Panelists
Panelists help to shape each year’s USA Fellow cohort and keep our process grounded in and responsive to the changes across disciplines. Their knowledge, criticality, and insight are invaluable to our selection process.
2023 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Ian Besler
Partner
Besler and Sons, LLC
Princeton, NJ
2020 USA Fellow -
Irene Sunwoo
John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Bucky Willis
Founder and Director
Bleeding Heart Design
Detroit, MI
Craft
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Danielle Andress
Assistant Professor, Fiber and Materials Studies
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Jennifer Ling Datchuk
Artist and Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Texas State University
San Antonio, TX
2020 USA Fellow -
Susie J. Silbert
Curator of Postwar and Contemporary Glass
Corning Museum of Glass
Corning, NY
Dance
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Alejandra Duque Cifuentes
Executive Director
Dance/NYC
New York, NY
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Iquail Shaheed
Executive Artistic Director
Dance Iquail!
Philadelphia, PA
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Michèle Steinwald
Independent Curator/Producer
Haudenosaunee Territory
Film
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Angela C. Lee
Associate Director of Artist Development
Film Independent
Los Angeles, CA
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Christy LeMaster
Artistic Director
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Theatre and the Maryland Film Festival
Baltimore, MD
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Kristal Sotomayor
Awards Competition Manager for the International Documentary Association and
Programming Director of the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival
Philadelphia, PA
Media
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Julia Kaganskiy
Independent Curator and Cultural Strategist
New York, NY
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Tommy Martinez
Artist
New York, NY
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Jill Miller
Founding Director, Platform Artspace and
Assistant Professor, Department of Art Practice and Berkeley Center for New Media, University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Music
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Alex Knowlton
Director
Joe's Pub
New York, NY
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Helado Negro
Musician
Asheville, NC
2019 USA Fellow -
Caitlin Strokosch
President and CEO
National Performance Network
New Orleans, LA
Theater & Performance
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Frances Ya-chu Cowhig
Playwright
Providence, RI
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Ashley Ferro-Murray
Curator, Theater/Dance
EMPAC/Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
Mohican Land; Troy, NY
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Shanta Thake
Chief Artistic Officer
Lincoln Center
New York, NY
Traditional Arts
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Andrew Colwell, Ph.D.
Project Director
Center for Traditional Music and Dance
New York, NY
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Teresa Hollingsworth
Director, Film and Traditional Art
SouthArts
Atlanta, GA
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Reuben Roqueñi
Director of Transformative Change Programs
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
Portland, OR
Visual Art
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Marcela Guerrero
Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
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Ryan N. Dennis
Chief Curator and Artistic Director
Center of Art and Public Exchange
Jackson, MS
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Mari Robles
Executive Director
Headlands Center for the Arts
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Writing
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Rebecca Gayle Howell
Poetry Editor
Oxford American
Lexington, KY
2019 USA Fellow -
Sara Ortiz
Interim Literary Director / Founder, San Antonio Book Festival and
Host, Black Mountain Radio
Las Vegas, NV
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Nicole Terez Dutton
Editor
Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
2022 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Michelle Millar Fisher
Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Providence, RI
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Carrie Norman
Partner
Norman Kelley
New Orleans, LA
2018 USA Fellow -
Ernesto Alfaro
Planning Project Manager at LJA Engineering and
Lecturer at Rice University
Houston, TX
Craft
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Jennifer-Navva Milliken
Artistic Director
Center for Art in Wood
Philadelphia, PA
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Andres Payan Estrada
Curator of Public Engagement
Craft Contemporary at Craft Contemporary
Los Angeles, CA
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Marilyn Zapf
Assistant Director and Curator
Center for Craft
Asheville, NC
Dance
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Rob Bailis
Artistic and Executive Director
The Broad Stage
Santa Monica, CA
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Darrell Jones
Performer, Educator, and Movement Researcher
Chicago, IL
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Lauren Slone
Director of Grants and Research
MAP Fund
Brooklyn, NY
Film
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Adele Han Li
Festival Manager
Slamdance Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
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Nehad Khader
Festival Director
BlackStar Projects
Philadelphia, PA
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Justine Nagan
Executive Director/Executive Producer
American Documentary/POV
Oakland, CA
Media
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Carlos “L05” Garcia
Complex Movements
Los Angeles, CA
2019 USA Fellow -
Legacy Russell
Associate Curator, Exhibitions
The Studio Museum in Harlem
New York, NY
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Sally Szwed
Curator
Brooklyn, NY
Music
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Taja Cheek
Associate Curator
MoMA PS1
Brooklyn, NY
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Gene Dobbs Bradford
President & CEO
Jazz St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
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Susie Ibarra
Composer, Percussionist, and Sound Artist
New Paltz, NY
2019 USA Fellow Theater & Performance
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Lane Czaplinski
Director of Performing Arts
Wexner Center for the Arts
Columbus, OH
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Carra Martinez
Lecturer
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX
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Tavia Nyong'o
Professor
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Traditional Arts
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Maya Austin
Director / Program Weaver
First Peoples Fund
Sacramento, CA
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Jennifer Joy Jameson
Program Manager and Media Director
