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United States Artists is a national funding nonprofit in Chicago that believes in advancing the well-being of artists and cultural practitioners. Learn more about us at unitedstatesartists.org Artists. All ways. Always.

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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 13/04/2026
11 Questions for Mina Morita, Director and 2026 USA Fellow. The questions are the same each time; the answers are as unique as each 2026 USA Fellow. To hear from other artists, visit unitedstatesartists.org and sign up for our newsletter.
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11 Questions with 2026 USA Fellow Mina Morita — United States Artists
Meet the director.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 07/04/2026
11 Questions for Edra Soto, interdisciplinary artist and 2026 USA Fellow. The questions are the same each time; the answers are as unique as each 2026 USA Fellow. To hear from other artists, visit unitedstatesartists.org and sign up for our newsletter.
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11 Questions with 2026 USA Fellow Edra Soto — United States Artists
Meet the interdisciplinary artist
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 06/04/2026
Read our full conversation with Edra Soto, Interdisciplinary Artist and 2026 USA Fellow. Transplanting and sharing Puerto-Rican culture is a byproduct of Soto’s deep investigative, meditative, and engaged reflection on how cultural sensitivities can highlight context and amplify voices.
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Edra Soto: Vast Histories — United States Artists
Interdisciplinary Artist Edra Soto on reclaiming overlooked structures to foster representation.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 03/04/2026
11 Questions for Mame Diarra Spies-Biaye, Choreographer, Kinesthetic Storyteller, and 2026 USA Fellow. The questions are the same each time; the answers are as unique as each 2026 USA Fellow. To hear from other artists, visit unitedstatesartists.org and sign up for our newsletter.
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11 Questions with 2026 USA Fellow Mame Diarra Speis-Biaye — United States Artists
Meet the movement improviser, choreographer, and kinesthetic storyteller
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 02/04/2026
11 Questions for Jules Rosskam, nonfiction filmmaker and 2026 USA Fellow. The questions are the same each time; the answers are as unique as the artist we pose them to. To hear from other artists, visit unitedstatesartists.org and sign up for our newsletter.
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11 Questions with 2026 USA Fellow Jules Rosskam — United States Artists
Meet the nonfiction filmmaker
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 31/03/2026
11 Questions for Aristotle Jones, singer, songwriter, storyteller, and 2026 USA Fellow. The questions are the same each time; the answers are as unique as the artist we pose them to. To hear from other artists, visit unitedstatesartists.org and sign up for our newsletter.
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11 Questions with 2026 USA Fellow Aristotle Jones — United States Artists
Meet the singer, songwriter, and storyteller
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 26/02/2026
Mei Ann Teo is dedicated to work that centers marginalized people and challenges audiences. In our latest conversation, they discuss their origins in theater, encountering texts that open up something inside us, and strategies that make audiences active participants in the work.
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On Being Read for Filth: A Conversation with Mei Ann Teo — United States Artists
Mei Ann Teo on documentary theater and works that open us up.
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Ruby Rosenthal @rubyprosenthal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In my first for @chicagotribune.com, I interviewed Chicago-based artists Edra Soto, Ben LaMar Gay, and Sharon Udoh who are all recipients of $50,000 @unitedstatesartists.org fellowships! www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/u...
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3 Chicago artists are among the 2026 winners of $50,000 USA Fellowships
The Chicago-based philanthropic organization United States Artists has announced its latest fellowships, awarding $50,000 to 50 artists in 10 disciplines, including three artists local to Chicago.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 14/01/2026
⭐ Say hello to our 2026 USA Fellows ⭐ This year, we are thrilled to award a new cohort of USA Fellows, fifty exceptional artists and collectives across all disciplines, spanning nineteen US states and Washington, DC. To learn more about the USA Fellowship head to www.unitedstatesartists.org
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
As museum and cultural budgets shrink across the US, more artists are being asked to finance their own exhibitions, raising questions about access, equity and who can afford to show. www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/06/u...
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 04/09/2025
Theater artist Geoff Sobelle is a dedicated absurdist, drawn to illusion and the surreal. In the following conversation, Sobelle retraces his creative upbringing, describes new clown work underway, and explains the active role of the audience in his work.
