USA Fellowship Panelists
Rotating panelists help shape each year’s USA Fellowship cohort and keep our process grounded in and responsive to changes across disciplines.
Panelists organized by year
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Architecture & Design
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Ashley Mendelsohn
Strategist
PinPoint Collective
Brooklyn, NY
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Olalekan Jeyifous
Artist
Brooklyn, NY
2021 USA Fellow
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Tanner Woodford
Founder & Executive Director
Design Museum of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Craft
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Emily Zaiden
Curator, Educator, and Consultant
The Craft in America Center
Los Angeles, CA
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Emily Zilber
Curator, Educator, and Consultant
Philadelphia, PA
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Jovencio de la Paz
Associate Professor and Head of Fibers
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
2022 USA Fellow
Dance
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Cynthia Oliver
Choreographer/Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Arts Integration
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
2021 USA Fellow
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Miranda Wright
Executive Director
Center for the Arts at Kayenta
Ivins, UT
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Omar Ingram
Co-Executive Director
The International Association of Blacks in Dance
Washington, DC
Film
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Jennifer Reeder
Filmmaker
Hammond, IN
2021 USA Fellow
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Jordan Young
Director of Media Arts
South Arts
Atlanta, GA
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Merrill Sterritt
Co-Director
IF/Then Shorts
New York, NY
Media
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Mashinka Firunts Hakopian
Associate Professor
ArtCenter College of Design
Glendale, CA
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Raul Zbengheci
Deputy Director
NEW INC
New York, NY
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Tina Rivers Ryan
Curator
Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, NY
Music
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Amy Russell
Director of Programming
Carolina Performing Arts, UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
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Clifford Murphy
Director
Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage
Washington, DC
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Yuniya Edi Kwon
Interdisciplinary Artist, Lecturer
Princeton University
Brooklyn, NY
2016 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance
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DeLanna Studi
Artistic Director
Native Voices
Los Angeles, CA
2022 USA Fellow
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Kyle Haden
Senior Associate Head & Associate Professor of Acting
Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama
Pittsburgh, PA
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Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Interim Associate Artistic Director
Playwrights' Center
Minneapolis, MN
Traditional Arts
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Betty Marín
Associate Program Director
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Los Angeles, CA
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Ixchel Tonāntzin Xōchitlzihuatl
Artist
Xi'im Ek Balam
Brownsville, TX
2022 USA Fellow
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Zoe van Buren
Folklife Director
North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh
NC
Visual Art
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Jadine Collingwood
Associate Curator
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Sarah Swinford
Director
Loghaven Artist Residency
Knoxville, TN
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Simon Wu
PhD Candidate
Yale University
Brooklyn, NY
Writing
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Chen Chen
MFA Poetry Faculty
New England College
Rochester, NY
2022 USA Fellow
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Lissette Mendez
Executive Director
Miami Book Fair, Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
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Samiya Bashir
Executive Director
Lambda Literary
New York, NY
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Architecture & Design
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Erin Besler
Principal at Besler & Sons and Assistant Professor
Princeton University School of Architecture
Hopewell, NJ
2020 USA Fellow
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Julia Gamolina
Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Madame Architect + Associate Principal
Ennead Architects
New York, NY
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Monica Obniski
Curator of Decorative Arts and Design
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
Craft
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Ashley Page
Studio and Programs Coordinator
Indigo Arts Alliance
Portland, ME
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Charlotte Potter Kasic
Executive Director
Barry Art Museum
Norfolk, VA
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Anna Walker
Executive Director
Lawndale Art & Performance Center
Houston, TX
Dance
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Chloe Jones
Executive Director and Assistant Dean
Art & Creative Engagement (at UtahPresents/University of Utah)
Salt Lake City, UT
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Tonya Lockyer
Multidisciplinary Artist, Arts Strategist and Writer
Suquamish, WA
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Yara Travieso
Director & Choreographer
Brooklyn, NY
2019 USA Fellow
Film
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Pablo de Ocampo
Director and Curator of Moving Image
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
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Ianeta Le'i
CEO at Kaioe Consulting and Senior Manager
Sundance Institute Indigenous Program
CA/UT
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Jenny Miller
Co-Artistic Director
UNIONDOCS, Center for Documentary Art
Brooklyn, NY
Media
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Stephanie Dinkins
Artist & Kusama Endowed Professor of Art
Stony Brook University
