2020
Fellows
Fellowships are $50,000 unrestricted awards recognizing artists for their contributions to the field, and allowing them to decide how to best support their lives.
The 2020 USA Fellowships were generously made possible by: Anonymous, Sarah Arison, Barr Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Ann M. Hatch, David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Steven H. and Nancy K. Oliver, Pillars Fund, Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable Foundation, The Todd and Betiana Simon Foundation, Paul and Annette Smith, Walder Foundation, Katie Weitz, PhD, Windgate Charitable Foundation, Helen Zell, and USA Board of Trustees. | Press Release
& Design
MOS
ArchitectsNew York, NY
SaraZewde
Landscape Architect and Public ArtistHarlem, NY
Slow and Steady Wins the Race by Mary Ping
DesignerNew York, NY
Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Jose Esparza Chong Cuy
Executive Director
Storefront for Art and Architecture
New York, NY
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Monica Khemsurov
Co-Founder
Sight Unseen
New York, NY
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Zoë Ryan
John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture & Design
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Craft
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Ayumi Horie
Potter
Portland, ME
2015 USA Fellow -
Shannon Stratton
Chief Curator
Museum of Art and Design
New York, NY
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Namita Gupta Wiggers
Director, Master in Craft
Warren Wilson College
Portland, OR
Dance
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Barbara Bryan
Executive Director
Movement Research
New York, NY
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Faye Driscoll
Dancer and Choreographer
Brooklyn, NY
2016 USA Fellow -
Jodee Nimerichter
Executive Director
American Dance Festival
Durham, NC
Film
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Deirdre Haj
Director
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Durham, NC
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Maori Holmes
Founder
Blackstar Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
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Dee Rees
Filmmaker
New York, NY
2011 USA Fellow Media
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Stephanie Pereira
Director, NEW INC
New Museum
New York, NY
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Sydney Skybetter
Choreographer & Founder
Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces
Providence, RI
Music
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Mary Ellen Childs
Composer and Multimedia Artist
St. Paul, MN
2011 USA Fellow -
Drew Klein
Performing Arts Director
Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH
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Mike Reed
Drummer and Composer
Chicago, IL
2016 USA Fellow Theater & Performance
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Emilya Cachapero
Director of Artistic Programs
Theatre Communications Group
New York, NY
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Megan Carney
Founding Artistic Director
About Face Theatre
Chicago, IL
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Katherine Brewer Ball
Assistant Professor of Performance Studies
Wesleyan University
Brooklyn, NY
Traditional Arts
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Amy Kitchener
Executive Director
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA
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Sabrina Lynn Motley
Festival Director and Associate Director
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, D.C.
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Patsy Phillips
Director
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Santa Fe, NM
Visual Art
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Hendrik Folkerts
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Amy Sadao
Director
ICA Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
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Cara Starke
Director
Pulitzer Foundation
St. Louis, MO
Writing
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Glory Edim
Founder
Well-Read Black Girl
Brooklyn, NY
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Lisa Lucas
Executive Director
National Book Foundation
New York, NY
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Achy Obejas
Fiction Writer, Journalist, and Poet
Oakland, CA
2014 USA Fellow
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