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Pasadena, CA
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Selina Morales
Independent Folklorist
Philadelphia, PA
Visual Art
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Betty Avila
Executive Director
Self Help Graphics
Los Angeles, CA
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Jessica S. Hong
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, OH
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Candice Hopkins
Curator, Writer, and Researcher
Albuquerque, NM
Writing
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Rasha Abdulhadi
Executive Director
Split This Rock
Washington, DC
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Allison Escoto
Head Librarian at Center for Fiction
Center for Fiction
New York, NY
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Molly Kleiman
Director
Triple Canopy
New York, NY
2021 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Thomas Kelley
Architect
Chicago, IL
2018 USA Fellow -
Amanda Williams
Public Artist
Chicago, IL
2018 USA Fellow -
Mimi Zeiger
Critic and Curator
Los Angeles, CA
Craft
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Mia Hall
Executive Director
Penland School of Craft
Asheville, NC
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Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy
Assistant Curator
Museum of Arts & Design
New York, NY
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Fabio J. Fernández
Professor
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
Dance
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Lili Chopra
Executive Director of Artistic Programs
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York, NY
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d. Sabela grimes
Dancer and Choreographer
Los Angeles, CA
2014 USA Fellow -
Tara Aisha Willis
Associate Curator of Performance & Public Practice
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
Film
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Shari Frilot
Chief Curator of New Frontier
Sundance Institute
Los Angeles, CA
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Documentary Filmmaker
Charleston, WV
2018 USA Fellow -
Bryce Norbitz
Director of Scripted Programing
Tribeca Film Institute
New York, NY
Media
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Salome Asega
Artist and Researcher
New York, NY
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Carmen Aguilar y Wedge
Designer
London, UK
2019 USA Fellow -
Zachary Kaplan
Executive Director
Rhizome
New York, NY
Music
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Kate Dumbleton
Executive and Artistic Director
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Chicago, IL
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David Lang
Composer
New York, NY
2015 USA Fellow -
Lourdes Perez
Singer-Songwriter
San Antonio, TX and Moca, Puerto Rico
2006 USA Fellow Theater & Performance
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Hayley Finn
Associate Artistic Director
Playwrights’ Center
Minneapolis, MN
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Malik Gaines
Performance Artist
New York, NY
2018 USA Fellow -
Jocelyn Prince
Lecturer in Theater and Performance Studies
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Traditional Arts
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Francene Blythe
Director of Programs
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
Vancouver, WA
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Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
Director
Illinois State Museum
Springfield, IL
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Leia Maahs
Managing Director
Southwest Folklife Alliance
Tucson, AZ
Visual Art
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Wassan Al-Khudhairi
Chief Curator
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
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Laura Mott
Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and Design
Cranbrook Art Museum
Detroit, MI
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Lumi Tan
Curator
The Kitchen
New York, NY
Writing
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Brigid Hughes
Editor
A Public Space
Brooklyn, NY
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Don Share
Editor
POETRY Magazine
Chicago, IL
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Jacqueline Woodson
Novelist
Brooklyn, NY
2020 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Jose Esparza Chong Cuy
Executive Director
Storefront for Art and Architecture
New York, NY
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Monica Khemsurov
Co-Founder
Sight Unseen
New York, NY
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Zoë Ryan
John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture & Design
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Craft
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Ayumi Horie
Potter
Portland, ME
2015 USA Fellow -
Shannon Stratton
Chief Curator
Museum of Art and Design
New York, NY
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Namita Gupta Wiggers
Director, Master in Craft
Warren Wilson College
Portland, OR
Dance
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Barbara Bryan
Executive Director
Movement Research
New York, NY
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Faye Driscoll
Dancer and Choreographer
Brooklyn, NY
2016 USA Fellow -
Jodee Nimerichter
Executive Director
American Dance Festival
Durham, NC
Film
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Deirdre Haj
Director
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Durham, NC
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Maori Holmes
Founder
Blackstar Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
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Dee Rees
Filmmaker
New York, NY
2011 USA Fellow Media
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Stephanie Pereira
Director, NEW INC
New Museum
New York, NY
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Sydney Skybetter
Choreographer & Founder
Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces
Providence, RI
Music
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Mary Ellen Childs
Composer and Multimedia Artist
St. Paul, MN
2011 USA Fellow -
Drew Klein
Performing Arts Director
Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, OH
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Mike Reed
Drummer and Composer
Chicago, IL
2016 USA Fellow Theater & Performance
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Emilya Cachapero
Director of Artistic Programs
Theatre Communications Group
New York, NY
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Megan Carney
Founding Artistic Director
About Face Theatre
Chicago, IL
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Katherine Brewer Ball
Assistant Professor of Performance Studies
Wesleyan University
Brooklyn, NY
Traditional Arts
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Amy Kitchener
Executive Director
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA
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Sabrina Lynn Motley
Festival Director and Associate Director
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, D.C.