Brooklyn, NY
2021 USA Fellow
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Ceci Moss
Director of the Mandeville Art Gallery (MAG) and Professor of Practice
UC San Diego
Los Angeles, CA
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Victoria Vesna
Professor and Director
UCLA Art Sci Center
Los Angeles, CA
Music
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Argeo Ascani
Programmer, Music and Festivals
The Momentary
Bentonville, AR
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Tunde Olaniran
Founder/Owner
Magic Wheel Creative
Flint, MI
2019 USA Fellow
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Vanessa Rose
Executive Director
American Composers Forum
Minneapolis, MN
Theater & Performance
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Writer and Professor
Brooklyn, NY
2020 USA Fellow
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Kelly Kerwin
Artistic Director
Oklahoma City Repertory Theater
Oklahoma City, OK
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Tony Santiago
Theater and Performance Programs Manager
Arts + Public Life
Chicago, IL
Traditional Arts
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Carolyn L. Mazloomi
Independent Curator, Artist and Author
West Chester, OH
2021 USA Fellow
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Kathleen Mundell
Director
Cultural Resources
Camden, ME
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Jessica Turner
Executive Director
American Folklore Society
Bloomington, IN
Visual Art
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Kanitra Fletcher
Associate Curator
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
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Andrea Hanley
Chief Curator
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
Santa Fe, NM
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Daisy Nam
Executive Director and Curator
Ballroom Marfa
Marfa, TX
Writing
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Lesley Arimah
Fiction Writer
Las Vegas, NV
2019
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Diana Marie Delgado
Poet and Literary Director
UA Poetry Center
Tucson, AZ
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Meredith Talusan
Author and Editor
Barryville, NY
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Architecture & Design
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Ian Besler
Partner
Besler and Sons, LLC
Princeton, NJ
2020 USA Fellow
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ernesto Alfaro
Planning Project Manager at LJA Engineering and Lecturer at Rice University
LJA Engineering and 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
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
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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
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Architecture & Design
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Thomas Kelley
Architect
Chicago, IL
2018 USA Fellow
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Amanda Williams
Public Artist
Chicago, IL
2018 USA Fellow
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Orleans, 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
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Abigail Wadsworth Serfass
Managing Editor
Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
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Angel Ysaguirre
Executive Director
Illinois Humanities Council
Chicago, IL
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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
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Carol Sauvion
Executive Director
Craft in America
Los Angeles, CA
Dance
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Nora Chipaumire
Choreographer
New York, NY
2011 USA Fellow
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Natalie Diáz
Poet
Mohave Valley, AZ
2014 USA Fellow
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Allison Sansone
Program Director
The American Writers Museum
Chicago, IL
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Architecture & Design
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Beatrice Galilee
Curator, Writer, and Critic
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
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Bruce Pepich
Executive Director & Curator
Racine Art Museum
Racine, WI
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Arline Fisch
Artist & Designer
San Diego, CA
2006 USA Fellow
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Kurt Sundstrom
Curator
Currier Museum of Art
Concord, NH
Dance
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Alejandro Cerrudo
Choreographer
Chicago, IL
2014 USA Fellow
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Bebe Miller
Choreographer
Columbus, OH
2010 USA Fellow
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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
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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
-
Karen Patterson
Curator
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan, WI
-
Teri Rofkar
Weaver
Sitka, AK
2006 USA Fellow
Visual Art
-
Naomi Beckwith
Curator
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
-
Deanna Dikeman
Photographer
Columbia, MO
2008 USA Fellow
-
René Morales
Curator
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Miami, FL
Writing
-
Michael Awkward
Professor, Afro-American Literature & Culture
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
-
Natalie Diaz
Poet
Phoenix, AZ
2014 USA Fellow
-
Robert P. Marzac
English Professor
Purdue University
Lafayette, IN
-
Ellen Placey Wadey
Program Officer
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Chicago, IL
-
-
Architecture & Design
-
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
-
Amanda Williams
Architecture Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
2018 USA Fellow
Craft
-
Beth Lipman
Sculptor
Sheboygan Falls, WI
2011 USA Fellow
-
Namita Gupta Wiggers
Curator & Founder
Critical Craft Forum
Portland, OR
Dance
-
Lane Alexander
Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago, IL
-
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
-
Sandi DuBowski
Director & Producer
US Director of Good Pitch
Brooklyn, NY
-
Barrett Golding
Audio & Web Producer
Bozeman, MT
2010 USA Fellow
-
Laura Kipnis
Professor
School of Communication, Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
-
Justine Nagan
Executive Director
American Documentary Inc.