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Playing Through the Absurd: A Conversation with Geoff Sobelle — United States Artists
Geoff Sobelle on his artistic upbringing and love of clowning as a form
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 09/06/2025
Congratulations to USA Fellow (2020) Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on their Tony win for PURPOSE (playing through August 30)! On the heels of your Pulitzer!! playbill.com/article/best...
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Best Play Tony Winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Says 'Now More Than Ever' Is the Time to Invest in Regional Theatre
Jenkins won the coveted statue for Purpose .
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 14/05/2025
We share news of the fifth cohort of Rainin Arts Fellows with tremendous pride and excitement. Please join us in applauding Vanessa Sanchez (Dance), Kyle Casey Chu (Film), Christy Chan (Public Space) and Brenda Wong Aoki (Theater). www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives...
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Announcing the 2025 Rainin Arts Fellows — United States Artists
Now in its fifth year, The Rainin Arts Fellowship awards four Bay Area artists with unrestricted grants
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 14/05/2025
We are so unbelievable proud of Susie Ibarra (Music, USA Fellow 2019) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Theater, USA Fellow 2020) for their well-deserved Pulitzer Prizes in recognition of their works "Sky Island" (Ibarra) and "Purpose" (Jacobs-Jenkins). wowowowow pulitzer.org/news/22865
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Kenneth Rainin Foundation @krfoundation.org · 23/04/2025
The Rainin Arts Fellowship, administered by @unitedstatesartists.org supports visionary Bay Area artists working in dance, film, public space and theater with unrestricted grants alongside tailored resources to sustain and strengthen their practices.
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The Rainin Arts Fellowship
The Rainin Arts Fellowship supports visionary Bay Area artists working across dance, film, public space and theater.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 17/04/2025
We're so proud to announce the inaugural Wagner Arts Fellowship with Wagner Foundation. This award recognizes mid-career visual artists in Boston. The awardees are L'Merchie Frazier, Daniela Rivera and Wen-ti Tsen. www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives...
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Announcing the 2025 Wagner Arts Fellows — United States Artists
Three Boston artists, L’Merchie Frazier, Daniela Rivera, and Wen-ti Tsen, to receive $75,000 as the first Wagner Arts Fellows
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 28/03/2025
USA Fellow Helado Negro (2019, Music) @heladonegro.bsky.social will be playing at Big Ears tomorrow night in Tennessee! Here's a recap of the preview for "Star Scores" (Roberto Carlos Lange x Kristi Sword) we hosted during Miami Art Week last winter. www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives...
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Miami Art Week Listening Party with Helado Negro — United States Artists
We believe in artists and their essential role in our society.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 26/03/2025
JOB ALERT: United States Artists is hiring for a Communications Assistant! Know someone or want to submit your resume? Follow the link here (click through to "Careers" for full job posting): www.unitedstatesartists.org/contact
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Reach Out — United States Artists
We believe in artists and their essential role in our society.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 26/03/2025
Meet the inaugural cohort of Wagner Fellows! As an Initiative partner, USA excited to share the announcement of L'Merchie Frazier, Daniela River and Wen-ti Tsen as 3 Boston-based artists who are being celebrated with this Award. www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives...
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 20/03/2025
Angel Bat Dawid (USA Fellow, Music 2025) is interviewed by Christine S. Escobar at @icareifyoulisten.bsky.social. They talk about Mozart, systemic injustice in the music scene, showing up for community and how much Chicago rules. 💜 icareifyoulisten.com/2025/03/for-...
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For Angel Bat Dawid, Music is Community, Protection, and Staying True to Herself
Christine S. Escobar sits down with Angel Bat Dawid who chats process, upcoming projects, and why she is part of a Great Black Music lineage.
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The Kresge Foundation @kresge.org · 20/03/2025
Thank you to our partners, the Gilbert Family Foundation and @unitedstatesartists.org, for the incredibly successful first year of the Seed and Bloom: Detroit initiative, supporting under-resourced artists in their neighborhoods. Learn more about the artists' impact and the program's future goals:
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Seed & Bloom Detroit: Nurturing Growth and Transformation in Detroit's Creative Ecosystem - Gilbert Family Foundation
One year after launching this innovative initiative, we reflect on the impact, lessons learned, and the path forward for Detroit’s BIPOC artists and their communities. When the Gilbert Family Foundati...
