USA Project Presentation at Walker Arts Center
Sep. 29th, 2011USA Projects has been "on tour" for many months, offering regional presentations with partners and friends of USA Projects. This September 8th...
Sapphire and The Kid
Aug. 11th, 2011Sapphire is the author of two collections of poetry and the bestselling novel Push. The film adaption of her novel, Precious (2009), received...
USA Fellows at the Los Angeles Film Festival
Aug. 11th, 2011United States Artists and Film Independent hosted a party to celebrate the USA Fellows at the 2011 LA Film Fest in June. Congratulations to...
Inside the Tower
Aug. 11th, 2011On June 26th, USA Board member Steve Oliver hosted his fellow board members and staff to a special performance by USA Oliver Fellow Terry Allen,...
Brave New Voices : Join the Movement
Aug. 11th, 2011by Diana Norton
Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival is heralded as the largest on-going spoken word event in the world....
Introducing Matthew Stadler, USA Ford Fellow, Literature
May. 25th, 2011The book I wrote during the year of my USA Fellowship, a novel called Chloe Jarren's La Cucaracha, is being published next month. It’s a modern...
Stephen Burks, USA Target Fellow
May. 13th, 2011
NY - Architecture & Design
Stephen Burks is one of the most recognized American industrial designers of his generation. He and his New York...
Heather Courtney and her editor, Kyle Henry, received the award for Best Editing at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival for her...
By Katharine DeShaw, USA Executive Director
Background: Elle Mahoney, a dear friend of mine, moved from Minneapolis to Fort Lauderdale in 2004. A...
Winners of the USA Projects December Giveaway
Jan. 13th, 2011To celebrate the launch of USA Projects, we held a giveaway in November and December 2010. Any members of the USA Community at...
USA Projects Open Enrollment - New Organizations Added
Jan. 11th, 2011USA Projects is off to a great start!
Open enrollment began last month for artists that would like to participate in USA Projects. Over 100...
Artists in Design, Literary, Media, Performing, and Visual Arts Across the Country Each Receive $50,000 Award
Marking its Fifth Anniversary, USA...
USA: Forward Momentum
Nov. 20th, 2010We write today to share good news about United States Artists and our investment in America's finest artists. While we currently operate at a...
Bread Loaf Interview with Justin Torres Director
Nov. 20th, 2010The oldest literary conference in the U.S. occurs every August for ten days in the foothills of the Green Mountains in Vermont. Since 1926,...
See the USA: Letter from the Executive Director
Nov. 20th, 2010One of the great pleasures of my job is traveling widely across the United States each year. Summer is always a wonderful time to be on the road...
Daniel Joseph Martinez, USA Broad Fellow in Visual Arts, traveled to Alaska last year for Alaska AIR, an artist in residence program for USA...
New USA Fellows Welcomed to Los Angeles
Nov. 20th, 2010Each year, USA throws a party to celebrate the announcement of the newly named USA Fellows. This year's festivities brought together leaders in...
Sitka, Alaska-based Teri Rofkar (Raven Clan) received The National Endowment for the Arts' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The...
See the USA: Letter from the Executive Director
Nov. 20th, 2010Fall is in the air in Los Angeles. Museum, gallery, and performing arts announcements fill our home and electronic mailboxes heralding the...
Chilkat Weaver Surprises Tlingit Tribe in Her Father’s Memory
Nov. 20th, 2010
by Anna Brown Ehlers, USA Rasmuson Fellow
I made the largest Chilkat blanket in history (7 1/2 feet wide by 6 feet high) with my United States...



















