USA
Fellows

USA Fellowships are annual $50,000 unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career. 

Each year, individual artists and collaboratives are anonymously nominated to apply by a geographically diverse and rotating group of artists, scholars, critics, producers, curators, and other arts professionals. Applications are reviewed by discipline-specific panels who select the finalists, which are then approved by our Board of Trustees. A full list of our panelists can be found here.

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2022 USA Fellow
Craft

Alison Croney Moses

Multidisciplinary Artist and Maker
Boston, MA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Media

American Artist

Artist and Educator
New York, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Andrea Carlson

Painter
Chicago, IL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Media

Andy Slater

Media Artist
Berwyn, IL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Film

Assia Boundaoui

Documentarian
Bridgeview, IL and Chicago, IL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Brett Ratliff

Traditional Appalachian Musician
Lexington, KY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

César Castro, Jarochelo

Maestro Sonero
Los Angeles, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Writing

Chen Chen

Poet
Waltham, MA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Music

Craig Taborn

Pianist, Composer, and Electronic Musician
Brooklyn, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Media

Critical Design Lab

Critical Design Collective
Nashville, TN and Troy, NY and Lenapehoking (Brooklyn), NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Writing

Dawn Lundy Martin

Poet and Writer
Pittsburgh, PA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance

DeLanna Studi

Actor, Playwright, Artistic Director, and Advocate
Cherokee Nation, OK
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Architecture & Design

Design Earth

Architects
Cambridge, MA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Film

Diane Paragas

Filmmaker
Brooklyn, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Architecture & Design

Dream The Combine (Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers)

Installation Artists and Architects
Minneapolis, MN and Ithaca, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Film

Ekwa Msangi

Writer and Director
Brooklyn, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Film

Elegance Bratton

Writer and Director
Baltimore, MD
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Writing

Emmy Pérez

Poet
McAllen, TX
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Architecture & Design

Germane Barnes

Architect
Miami, FL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Writing

Grace Talusan

Multigenre Writer
Boston, MA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Craft

Indira Allegra

Performance Artist and Sculptor
Oakland, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Music

Jeff Parker

Musician and Composer
Altadena, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Dance

Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop

Multidisciplinary Artist and Burlesque Performer
Chicago, IL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Music

Jin Hi Kim

Composer and Electric Komungo Performer
Bridgeport, CT
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Music

JJJJJerome Ellis

Experimental Composer and Poet
Virginia Beach, VA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Craft

Jordan Nassar

Multidisciplinary Artist
New York, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Jordan Weber

Regenerative Land Sculptor
Cambridge, MA and Des Moines, IA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Jorge González Santos

Installation Artist and Educator
Borikén, PR
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Craft

Jovencio de la Paz

Weaver
Eugene, OR
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Karen Ann Hoffman

Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork Artist
Stevens Point, WI
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Film

Keisha Rae Witherspoon

Filmmaker
Miami, FL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Music

Kenny Endo

Taiko Artist
Honolulu, HI
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Writing

Kiese Laymon

Writer
Oxford, MS
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance

Lars America Jan

Director and Artist
Los Angeles, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Las Imaginistas

Skyborgs (Sociocultural Cyborgs for Nature and Collective Liberation)
Rio Grande Delta Carrizo Comecrudo Territory Maiza, and Brownsville, TX
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Music

Laura Ortman

Musician and Composer
Brooklyn, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Writing

Leroy F. Moore Jr.

Poet
Los Angeles, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Lonnie Holley

Sculptor, Painter, and Musician
Atlanta, GA
2022 USA Fellow
2022 USA Fellow
Dance

luciana achugar

Dancer and Choreographer
Brooklyn, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance

Machine Dazzle

Artist and Designer
New York, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance

Marga Gomez

Writer and Performer
San Francisco, CA
2022 USA Fellow
Martha Redbone
2022 USA Fellow
Music

Martha Redbone

Vocalist, Songwriter, Composer, and Educator
Brooklyn, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Marty Two Bulls Jr.

Interdisciplinary Artist
Rapid City, SD
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Craft

Melissa Cody

Textile Artist
Long Beach, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance

Nataki Garrett

Artistic Leader, Theatremaker, and Filmmaker
Ashland, OR
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Dance

Netta Yerushalmy

Dancer and Choreographer
New York, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Nicole Marroquin

Interdisciplinary Artist, Educator, and Researcher
Chicago, IL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Architecture & Design

Nina Cooke John

Architect and Public Artist
Montclair, NJ
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Olu Oguibe

Conceptual Artist
Vernon Rockville, CT
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Peggie L Hartwell

Narrative Quilt Artist
Summerville, SC
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Peter Williams

Culture Bearer, Artist, Designer, and Educator
Sitka, AK
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Peter Williams

Painter
Wilmington, DE
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Dance

Pramila Vasudevan

Choreographer and Transdisciplinary Artist
St. Paul, MN
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Music

Qacung

Indigenous Musician
Bethel, AK
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Visual Art

Robert Andy Coombs

Fine Art Photographer
Miami, FL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Dance

Rosy Simas

Transdisciplinary and Dance Artist
Mni Sota Makoce, MN
2022 USA Fellow
Salome Asega
2022 USA Fellow
Media

Salome Asega

New Media Artist
New York, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Craft

Sharif Bey

Ceramicist
Syracuse, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Craft

Sharif Farrag

Multidisciplinary Artist
Los Angeles, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Architecture & Design

SO – IL

Architects
Brooklyn, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Dance

T. Ayo Alston

Dancer, Musician, and Educator
Chicago, IL
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Dance

Viveca Vázquez

Experimental Choreographer
San Juan, PR
2022 USA Fellow
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2022 USA Fellow
Dance

Wondertwins

Dance Performance Artists
Boston, MA
2022 USA Fellow