7th Annual Ebon Dooley Arts & Social Justice Awards

Who will you nominate?

Nominations are now open! CLICK HERE FOR NOMINATION FORM

The 7th Annual awards ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in the Paul Robeson Theater at ArtsXchange. Your membership is your ticket!  (Tickets go on sale Oct. 14.)

The Ebon Dooley Awards are given annually to an artist, activist or organizers/organization whose work creatively builds community and advances liberation. Submit your nomination by Oct. 12. 

TO QUALIFY, NOMINEES MUST:

• Live and work in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area;

• Be an artist in any discipline practicing art for the people’s sake, OR;

• Be an organizer/organization whose toolbox includes the practice of art integration, using culture and creativity in the service of a defined community as part a social or economic goal.

NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

BRIDGE BUILDER

Nominees demonstrate an ability to help others collaborate, identify ways to contribute to a shared goal, and create a mechanism for them to work together to advance their shared goals, uplifting the work of each party.

CHANGEMAKER

Nominees demonstrate a history of work that has had an impact, resulting in tangible change(s) for their community.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE CHAMPION

Nominees demonstrate a record of service to individuals, or a defined community, to achieve financial equality and stability by increasing access to resources for historically disenfranchised or marginalized groups and communities.

SOCIAL JUSTICE CHAMPION

Nominees demonstrate a history of working individually and/or with others to achieve improvements in areas like living wage campaigns and job training; affordable and safe housing; Medicare for All; support for public education; and justice before the courts and police.

EMERGING LEADER

Nominees demonstrate a commitment to a body of work that supports the ways art can tell a story or illuminate the social condition.

JACK SINCLAIR VISUAL ARTIST (New category in honor of AXC gallery founder Jack Whitney Sinclair)

Nominees should be visual artists who empower artist-led exhibitions, spaces, organizations, projects and/or public art/site works, for, and with, communities, and support the production of independent and adventurous contemporary art – avant-garde, traditional or self-taught.

Learn more about past Ebon Dooley Honorees.

DEADLINE

The nomination form is due by 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024.

Questions?

Contact us by email at media@artsxchange.org, or call 404-624-4211.