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Patsy Phillips
Director
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Santa Fe, NM
Visual Art
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Hendrik Folkerts
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Amy Sadao
Director
ICA Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
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Cara Starke
Director
Pulitzer Foundation
St. Louis, MO
Writing
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Glory Edim
Founder
Well-Read Black Girl
Brooklyn, NY
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Lisa Lucas
Executive Director
National Book Foundation
New York, NY
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Achy Obejas
Fiction Writer, Journalist, and Poet
Oakland, CA
2014 USA Fellow
2019 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Alexandra Cunningham Cameron
Editor-in-Chief
Miami Rail
Miami, FL
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Sarah Herda
Executive Director
Graham Foundation
Chicago, IL
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Nader Tehrani
Dean/Principle
Cooper Union/NADAAA
Boston, MA
2007 USA Fellow Craft
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Joan Livingstone
Senior Faculty, Fiber and Material Studies
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Roberto Lugo
Professor of Ceramics
Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
2016 USA Fellow Dance
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Glenn Edgerton
Artistic Director
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Rosie Herrera
Artistic Director
Rosie Herrera Dance Theater
Miami, FL
2016 USA Fellow -
Liz Lerman
Institute Professor
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University
Tempe/Phoenix, AZ
2011 USA Fellow Film
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Rhea Combs
Curator of Film & Photography
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, DC
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Mimi Plauché
Artistic Director
Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, IL
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Ryan White
Filmmaker
Los Angeles, CA
2014 USA Fellow Media
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Tyler Greene
Live Events Producer/Artistic Director
WBEZ/Chicago Podcast Festival
Chicago, IL
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Sarah Hromack
Chief Culture Officer
Kickstarter
New York, NY
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Roderick Schrock
Director
Eyebeam
New York, NY
Music
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Jason King
Associate Professor and Academic Director of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music
New York University
New York, NY
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Eddy Kwon
Director
MYCincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
2016 USA Fellow -
Phil Rosenthal
Director of Programming
The Long Center
Austin, TX
Theater & Performance
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Erin Boberg Doughton
Artistic Director & Curator of Performance
Time-Based Festival: PICA
Portland, OR
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Jacob Padrón
Founder & Artistic Director
The Sol Project
New York, NY
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Tanya Palmer
Producer/Director of New Play Development
The Goodman Theatre
Chicago, IL
Traditional Arts
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Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Director
University of Alaska Fairbanks Native Arts Center
Fairbanks, AK
2015 USA Fellow -
Mateo Melcahy
Director of Community Projects and Events
The Old Town School of Folk Music
Chicago, IL
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Jennifer Heller Zurick
Artist
Berea, KY
2010 USA Fellow Visual Art
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Johanna Burton
Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs
The New Museum
New York, NY
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Julie Rodrigues Widholm
Director and Chief Curator
DePaul Art Museum
Chicago, IL
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Hamza Walker
Executive Director
LAXART
Los Angeles, CA
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Meg Onli
Assistant Curator
Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
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María Elena Ortiz
Associate Curator
The Perez Art Museum Miami
Miami, FL
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Charlie Tatum
Editorial and Communications Manager
Pelican Bomb
New Orlean, LA
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Gibran Villalobos
Partnerships and Engagement Program Liaison
MCA Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Gee Wesley
Program Director
Recess
New York, NY
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Sarah Williams
Managing Director
Women's Center for Creative Work
Los Angeles, CA
Writing
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Chris Abani
Professor of English
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
2014 USA Fellow -
Abigail Wadsworth Serfass
Managing Editor
Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
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Angel Ysaguirre
Executive Director
Illinois Humanities Council
Chicago, IL
2018 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Sarah Herda
Executive Director
Graham Foundation
Chicago, IL
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Natasha Jen
Partner
Pentagram
New York, NY
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Andrew Zago
Partner & Founder
Zago Architecture
Los Angeles, CA
2008 USA Fellow Craft
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Josh Green
Executive Director
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Boulder, CO
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Beth Lipman
Contemporary Artist
Sheboygan Falls, WI
2011 USA Fellow -
Carol Sauvion
Executive Director
Craft in America
Los Angeles, CA
Dance
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Nora Chipaumire
Choreographer
New York, NY
2011 USA Fellow -
Simone Eccleston
Director of Hip-Hop Culture
The Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
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Ginger Farley
Executive Director
Chicago Dancemakers Forum
Chicago, IL
Media
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Peter Nicks
Filmmaker
Oakland, CA
2015 USA Fellow -
Opeyemi Olukemi
Vice-President, Digital Production and Innovation
American Documentary, POV
New York, NY
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Jenna Weiss-Berman
Founder
Pineapple Street Media
New York, NY
Music
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Ted Gioia
Musician & Author
Plano, TX
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Rudresh Mahanthappa
Musician
Montclair, NJ
2015 USA Fellow -
Rosita Sands
Department Chair, Music
Columbia College
Chicago, IL
Theater & Performance
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Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson
Professor of Performance Studies
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
