United States Artists Awards $50K Grants to 50 Fellows

United States Artists Awards $50K Grants to 50 Fellows

United States Artists (USA), a Chicago-based nonprofit, has named 50 artists across disciplines to receive its annual $50,000 unrestricted financial award.After a year-long selection process, which includes nominations, the organization awarded USA Fellowships to artists across the country in 10 discipline categories: visual art, architecture and design, craft, writing, dance, film, music, theater and performance, and traditional arts and media.…

United States Artists Announces 2026 Recipients of $50,000 Fellowships

Chicago-based nonprofit United States Artists on January 14 announced the fifty recipients of its 2026 fellowships. Each will receive an unrestricted cash award of $50,000 as well as access to professional development resources. The honorees, who represent nineteen states and Washington, DC, work across nine disciplines: architecture and design, craft, dance, media, music, theater and performance, traditional arts, […]

United States Artists Names 2026 Fellows, Including Mendi + Keith Obadike, Edra Soto, and Johanna Hedva

The Chicago-based nonprofit United States Artists has named the 50 artists who will receive its annual USA Fellowship and the recipient of its Berresford Prize, both of which come with an unrestricted grant of $50,000. This year marks the 20th anniversary of United States Artists, which was founded in 2006 and is one of a handful of US-based organizations that provides direct support to artists. “For two decades, United States Artists has ad…

United States Artists announces recipients of 2026 fellowship

Clockwise from top left: Macon Reed. Photo: Meg Turner; Maia Chao. Photo Zoë Chao; Mercedes Dorame. Photo: Cassia Davis. Courtesy J Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles; Eric-Paul Riege. Courtesy the artist; Edra Soto. Courtesy John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan; Raheleh Filsoofi. Photo: Reza Filsoofi United States Artists (USA), the Chicago-based arts funding organisation, has announced the 50 artists that will receive their annual fellowship.…

Broadway’s Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew and Ty Defoe named 2026 United States Artists Fellows

On Jan. 14, United States Artists (USA) named its 2026 class of USA Fellows. Broadway lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew and Broadway performer and choreographer Ty Defoe are among them.Of note: The organization, which names 50 fellows each year, also awarded fellowships to New York-based director Mei Ann Teo, Hawaiian director Mina Morita and Los Angeles scenic designer Tanya Orellana.Most recently Yew’s work was seen on Broadway in “Left on…

United States Artists reveals its fellows for 2026

Each of 50 recipients—including visual artists, dancers, writers and filmmakers—will receive an unrestricted grant of $50,000