New York, NY
Music
-
Mary Ellen Childs
Composer & Founder
Crash
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
2011 USA Fellow
-
Ted Gioia
Musician & Author
Plano, TX
-
Marcy Morgan
Executive Director
Harvard Hip-Hop Archive & Research Institute
Cambridge, MA
-
Michael Tiknis
President & Managing Director
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Chicago, IL
Theater & Performance
-
Adrienne Edwards
Curator
Performa
New York, NY
-
Will Power
Playwright
Dallas, TX
2008 USA Fellow
-
Blair Thomas
Founder & Artistic Director
Blair Thomas & Company Puppet Theater
Chicago, IL
Traditional Arts
-
Nicholas Galanin
Multidisciplinary Artist
Sitka, AK
2012 USA Fellow
-
Ellen Koskoff
Professor of Ethnomusicology
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY
-
Karen Patterson
Curator
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Sheboygan, WI
Visual Art
-
Huey Gene Copeland
Associate Professor of Art History
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
-
Agnes Gund
President Emerita
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
-
Edgar Heap of Birds
Multidisciplinary Artist
Oklahoma City, OK
-
René Morales
Curator
Peréz Art Museum Miami
Miami, FL
-
Catherine Sullivan
Multidisciplinary Artist
Chicago, IL
2012 USA Fellow
Writing
-
Forrest Gander
Poet
Providence, RI
2008 USA Fellow
-
Christina Pugh
Consulting Editor
Poetry Magazine
Chicago, IL
-
Ellen Placey Wadey
Program Officer
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Chicago, IL
-
-
Architecture & Design
-
Ellen Grimes
Professor of Architecture
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
-
Carlos Martinez
Design Director & Principal
Gensler
Chicago, IL
-
Kate Orff
Landscape Architect & Founder
SCAPE
New York, NY
2012 USA Fellow
Craft
-
Theresa Secord
Executive Director
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Waterville, ME
-
Michael Sherrill
Artist & Founder
Mudtools
Asheville, NC
-
Namita Gupta Wiggers
Curator & Founder
Critical Craft Forum
Portland, OR
Dance
-
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
-
Peter Taub
Director of Performance Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
Media
-
Rania Attieh
Filmmaker
En Passant Films
New York, NY
2012 USA Fellow
-
Justine Nagan
Executive Director
Kartemquin Films
Chicago, IL
-
Dmae Roberts
Independent Radio Artist and Writer
Portland, OR
2006 USA Fellow
Music
-
Welz Kauffman
President & CEO
Ravinia Festival
Chicago, IL
-
Ellen Koskoff
Professor of Ethnomusicology
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY
-
Claire Lynch
Musician
Nashville, TN
2012 USA Fellow
Theater & Performance
-
Adrienne Edwards
Curator
Performa
New York, NY
-
Robbie McCauley
Playwright, Actor, & Director
Boston, MA
2012 USA Fellow
-
Chay Yew
Artistic Director
Victory Gardens Theater
Chicago, IL
Visual Art
-
Huey Gene Copeland
Associate Professor of Art History
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
-
Coco Fusco
Artist & Writer
New York, NY
2012 USA Fellow
-
Clara Kim
Independent Curator
Los Angeles, LA
Writing
-
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
-
-
Architecture & Design
-
J. Yolande Daniels
Founding Design Principal
Studio SUMO
Long Island City, NY
-
Nastasha Jen
Partner
Pentagram
New York, NY
-
Grace La
Principal
LA DALLMAN Architects, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
-
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
-
Fabio J. Fernández
Exhibitions Director
The Society of Arts and Crafts
Boston, MA
-
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
-
-
Architecture & Design
-
Richard Massey
Designer
Miami, FL
-
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
-
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
-
-
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
-
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
-
-
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
-
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 Rolón
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
-
-
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
-
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
-
-
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
-
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
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Welz Kauffman
President & CEO
Ravinia Festival
Highland, IL
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Simeon Pillich
Adjunct Professor of Music
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
Theater & Performance
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Emilya Cachapero
Director of Artistic Programs
Theatre Communications Group
New York, NY
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Tom Jacobson
Playwright
Los Angeles, CA
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Ping Chong
Artistic Director
Ping Chong & Company
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow
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Susan Booth
Artistic Director
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta, GA
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Lane Czaplinski
Artistic Director
On the Boards
Seattle, WA
Visual Art
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Hugh M. Davies
Director
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
San Diego, CA
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Michael Joo
Multidisciplinary Artist
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow
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Tosha Grantham
Assistant Curator
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
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Russell Ferguson
Chair, Department of Art
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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Rina Carvajal
Adjunct Curator
Miami Art Museum
Miami, FL
Writing
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Marcos M. Villatoro
Novelist & Poet
Los Angeles, CA
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Eavan Boland
