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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2023 USA Fellow
Writing

Ernestine Shaankaláxt’ Hayes

Writer
Juneau, AK
2023 USA Fellow
2023 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance

Leslie Ishii

Theatre-Maker and Social Justice Activist
Juneau, AK
2023 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
Music

Qacung

Indigenous Musician
Bethel, AK
2022 USA Fellow
2021 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Nathan P Jackson

Traditional Woodcarver and Sculptor
Ketchikan, AK
2021 USA Fellow
Delores Churchill
2020 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Delores Churchill

Haida Weaver
Ketchikan, AK
2020 USA Fellow
Lani Hotch
2020 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Lani Strong Hotch

Northwest Coast Textile Artist
Klukwan, AK
2020 USA Fellow
2019 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Allison Akootchook Warden

Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer
Anchorage, AK
2019 USA Fellow
2018 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Sonya Kelliher-Combs

Mixed-Media Artist
Anchorage, AK
2018 USA Fellow
2015 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Da-ka-xeen Mehner

Multidisciplinary Artist
Fairbanks, AK
2015 USA Fellow
2015 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Kathleen Carlo-Kendall

Athabaskan Mask Maker and Carver
Fairbanks, AK
2015 USA Fellow
2012 USA Fellow
Traditional Arts

Nicholas Galanin

Multidisciplinary Artist
Sitka, AK
2012 USA Fellow
2009 USA Fellow
Craft

Perry Eaton

Alutiiq Mask Maker and Carver
Anchorage, AK
2009 USA Fellow
2008 USA Fellow
Craft

Alvin Aningayou

Yupiq Carver
Gambell, AK
2008 USA Fellow
2007 USA Fellow
Writing

John Haines

Poet
Fairbanks, AK
2007 USA Fellow
2007 USA Fellow
Craft

Susie Silook

Yupik/Inupiaq Carver
Adak, AK
2007 USA Fellow
2007 USA Fellow
Craft

Tommy Joseph

Tlingit Carver
Sitka, AK
2007 USA Fellow
2006 USA Fellow
Craft

Anna Brown Ehlers

Chilkat Blanket Weaver
Juneau, AK
2006 USA Fellow
2006 USA Fellow
Music

John Luther Adams

Composer
Fairbanks, AK
2006 USA Fellow
2006 USA Fellow
Craft

Teri Rofkar

Tlingit Weaver
Sitka, AK
2006 USA Fellow