Tyler Mitchell Wins $250,000 Don Tyson Prize from Crystal Bridges Museum
Photographer and video artist Tyler Mitchell has won the Don Tyson Prize from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, receiving $250,000 in unrestricted funds. Launched in 2016 through the Tyson Scholars of America program, the prize previously awarded $200,000 biannually but shifted in 2026 to $250,000 annually. Mitchell, an Atlanta-born, New York–based artist, is known for images of everyday joy featuring African American subjects and for photographing Beyoncé for Vogue’s September 2018 cover and Vice President Kamala Harris for Vogue’s 2021 cover. Past recipients include vanessa german (2018), Project Row Houses (2020), Deborah Willis (2022), Nicholas Galanin (2024), and the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art (2016).
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