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.
Our programs are built around establishing lasting connections with our awardees through intimate gatherings and publications. Assembly is an annual three-day retreat intended to cultivate lasting connections among the latest class of awardees, donors, stakeholders, and community partners. Awardees are also featured in Anthology, our annual intern-produced publication that examines artists’ relationships with the world around them in unexpected ways.

Nathan
P Jackson
Traditional Woodcarver and SculptorKetchikan, AK
2021 USA Fellow

Delores
Churchill
Haida WeaverKetchikan, AK
2020 USA Fellow

Lani Strong
Hotch
Northwest Coast Textile ArtistKlukwan, AK
2020 USA Fellow

Allison Akootchook
Warden
Multidisciplinary Artist and PerformerAnchorage, AK
2019 USA Fellow

Sonya
Kelliher-Combs
Mixed-Media ArtistAnchorage, AK
2018 USA Fellow

Da-ka-xeen
Mehner
Multidisciplinary ArtistFairbanks, AK
2015 USA Fellow

Kathleen
Carlo-Kendall
Athabaskan Mask Maker and CarverFairbanks, AK
2015 USA Fellow

Nicholas
Galanin
Multidisciplinary ArtistSitka, AK
2012 USA Fellow

Perry
Eaton
Alutiiq Mask Maker and CarverAnchorage, AK
2009 USA Fellow

Alvin
Aningayou
Yupiq CarverGambell, AK
2008 USA Fellow

John
Haines
PoetFairbanks, AK
2007 USA Fellow

Susie
Silook
Yupik/Inupiaq CarverAdak, AK
2007 USA Fellow

Tommy
Joseph
Tlingit CarverSitka, AK
2007 USA Fellow

Anna Brown
Ehlers
Chilkat Blanket WeaverJuneau, AK
2006 USA Fellow

John Luther
Adams
ComposerFairbanks, AK
2006 USA Fellow

Teri
Rofkar
Tlingit WeaverSitka, AK
2006 USA Fellow