In 2017, the Arts Council of Indianapolis partnered with the DeHaan Family Foundation to create the DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award for the purpose of honoring Indianapolis-based contemporary visual artists with grants of up to $10,000 each for aspirational projects. The selected artists have pushed their work in new dynamic ways, embodying the goals of the program which include a high tolerance for risk and exploration. The inaugural recipients are Philip Campbell, Shawn Causey, Nhat Tran, and Lauren Zoll.