell
2019 Creator Award Winner
Yanira Collado
2026 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2025 Creator Award Winner
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Yucef Merhi
2023 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
2019 Creator Award Winner
Past Winners: 2018
Adler Guerrier
2018 Creator Award Winner
Alina Rodriguez
2020 Teacher Travel Grant Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
April Dobbins
2018 Creator Award Winner
Asif Farooq
2018 Creator Award Winner
Ayesha Singh
2018 Creator Award Winner
Bo Droga
2018 Creator Award Winner
Cara Despain
2025 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Dara Friedman
2022 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Fereshteh Toosi
2018 Creator Award Winner
Franky Cruz
2018 Creator Award Winner
GeoVanna Gonzalez
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Gonzalo Fuenmayor
2018 Creator Award Winner
Guadalupe Figueras
2018 Creator Award Winner
Jenna Balfe
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Jillian Mayer
2018 Creator Award Winner
Joe Cardona
2018 Creator Award Winner
Johanne Rahaman
2018 Creator Award Winner
Juana Valdes
2018 Creator Award Winner
Julie Fliegenspan
2018 Creator Award Winner
Kevin Arrow
2018 Creator Award Winner
Leo Castaneda
2021 Creator Award Winner,
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Lou Anne Colodny
2018 Creator Award Winner
Lydia Rubio
2018 Creator Award Winner
Marcus Blake
2018 Creator Award Winner
Michelle Lisa Polissaint
2018 Creator Award Winner
Nicolas Lobo
2018 Creator Award Winner
Onajide Shabaka
2018 Creator Award Winner
Pepe Mar
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Raymond Elman
2018 Creator Award Winner
Rosa Naday Garmendia
2025 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Silvia Ros
2020 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
2018 Creator Award Winner
Stuart Sheldon
2018 Creator Award Winner
Symone Titania
2018 Creator Award Winner
Thom Wheeler Castillo
2018 Creator Award Winner
Tom Virgin
2019/2018 Creator Award Winner
Troy Simmons
2018 Creator Award Winner
Woosler Delisfort
2018 Creator Award Winner
