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USA and Artadia Announce Partnership at Miami Art Week

The multi-year partnership marks the highly anticipated return of Assembly.

A festive crowd faces each other in a hotel lounge applauding an announcement.

Patton Hindle, Executive Director of Artadia, and Judilee Reed, President and CEO of United States Artists, announce partnership between between the organizations.

Author -Anne Ishii Date -12.16.2025

3 min. read

United States Artists announced a multi-year partnership with Artadia, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting visual artists’ careers through grants, recognition, community engagement, and advocacy. Together, the two organizations will expand their efforts to empower artists nationwide — creating new opportunities for learning, collaboration, and rest within their shared communities. This partnership also marks the highly anticipated return of Assembly, USA’s signature gatherings that offer a vital platform for artists to connect, share ideas, and reflect on their work. The renewed program will bring together recent USA Fellows and Artadia Award recipients for a series of artists gatherings in 2026 and 2027.

USA President Judilee Reed, an Asian American woman with grey hair, and Patton Hindle, ED of Artadia, a white woman with long dark curly hair, in a stately pose, smile for the camera.

USA President and CEO Judilee Reed with Artadia Executive Director Patton Hindle in Miami.

Photo by Logan Fazio.

The partnership announcement was previewed at a festive mixer during Miami Art Week in early December. Our two organizations welcomed an enthusiastic crowd of artists, their fans, organizational peers, funders, and trustees.

From Patton Hindle:

We were thrilled to bring the Artadia and USA communities together in celebration of our Assembly announcement. The room was lively and warm, full of artists, curators, friends, and supporters; emblematic of the strength of our organizations' shared values.

  • USA President Judilee Reed, an Asian American woman with grey hair, and Patton Hindle, ED of Artadia, a white woman with long dark curly hair, in a stately pose, smile for the camera.

    USA President and CEO Judilee Reed with Artadia Executive Director Patton Hindle in Miami.

    Photo by Logan Fazio.

  • Two white women—one in a silk dress with a graphic red and black pattern, and the other in a light grey suit and pale shirt--smile for the camera at party.

    Sarah Arison and Kristy Edmunds at the USA x Artadia Miami event.

    Photo by Logan Fazio.

  • Older white man with grey hair, speaking with two younger Black women with long braids, amidst revelers at a cocktail party.

    Revelers at the Miami mixer event for USA x Artadia, including Akua Hill from the Gilbert Family Foundation (center)

    Photo by Logan Fazio.

  • Shorter Black woman in a brown dress, smiles for the camera with a white woman in black shirt, laughing gregariously at a party.

    Friends and artists served by USA and Artadia counted among the many at the party.

    Photo by Logan Fazio.

  • Two Black men and a white woman, appear deep in conversation amidst a group of revelers.

    Joseph Zeal Henry (in black), speaking with Simon Benjamin and friend at USA x Artadia Miami reception.

    Photo by Logan Fazio.

  • A Latine man in a white shirt with a whimsical depiction of a farmhouse village applique, and a Black man with shoulder length dreadlocks wearing clashing striped patterns, within a mix of party revelers.

    Richard Flores (in white), with friend.

    Photo by Logan Fazio.

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From Judilee Reed:

Spending time in Miami with artists, building community that can move through time, celebrating a new partnership — all nourishing balm for the soul as we exit 2025.

The event, held at the Ritz Carlton in Miami Beach on the preview night of Art Week Miami/Art Basel Miami, was made possible with generous support from Blue Rider Group, Patterson Belknap, and Risk Strategies. We are thrilled to be in partnership again, and look forward to the year leading up to our Assembly events.

More details on Assembly will be announced soon.

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