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Anthony Garcia
Executive Artistic Director
Su Teatro
Denver, CO
2006 USA Fellow -
Jackie Sibblies Drury
Playwright
Brooklyn, NY
2015 USA Fellow Traditional Arts
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Nicolasa Chávez
Curator of Latino, Hispano, Spanish, and Colonial Collections
Museum of International Folk Art
Santa Fe, NM
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Matt Meacham
Program Manager
Illinois Humanities Council
Chicago, IL
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Megha Ralapati
Residency and Special Projects Manager
Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago, IL
Visual Art
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Brooke Davis Anderson
Museum Director
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
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Lauren Haynes
Curator of Contemporary Art
Crystal Bridges Museum
Bentonville, AR
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LaToya Ruby Frazier
Professor of Photography, Artist
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
2014 USA Fellow Writing
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Chris Abani
Professor of English
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
2014 USA Fellow -
Natalie Diáz
Poet
Mohave Valley, AZ
2014 USA Fellow -
Allison Sansone
Program Director
The American Writers Museum
Chicago, IL
2016 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Beatrice Galilee
Curator, Writer, and Critic
Daniel Brodsky Associate Curator of Architecture & Design, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
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John Ronan
Principal
John Ronan Architects
Chicago, IL
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Doris Sung
Assistant Professor
University of Southern California School of Architects
Rolling Hills, CA
2014 USA Fellow Craft
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Liz Collins
Artist & Designer
Brooklyn, NY
2006 USA Fellow -
Bruce Pepich
Executive Director & Curator
Racine Art Museum
Racine, WI
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Arline Fisch
Artist & Designer
San Diego, CA
2006 USA Fellow -
Kurt Sundstrom
Curator
Currier Museum of Art
Concord, NH
Dance
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Alejandro Cerrudo
Choreographer
Chicago, IL
2014 USA Fellow -
Bebe Miller
Choreographer
Columbus, OH
2010 USA Fellow -
Rachel Moore
President & CEO
Los Angeles Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Media
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Ryan Oestreich
General Manager
Music Box Theater
Chicago, IL
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Opeyemi Olukemi
Senior Director
Interactive Programs at Tribeca Film Institute
Brooklyn, NY
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Yowei Shaw
Producer
Washington, DC
2014 USA Fellow Music
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John Corbett
Founder
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Chicago, IL
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Fredara Hadley
Assistant Professor
Ethnomusicology at Oberlin College & Conservatory
Brooklyn, NY
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Michael Tiknis
President and Managing Director
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Chicago, IL
Theater & Performance
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Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson
Assistant Professor
Performance Studies at Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
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Sigrid Gilmer
Playwright
Los Angeles, CA
2014 USA Fellow -
Annie-B. Parson
Artistic Director
Big Dance Theater
Brooklyn, NY
2012 USA Fellow Traditional Arts
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Bonnie Brooks
Associate Professor & Director
The Dance Center at Columbia College
Chicago, IL
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Joshua Green
Executive Director
the National Council of Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Pittsburgh, PA
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Karen Patterson
Curator
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan, WI
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Teri Rofkar
Weaver
Sitka, AK
2006 USA Fellow Visual Art
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Naomi Beckwith
Curator
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Deanna Dikeman
Photographer
Columbia, MO
2008 USA Fellow -
René Morales
Curator
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Miami, FL
Writing
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Michael Awkward
Professor, Afro-American Literature & Culture
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
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Natalie Diaz
Poet
Phoenix, AZ
2014 USA Fellow -
Robert P. Marzac
English Professor
Purdue University
Lafayette, IN
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Ellen Placey Wadey
Program Officer
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Chicago, IL
2015 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Stephen Burks
Founder & Principal
Stephen Burks Man Made
New York, NY
2008 USA Fellow -
David van der Leer
Executive Director
Van Alen Institute
New York, NY
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Amanda Williams
Architecture Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
2018 USA Fellow Craft
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Beth Lipman
Sculptor
Sheboygan Falls, WI
2011 USA Fellow -
Namita Gupta Wiggers
Curator & Founder
Critical Craft Forum
Portland, OR
Dance
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Lane Alexander
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago, IL
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Rennie Harris
Dancer, Choreographer, & Founder
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Philadelphia, PA
2007 USA Fellow -
Maura Keefe
Chair of the Department of Dance
College at Brockport
Brockport, NY
Media
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Sandi DuBowski
Director & Producer
US Director of Good Pitch
Brooklyn, NY
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Barrett Golding
Audio & Web Producer
Bozeman, MT
2010 USA Fellow -
Laura Kipnis
Professor
School of Communication, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
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Justine Nagan
Executive Director
American Documentary Inc.
New York, NY
Music
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Mary Ellen Childs
Composer & Founder
Crash
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
2011 USA Fellow -
Ted Gioia
Musician & Author
Plano, TX
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Marcy Morgan
Executive Director
Harvard Hip-Hop Archive & Research Institute
Cambridge, MA
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Michael Tiknis
President & Managing Director
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Chicago, IL
Theater & Performance
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Adrienne Edwards
Curator
Performa
New York, NY
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Will Power
Playwright
Dallas, TX
