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.
Ernestine Shaankaláxt’ Hayes
WriterJuneau, AK
2023 USA Fellow
Leslie Ishii
Theatre-Maker and Social Justice ActivistJuneau, AK
2023 USA Fellow
Peter Williams
Culture Bearer, Artist, Designer, and EducatorSitka, AK
2022 USA Fellow
Qacung
Indigenous MusicianBethel, AK
2022 USA Fellow
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