2012 USA Fellowship
- Ranee Ramaswamy Bharatanatyam Dancer
- Keith Hennessy Dancer and Choreographer
- Joanie Madden Traditional Irish Flutist and Composer
- Sibylle Peretti Glass Artist
- Myra Mimlitsch-Gray Metalsmith
- C.E. Morgan Fiction Writer
- Adrienne Kennedy Playwright
- Adrian Castro Poet and Performance Artist
- David Thomson Dancer and Choreographer
- Tony Trischka Banjo Player
- Annie Proulx Fiction Writer
- Kerry Tribe Multimedia Artist
- Jack DeJohnette Drummer, Pianist, and Composer
- LeAnne Howe Writer
- Kate Orff Landscape Architect
- Robbie McCauley Playwright, Actor, and Theater Director
- Annie-B Parson Theater Director
- Nicholas Galanin Multidisciplinary Artist
- Guillermo Gomez-Peña Performance Artist
- Margaret Brown Documentary Filmmaker
- Claire Lynch Singer and Songwriter
- William Leavitt Conceptual Artist
- Stephen Luoni Architect and Designer
- Eugene Rodriguez Mexican Folk Musician
- David Hartt Multimedia Artist
- Luis Camnitzer Conceptual Artist
- Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich Architects
- Kyle Abraham Dancer and Choreographer
- Nicholas van der Kolk Podcaster
- Edward White Composer
- Theaster Gates Social Practice Artist
- Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia Filmmakers
- David Henry Hwang Playwright
- Edgar Heap of Birds Visual Artist
- Lee Isaac Chung Multigenre Writer
- Rowland Ricketts Textile Artist
- Coco Fusco Visual Artist
- Leon Niehues Basketmaker
- Trisha Brown Choreographer
- Phil Solomon Experimental Filmmaker
- Micheline Aharonian Marcom Fiction Writer
- Aleksandar Hemon Fiction Writer
- John Kelly Multidisciplinary Artist and Performer
- Jacqueline Goss Filmmaker and Animator
- Barry Jenkins Filmmaker
- Alison Saar Sculptor and Installation Artist
- Kurt Weiser Ceramicist
- Marcus Gardley Poet and Playwright
- Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto Architects
- Colin Jacobsen and Eric Jacobsen Composers / Violinist and Cellist