2008 USA Fellow -
Blair Thomas
Founder & Artistic Director
Blair Thomas & Company Puppet Theater
Chicago, IL
Traditional Arts
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Nicholas Galanin
Multidisciplinary Artist
Sitka, AK
2012 USA Fellow -
Ellen Koskoff
Professor of Ethnomusicology
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY
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Karen Patterson
Curator
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan, WI
Visual Art
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Huey Gene Copeland
Associate Professor of Art History
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
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Agnes Gund
President Emerita
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
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Edgar Heap of Birds
Multidisciplinary Artist
Oklahoma City, OK
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René Morales
Curator
Peréz Art Museum Miami
Miami, FL
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Catherine Sullivan
Multidisciplinary Artist
Chicago, IL
2012 USA Fellow Writing
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Forrest Gander
Poet
Providence, RI
2008 USA Fellow -
Christina Pugh
Consulting Editor
Poetry Magazine
Chicago, IL
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Ellen Placey Wadey
Program Officer
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Chicago, IL
2014 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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Ellen Grimes
Professor of Architecture
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Carlos Martinez
Design Director & Principal
Gensler
Chicago, IL
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Kate Orff
Landscape Architect & Founder
SCAPE
New York, NY
2012 USA Fellow Craft & Traditional Arts
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Theresa Secord
Executive Director
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Waterville, ME
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Michael Sherrill
Artist & Founder
Mudtools
Asheville, NC
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Namita Gupta Wiggers
Curator & Founder
Critical Craft Forum
Portland, OR
Dance
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Michelle Ellsworth
Dancer & Choreographer
Professor of Theater and Dance, University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO
2011 USA Fellow -
Maura Keefe
Historian & Professor
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY
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Peter Taub
Director of Performance Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
Media
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Rania Attieh
Filmmaker
En Passant Films
New York, NY
2012 USA Fellow -
Justine Nagan
Executive Director
Kartemquin Films
Chicago, IL
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Dmae Roberts
Independent Radio Artist and Writer
Portland, OR
2006 USA Fellow Music
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Welz Kauffman
President & CEO
Ravinia Festival
Chicago, IL
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Ellen Koskoff
Professor of Ethnomusicology
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY
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Claire Lynch
Musician
Nashville, TN
2012 USA Fellow Theater & Performance
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Adrienne Edwards
Curator
Performa
New York, NY
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Robbie McCauley
Playwright, Actor, & Director
Boston, MA
2012 USA Fellow -
Chay Yew
Artistic Director
Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
Visual Art
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Huey Gene Copeland
Associate Professor of Art History
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
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Coco Fusco
Artist & Writer
New York, NY
2012 USA Fellow -
Clara Kim
Independent Curator
Los Angeles, LA
Writing
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Adrian Castro
Poet & Author
Miami, FL
2012 USA Fellow -
Marilyn Chin
Professor
English Department, San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
2007 USA Fellow -
Aleksander Hemon
Writer & Critic
Chicago, IL
2012 USA Fellow
2012 Panelists
Architecture & Design
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J. Yolande Daniels
Founding Design Principal
Studio SUMO
Long Island City, NY
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Nastasha Jen
Partner
Pentagram
New York, NY
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Grace La
Principal
LA DALLMAN Architects, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
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Elena Manferdini
Atelier Manferdini
Los Angeles, CA
2011 USA Fellow -
Zoë Ryan
Chair & Curator of Architecture and Design
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Craft & Traditional Arts
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Fabio J. Fernández
Exhibitions Director
The Society of Arts and Crafts
Boston, MA
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Jo Lauria
Historian & Independent Curator
Los Angeles, CA
-
Beth Lo
Professor, Ceramics and Drawing
University of Montana, Missoula
Missoula, MT
2009 USA Fellow -
P. Andrew Spahr
Director of Collections and Exhibitions
Currier Museum of Art
Manchester, NH
-
Jonella Larson White
Rural Specialist
The Foraker Group
Anchorage, AK
Dance
-
Dayna Hanson
Dancer, Choreographer, & Musician
Seattle, WA
2010 USA Fellow -
Rosie Herrera
Artistic Director
Rosie Herrera Dance Company
Miami, FL
2016 USA Fellow -
Andrew Horwitz
Curator
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York, NY
-
Ben Johnson
Director, Northrop Concerts and Lectures
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
-
Renae Williams Niles
Director of Programming
The Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Media
-
Natalia Almada
Documentary Filmmaker
Mexico City, MX
2010 USA Fellow -
Ann Heppermann
Radio Producer, Transmission, & Sound Artist
New York, NY
2011 USA Fellow -
Robert Koehler
Director of Programming
Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
-
Rose Kuo
Executive Director
Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
-
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Film Critic
Chicago, IL
Music
-
Mike Flynn
Producer & Host
The Folk Sampler
Siloam Springs, AR
-
Gabriela Lena Frank
Pianist & Composer
Oakland, CA
2010 USA Fellow -
John Hill
New Media Director, Northern Public Radio
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
-
Mark Travis
Audio Producer
New York Philharmonic
New York, NY
-
Kristin Wilkinson
Violist & Composer
Nashville, TN
Theater & Performance
-
Braden Abraham
Associate Artistic Director
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle, WA
-
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Actor & Director
Chicago, IL
-
Juliette Carrillo
Freelance Director
Cornerstone Theater Ensemble
Los Angeles, CA
-
Kirk Lynn
Playwright
Austin, TX
USA Fellow 2011 -
Chay Yew
Artistic Director
Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
Visual Art
-
Lauri Firstenberg
Founder, Director, & Chief Curator
LAXART
