On May 2, 2025, the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts will announce ten awards to risk-taking, mid-career artists who are challenging and transforming art, their respective disciplines, and society.

Herb Alpert seems to be everywhere. The six-time Grammy-winning trumpeter is recording, performing live and showing his artwork in a Palm Springs gallery. In addition, he owns a jazz club in Bel Air.

Fifteen highly regarded leaders in the arts made up the panels reviewing the candidates and selected two award recipients in each of five disciplines: dance, film/video, music, theatre and visual arts ...