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.
Emmy Pérez
PoetMcAllen, TX
2022 USA Fellow
Las Imaginistas
Skyborgs (Sociocultural Cyborgs for Nature and Collective Liberation)Rio Grande Delta Carrizo Comecrudo Territory Maiza, and Brownsville, TX
2022 USA Fellow
Elizabeth McCracken
Multi-genre WriterAustin, TX
2021 USA Fellow
Jennifer Ling Datchuk
Multimedia CeramicistSan Antonio, TX
2020 USA Fellow
Tarfia Faizullah
PoetDallas, TX and Chicago, IL
2019 USA Fellow
Allison Orr
ChoreographerAustin, TX
2018 USA Fellow
Ruthie Foster
Singer and SongwriterSan Marcos, TX
2018 USA Fellow
Kirk Lynn
Playwright and Fiction WriterAustin, TX
2011 USA Fellow
Anne Lewis
Documentary FilmmakerAustin, TX
2010 USA Fellow
Deborah Hay
Experimental Dancer and ChoreographerAustin, TX
2010 USA Fellow
Natalia Almada
Documentary FilmmakerSan Antonio, TX
2010 USA Fellow
Dario Robleto
Sculptor and Installation ArtistHouston, TX
2009 USA Fellow
Hannibal Lokumbe
Composer and TrumpeterBastrop, TX
2009 USA Fellow
Heather Courtney
Documentary FilmmakerAustin, TX
2009 USA Fellow
Rick Lowe
Public ArtistHouston, TX
2009 USA Fellow
Mat Johnson
Fiction WriterHouston, TX
2007 USA Fellow