Los Angeles, CA
-
Clara Kim
Senior Curator of Visual Arts
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
-
Sarah Lewis
Author, Curator, & Critic
Yale University School of Art
New York, NY
-
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Artist
Chicago, IL
-
Tobias Ostrander
Chief Curator & Deputy Director
Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL
Writing
-
Steve Erickson
Novelist
Topanga, CA
-
Forrest Gander
Poet
Providence, RI
2008 USA Fellow -
Cristina Garcia
University Chair in Creative Writing
Texas State-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX
-
Frank Stewart
Editor
Manoa: A Pacific Journal
Honolulu, HI
-
Karen Tei Yamashita
Professor, Literature Department
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
2011 USA Fellow
2011 Panelists
Architecture & Design
-
Richard Massey
Designer
Miami, FL
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Teddy Cruz
Professor in Public Culture and Urbanism
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA
2010 USA Fellow -
J. Yolande Daniels
Founding Design Principal
Studio SUMO
Long Island City, NY
-
Ellen Grimes
Associate Professor
School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
-
John Stuart
Professor of Architecture
Florida International University
Miami, FL
Craft & Traditional Arts
-
Fabio Fernandez
Exhibitions Director
The Society of Arts and Crafts
Boston, MA
-
Jeremy Frey
Basketmaker
Indian Township, ME
2010 USA Fellow -
Lowery Sims
Curator
Museum of Arts and Design
New York, NY
-
Robert Sidner
Director
Mingei International Museum
San Diego, CA
-
Suzanne Ramljak
Metalsmith
Bethel, CT
Dance
-
Anna Glass
Managing Director
651 Arts
New York, NY
-
Elizabeth Doud
Artistic Director
Miami Dade College Cultura del Lobo
Miami, FL
-
Bebe Miller
Artistic Director
Bebe Miller Company
Columbus, OH
2010 USA Fellow -
Bonnie Homsey
Chair of Dance
Princess Grace Foundations
Los Angeles, CA
-
Ben Johnson
Director, Northrop Concerts
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Media
-
Susan Stone
Sound Artist & Producer
San Francisco, CA
2007 USA Fellow -
Sky Sitney
Festival Director
Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery
Silver Spring, MD
-
Miguel Alvarez
Filmmaker
Austin, TX
-
Rose Kuo
Executive Director
Film Society of Lincoln Center
New York, NY
-
Kenneth Turan
Film Critic
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA
Music
-
Anne LeBaron
Composer & Professor
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
-
Miguel del Aguila
Composer
Los Angeles, CA
-
Rob Ickes
Musician
Franklin, TN
2010 USA Fellow -
Mark Travis
Audio Producer
New York Philharmonic
New York, NY
-
Jenny Lin
Pianist
New York, NY
Theater & Performance
-
Philip Kan Gotanda
Playwright & Filmmaker
Berkeley, CA
-
Steve Scott
Associate Producer
Goodman Theater
Chicago, IL
-
Dan Rothenberg
Co-Artistic Director
Pig Iron Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
2010 USA Fellow -
Terry Hong
Media Arts Consultant
Washington, DC
-
Juliette Carrillo
Theater Director & Filmmaker
Los Angeles, CA
Visual Art
-
Mel Chin
Artist
Burnsville, NC
2010 USA Fellow -
Dominic Molón
Chief Curator
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
-
Sarah Lewis
Writer & Curator
Yale University School of Art
New Haven, CT
-
Ursula Davila-Villa
Associate Curator
Blanton Museum of Art
Austin, TX
Writing
-
Elizabeth Alexander
Chair, African American Studies
Yale University
New Haven, CT
-
Doug Wright
Playwright & Screenwriter
New York, NY
2010 USA Fellow -
Kyoko Mori
Writer & Professor of English
George Mason University
Washington, DC
-
John Biguenet
Professor
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
-
Deborah Treisman
Fiction Editor
The New Yorker
New York, NY
2010 Panelists
Architecture & Design
-
Karen Fiss
Associate Professor, Visual Studies
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
-
Gordon Kipping
Principal
G TECTS
New York, NY
-
John Stuart
Professor, College of Architecture
Florida International University
Miami, FL
-
J. Meejin Yoon
Founder
MY Studio
Boston, MA
2008 USA Fellow Craft & Traditional Arts
-
Jean McLaughlin
Executive Director
Penland School of Crafts
Penland, NC
-
Perry Eaton
Executive Director
African Craft Council
Anchorage, AK
2009 USA Fellow -
Adam Silverman
Partner & Studio Director
Heath Ceramics
Los Angeles, CA
-
Lowery Sims
Curator
Museum of Arts and Design
New York, NY
Dance
-
Sixto Wagan
Co-Executive Director
DiverseWorks Artspace
Houston, TX
-
Cathy Edwards
Director of Performance Programs
International Festival of Arts + Ideas
New Haven
-
Anna Glass
Managing Director
651ARTS
Brooklyn, NY
-
Reggie Wilson
Artistic Director
Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group
New York, NY
2009 USA Fellow -
Jordan Peimer
Director of Public Programs
Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA
Media
-
Chale Nafus
Director of Programming
Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
-
Michelle Byrd
Co-President
Games for Change
New York, NY
-
Elizabeth Meister
Producer & Editor
Long Haul Productions
Three Oaks, MI
2009 USA Fellow -
Renée Tajima-Peña
Filmmaker & Professor
University of California Santa Cruz
Los Angeles, CA
2009 USA Fellow -
Kenneth Turan
Film Critic
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA
Music
-
Cristian Amigo
Composer & Guitarist
New York, NY
-
Peter Golub
Director
Sundance Film Music Program
Los Angeles, CA
-
Martha Gonzalez
Musician, Quetzal, Fandango sin Fronteras
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
-
Jenny Lin
Pianist
New York, NY
-
Hannibal Lokumbe
Composer & Trumpeter
Bastrop, TX
2009 USA Fellow Theater & Performance
-
Roberta Levitow
Associate Artist
Sundance Institute East
Santa Monica, CA
-
Ismâïl ibn Conner
Artistic Associate
7 Stages Theatre
Atlanta, GA
-
Philip Kan Gotanda
Playwright
Berkeley, CA
-
John O'Neal
Founder & Artistic Director
Junebug Productions
New Orleans, LA
2009 USA Fellow -
Diane Rodriguez
Associate Producer/Director, New Play Production
Center Theatre Group
Los Angeles, CA
Visual Art
-
Karen Moss
Adjunct Curator
Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, CA
-
Rita Gonzalez
Associate Curator of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles, CA
-
James Rondeau
Curator + Chair, Contemporary Art
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
-
Gary Simmons
Artist
New York, NY
2007 USA Fellow -
Raechell Smith
Director, H&R Block Artspace
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
Writing
-
Major Jackson
Poet & Associate Professor
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
-
John Biguenet
Professor
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
-
Maureen N. McLane
Associate Professor of English
New York University
New York, NY
-
Antonya Nelson
Writer
Las Cruces, NM
2009 USA Fellow -
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Writer
Louisville, GA
2009 Panelists
Architecture & Design
-
Peter Zellner
Principal
ZELLNERPLUS
Los Angeles, CA
-
Mabel O. Wilson
Associate Professor of Architecture
Columbia University
New York, NY
-
Karen Fiss
Associate Professor, Visual Studies
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
-
Joseph Rosa
Curatorial Chair of Architecture and Design
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
-
Stephen Burks
Founder & Director
Readymade Projects, Inc.
