More than a dozen
anonymous nominators participated, along with the following jurors: Susanne Ghez, director of the Renaissance Society; Lane Relyea, art critic and professor at Northwestern University; Lisa Dorin, assistant curator of contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago; Carol Ehlers, independant curator; and Nick Cave, artist and past winner of the individual artist award.
Among the most coveted recognitions in the country, the fellows are selected through an
anonymous selection process involving a rotating pool of
nominators from a variety of fields.