Professor, Humanities, & Director of Creative Writing
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
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Amy Hempel
Writer
New York, NY
2006 USA Fellow
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Nicolás Kanellos
Director, Arte Pùblico Press
University of Houston
Houston, TX
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Brighde Mullins
Director, MFA Writing Program
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
2010 USA Fellow
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Architecture & Design
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Ming Fung
Partner
Hodgetts + Fung
Los Angeles, CA
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Paola Antonelli
Acting Chief Curator of Architecture + Design
The Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
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Carlos Jimenez
Founder
Carlos Jimenez Studio
Houston, TX
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Ted Landsmark
President & CEO
Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA
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Elizabeth Smith
Chief Curator + Deputy Director of Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
Craft
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Theresa Harlan
Independent Curator & Writer
Vallejo, CA
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Josie S. Talamantez
Chief of Programs
California Arts Council
Sacramento, CA
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Tony Hepburn
Chair, Ceramics Department
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Betsy Peterson
Executive Director
Fund for Folk Culture
Austin, TX
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Marirose Morris
Arts Access Specialist
Wyoming Arts Council
Cheyenne, WY
Dance
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Neil Barclay
President & CEO
August Wilson Center
Pittsburgh, PA
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Bonnie Brooks
Chair, Dance Center
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Michael Kondziolka
Director of Programming
University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, MI
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Donald McKayle
Artistic Director, UCI Dance
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA
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Mark Murphy
Executive Director
REDCAT
Los Angeles, CA
Media
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Arthur Jafa
Cinematographer & Artist
New York, NY
2018 USA Fellow
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Elizabeth M. Daley
Dean, School of Cinematic Arts, USC
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
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John Diliberto
Senior Producer & Host
Echoes
Philadelphia, PA
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Joan Tewkesbury
Screenwriter, Director, & Producer
Santa Monica, CA
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Rick Tejada-Flores
Producer
Paradigm Productions
Berkeley, CA
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Elvis Mitchell
Film Critic
New York, NY
Music
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Brent Assink
Executive Director
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco, CA
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Juan Tejeda
Musician
San Antonio, TX
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Ed Barguiarena
Musician
Los Angeles, CA
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Chad Smith
Vice President of Artistic Planning
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles, CA
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Julia Wolfe
Artistic Director
Bang on a Can
Brooklyn, NY
Theater & Performance
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Philip Bither
Senior Curator, Performing Arts
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
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Emilya Cachapero
Director of Artistic Programs
Theatre Communications Group
New York, NY
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Marc Masterson
Artistic Director
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville, KY
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Wesley V. Montgomery
Managing Director
New WORLD Theater, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
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Josephine Ramirez
Vice President of Programming & Planning
Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Visual Art
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Jeffrey Grove
Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art
High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
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Barbara Kruger
Artist & Professor
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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Russell Ferguson
Deputy Director, Exhibitions & Programs Chief Curator
Hammer Museum
Los Angeles, CA
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Thelma Golden
Director & Chief Curator
Studio Museum in Harlem
Harlem, NY
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Paul Ha
Director
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Writing
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Reginald McKnight
English Professor
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
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Maile Meloy
Writer
Los Angeles, CA
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Lan Samantha Chang
Director
Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
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Eavan Boland
Professor in Humanities & Director of the Creative Writing Program
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
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Henri Cole
Poet
Boston, MA
2007 USA Fellow
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