New York, NY
2008 USA Fellow Craft & Traditional Arts
-
Jean McLaughlin
Executive Director
Penland School of Crafts
Penland, NC
-
Sonya Clark
Professor & Chair of Craft/Material Studies
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
2011 USA Fellow -
Sven Haakanson
Executive Director
Alutiiq Museum
Kodiak, AK
-
Patricia Capone
Associate Curator
Peabody Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
-
Richard T. Notkin
Artist
Helena, MT
2008 USA Fellow Dance
-
Jennifer S. B. Calienes
Director, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
-
Pat Graney
Executive Director
Pat Graney Company
Seattle, WA
2008 USA Fellow -
George Lugg
Associate Director
Roy & Edna Disney Theater
Los Angeles, CA
-
Sixto Wagan
Co-Executive Director
DiverseWorks Artspace
Houston, TX
Media
-
Claire Aguilar
Vice President of Programming
Independent Television Service
San Francisco, CA
-
Chale Nafus
Director of Programming
Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
-
Bill Horrigan
Media Director, Wexner Center
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
-
Dmae Roberts
Writer & Radio Producer
Portland, OR
2006 USA Fellow -
Lourdes Portillo
Director, Writer, & Producer
San Francisco, CA
2008 USA Fellow Music
-
Laura Mitgang
Director of New Business
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
-
Molly Sturges
Artistic Director
Littleglobe
Santa Fe, NM
2008 USA Fellow -
George Y. Massenburg
Recording Engineer & Producer
Nashville, TN
-
Peter Asher
Partner
Strategic Artist Management
Los Angeles, CA
-
Cristian Amigo
Composer, Guitarist, & Producer
New York, NY
Theater & Performance
-
Ron Himes
Founder & Producing Director
St. Louis Black Rep
St. Louis, MO
-
Steve Scott
Associate Producer
Goodman Theatre
Chicago, IL
-
Rosalba Rolòn
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Pregones Theater
Bronx, NY
2008 USA Fellow -
Tim Dang
Producing Artistic Director
East West Players
Los Angeles, CA
-
Roberta Levitow
Associate Artist
Sundance Institute
Santa Monica, CA
Visual Art
-
Julián Zugazagoitia
Director & CEO
El Museo del Barrio
New York, NY
-
Doryun Chong
Associate Curator, Painting & Sculpture
The Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
-
Terry Adkins
Sculptor
New York, NY
2008 USA Fellow -
Karen Moss
Deputy Director, Exhibitions & Programs
Orange County Museum
Newport Beach, CA
-
Valerie Cassel Oliver
Curator
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Houston, TX
Writing
-
Major Jackson
Poet & Associate Professor
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
-
Jeff Chang
Writer
Oakland, CA
2008 USA Fellow -
Alan Michael Parker
Professor & Director, Creative Writing
Davidson College
Davidson, NC
-
Robert Polito
Director of Graduate Program in Creative Writing
The New School
New York, NY
-
Anne García-Romero
Lecturer in Playwriting
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
2008 Panelists
Architecture & Design
-
Monica Ponce de Leon
Principal
Office dA
Boston, MA
2007 USA Fellow -
Brooke Hodge
Curator of Architecture & Design
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
-
Mark Robbins
Dean, School of Architecture
Syracuse University
New York, NY
-
Mabel O. Wilson
Associate Professor of Architecture
Columbia University
New York, NY
-
Rick Valicenti
Owner & Principal
Thirst
Chicago, IL
Craft & Traditional Arts
-
Janet Koplos
Senior Editor
Art in America
New York, NY
-
Maria Shaa Tiáa Williams
Assistant Professor, Department of Native American Studies
University of New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM
-
Gwendolyn Magee
Fiber Artist
Jackson, MS
2007 USA Fellow -
Bruce W. Pepich
Executive Director & Curator of Collections
Racine Art Museum
Racine, WI
-
Andrew H. Glasgow
Executive Director
The American Craft Council
New York, NY
Dance
-
Jennifer S. B. Calienes
Director, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
-
Olga Garay
Executive Director
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles, CA
-
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Multidisciplinary Artist
Oakland, CA
2006 USA Fellow -
Peter Taub
Director of Performance Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
-
Renae Williams Niles
Director of Dance Presentations
The Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Media
-
Steve James
Producer & Director
Chicago, IL
-
Ron Yerxa
Producer of Film
Bona Fide Productions
Los Angeles, CA
-
Claire Aguilar
Vice President of Programming
Independent Television Service
San Francisco, CA
-
Traci Tong
News Producer
BBC World Service
Boston, MA
-
Judith Helfand
Filmmaker
New York, NY
2007 USA Fellow Music
-
Jean Cook
Producer & Deputy Director
Future of Music Coalition
Washington, DC
-
Laura Mitgang
Director of New Business
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, NY
-
Robert Sadin
Conductor, Arranger, & Record Producer
New York, NY
-
Tom Schnabel
Producer & Consultant
KCRW and LA Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
-
Don Byron
Musician
New York, NY
Theater & Performance
-
Susan Booth
Artistic Director
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta, GA
-
Sheldon Epps
Artistic Director
Pasadena Playhouse
Pasadena, CA
-
James C. Nicola
Artistic Director
New York Theatre Workshop
New York, NY
-
Anthony Garcia
Artistic Director
El Centro Su Teatro
Denver, CO
2006 USA Fellow -
Martha Lavey
Artistic Director
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
Visual Art
-
Valerie Cassel Oliver
Curator
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Houston, TX
-
Aimee Chang
Director, Academic & Residency Programs
Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, CA
-
Adam D. Weinberg
Director
Whitney Museum of Art
New York, NY
-
Hamza Walker
Director of Education & Associate Curator
The Renaissance Society
Chicago, IL
-
Daniel Joseph Martinez
Multidisciplinary Artist
Los Angeles, CA
2007 USA Fellow Writing
-
Patricia Powell
Visiting Writer, Department of African & African American Studies
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
-
Brighde Mullins
Director, MPW Writing Program
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
2010 USA Fellow -
Marilyn Chin
Professor, English Department
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
2007 USA Fellow -
Maureen N. McLane
Associate Professor of English
New York University
New York, NY
-
Robert Polito
Director, Graduate Program in Creative Writing
The New School
New York, NY
2007 Panelists
Architecture & Design
-
Yeohlee Teng
Designer & President
YEOHLEE
New York, NY
-
Carlos Jimenez
Principal
Carlos Jimenez Studio
Houston, TX
-
Terence Riley
Director
Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL
-
Sigi Moeslinger
Partner
Antenna Design
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow -
Brooke Hodge
Curator of Architecture & Design
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Los Angeles, CA
Craft & Traditional Arts
-
Tanya Aguiñiga
Furniture Designer
Los Angeles, CA
2006 USA Fellow -
Mark Richard Leach
Founding Director & Chief Curator
Mint Museum of Craft + Design
Charlotte, NC
-
Ronald T. Labaco
Curator of Decorative Arts
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
-
Maria Williams
Assistant Professor
Native American Studies
Santa Fe, NM
-
Lori Pourier
President
First Peoples Fund
Rapid City, SD
Dance
-
Ana María Alvarez
Artistic Director & Choreographer
contra-tiempo
Los Angeles, CA
-
Neil Barclay
President & CEO
August Wilson Center
Pittsburgh, PA
-
Laura Faure
Director
Bates Dance Festival
Lewiston, ME
-
Ella Baff
Executive Director
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Becket, MA
-
Peter Taub
Director of Performance Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
Media
-
Thomas Allen Harris
Producer, Director, & Writer
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow -
Susan Braine
Chief Operating Officer
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Albuquerque, NM
-
Hampton Francher
Writer & Director
New York, NY
-
Michael Renov
Associate Dean, School of Cinematic Arts
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
-
Elvis Mitchell
Film Critic
New York, NY
Music
-
Ed Barguiarena
Composer, Musician, & Producer
Los Angeles, CA
-
Robert Sadin
Conductor, Arranger, & Producer
New York, NY
-
Lourdes Pérez
Vocalist, Composer, & Songwriter
Austin, TX
2006 USA Fellow -
Welz Kauffman
President & CEO
Ravinia Festival
Highland, IL
-
Simeon Pillich
Adjunct Professor of Music
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
Theater & Performance
-
Emilya Cachapero
Director of Artistic Programs
Theatre Communications Group
New York, NY
-
Tom Jacobson
Playwright
Los Angeles, CA
-
Ping Chong
Artistic Director
Ping Chong & Company
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow -
Susan Booth
Artistic Director
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta, GA
-
Lane Czaplinski
Artistic Director
On the Boards
Seattle, WA
Visual Art
-
Hugh M. Davies
Director
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Diego, CA
-
Michael Joo
Multidisciplinary Artist
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow -
Tosha Grantham
Assistant Curator
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
-
Russell Ferguson
Chair, Department of Art
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
-
Rina Carvajal
Adjunct Curator
Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL
Writing
-
Marcos M. Villatoro
Novelist & Poet
Los Angeles, CA
-
Eavan Boland
Professor, Humanities, & Director of Creative Writing
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
-
Amy Hempel
Writer
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow -
Nicolás Kanellos
Director, Arte Pùblico Press
University of Houston
Houston, TX
-
Brighde Mullins
Director, MFA Writing Program
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
2010 USA Fellow
2006 Panelists
Architecture & Design
-
Ming Fung
Partner
Hodgetts + Fung
Los Angeles, CA
-
Paola Antonelli
Acting Chief Curator of Architecture + Design
The Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
-
Carlos Jimenez
Founder
Carlos Jimenez Studio
Houston, TX
-
Ted Landsmark
President & CEO
Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA
-
Elizabeth Smith
Chief Curator + Deputy Director of Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
Craft & Traditional Arts
-
Theresa Harlan
Independent Curator & Writer
Vallejo, CA
-
Josie S. Talamantez
Chief of Programs
California Arts Council
Sacramento, CA
-
Tony Hepburn
Chair, Ceramics Department
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
-
Betsy Peterson
Executive Director
Fund for Folk Culture
Austin, TX
-
Marirose Morris
Arts Access Specialist
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY
Dance
-
Neil Barclay
President & CEO
August Wilson Center
Pittsburgh, PA
-
Bonnie Brooks
Chair, Dance Center
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
-
Michael Kondziolka
Director of Programming
University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
-
Donald McKayle
Artistic Director, UCI Dance
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA
-
Mark Murphy
Executive Director
REDCAT
Los Angeles, CA
Media
-
Arthur Jafa
Cinematographer & Artist
New York, NY
2018 USA Fellow -
Elizabeth M. Daley
Dean, School of Cinematic Arts, USC
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
-
John Diliberto
Senior Producer & Host
Echoes
Philadelphia, PA
-
Joan Tewkesbury
Screenwriter, Director, & Producer
Santa Monica, CA
-
Rick Tejada-Flores
Producer
Paradigm Productions
Berkeley, CA
-
Elvis Mitchell
Film Critic
New York, NY
Music
-
Brent Assink
Executive Director
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
-
Juan Tejeda
Musician
San Antonio, TX
-
Ed Barguiarena
Musician
Los Angeles, CA
-
Chad Smith
Vice President of Artistic Planning
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
-
Julia Wolfe
Artistic Director
Bang on a Can
Brooklyn, NY
Theater & Performance
-
Philip Bither
Senior Curator, Performing Arts
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
-
Emilya Cachapero
Director of Artistic Programs
Theatre Communications Group
New York, NY
-
Marc Masterson
Artistic Director
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville, KY
-
Wesley V. Montgomery
Managing Director
New WORLD Theater, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
-
Josephine Ramirez
Vice President of Programming & Planning
Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Visual Art
-
Jeffrey Grove
Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
-
Barbara Kruger
Artist & Professor
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
-
Russell Ferguson
Deputy Director, Exhibitions & Programs Chief Curator
Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, CA
-
Thelma Golden
Director & Chief Curator
Studio Museum in Harlem
Harlem, NY
-
Paul Ha
Director
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Writing
-
Reginald McKnight
English Professor
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
-
Maile Meloy
Writer
Los Angeles, CA
-
Lan Samantha Chang
Director
Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
-
Eavan Boland
Professor in Humanities & Director of the Creative Writing Program
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
-
Henri Cole
Poet
Boston, MA
2007 USA Fellow