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 27/02/2025
“Poverty porn, historical traumas, and corny stories is what most audiences expect from a Native media. My goal is to shake off all those played out narratives and make a new cinematic mutant.” Blackhorse Lowe in conversation with Shivani Soumaya at USA. www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives...
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Blackhorse Lowe: Creating a New Cinematic Mutant — United States Artists
Blackhorse Lowe discusses psychedelic storytelling, Native filmmaking, and evolving styles
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 27/02/2025
Rea Tajiri (USA 2025 Fellow, Film), is tending to ghosts. We talk about identity, aesthetics, and the bardo. www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives...
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Rea Tajiri: Tending to Ghosts — United States Artists
Rea Tajiri on how ancestors and in-between spaces inspire her filmmaking practice
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 12/02/2025
We're so excited for Roberto Carlos Lange @heladonegro.bsky.social (USA Fellow 2019) & Kristi Sword's "Star Scores" opening @icaboston.bsky.social on Friday! USA got to preview this mesmerizing work during Miami Art Week and are still floating in its wonder. 🫧🫧🫧 www.icaboston.org/events/rober...
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Roberto Carlos Lange and Kristi Sword: Star Scores
Star Scores is both a performance and immersive sculptural installation by Roberto Carlos Lange (also known as Helado Negro) and visual artist Kristi Sword. The piece features a live ensemble performa...
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 06/02/2025
Liz Phillips is a 2025 USA Music Fellow, though it's safer to describer her as multi-disciplinary. We spoke with her about friendship, synthesis, electronics, the inexorable sounds of nature and aging with your medium. www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives...
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Liz Phillips: Closer to Synthesis — United States Artists
Liz Phillips on art, sound, music and life in synthesis with people and nature.
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Mara Mills @maramills.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Congrats to Finnegan Shannon, whose work was a touchstone for Crip Authorship: Disability as Method (edited with Rebecca Sanchez, avail. open access) nyupress.org/978147981936...
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Crip Authorship
2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice ReviewsAn expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writ...
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 30/01/2025
Meet our Architecture & Design Fellows of 2025! Borderless Studio Paola Aguirre Serrano (she/her), Dennis Milam (he/him) San Antonio, TX and Chicago, IL Finnegan Shannon (they/them) Brooklyn, NY Jerome W Haferd (he/him) Harlem, NY Leah Wulfman (they/them) Salt Lake City, UT
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 30/01/2025
💜🖤Meet the 2025 Fellows 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 30/01/2025
"The 2025 cohort is a diverse list, including four Native Hawaiian and 12 Indigenous artists and collectives. The group includes artists at various stages of their careers, from seasoned professionals over the ages of 50 to young emerging talents in their twenties." www.artsy.net/article/arts...
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Rashaad Newsome and Caroline Kent among 50 recipients of 2025 USA Fellowship.
The 2025 United States Artists (USA) Fellowship awards $50,000 of unrestricted funds to 50 artists from across 21 states.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 30/01/2025
Meet our visual arts fellows in this @artreview.bsky.social write up! artreview.com/united-state...
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Sonnenzimmer @sonnenzimmer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We got to add some Sonnenzimmer sprinkle (motion+sound) to some graphics for USA's 2025 Fellowship announcement. Learn about these artists! It will brighten your day and make your heart full. For more about the 2025 cohort go to www.unitedstatesartists.org or follow @unitedstatesartists.org
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naviyuk @naviyuk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🦭🦅🖤🫶🏽✨ with particular joy to share this honor with artists @itsgala.bsky.social and Bojan Louis whose work and friendship and vision have sustained me for many years!
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 30/01/2025
Say hello to our 2025 USA Fellows! www.unitedstatesartists.org
Collage of faces of the 2025 USA Fellows with logo and slogan--Aritsts. All ways. Always.--in the middle. Fellows are:
Angel Bat Dawid
Angie Cruz
Anjali Srinivasan
Anna Martine Whitehead
Aspen Golann
Aysha Upchurch
Bojan Louis
Borderless Studio
Caroline Kent
Cesar Viveros
Christopher Harris
Dalani Tanahy
David Harper Clemons
Deesha Philyaw
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Ephraim Asili
Finnegan Shannon
Gala Porras-Kim
Geoff Sobelle
Jerome W Haferd
Joan Naviyuk Kane
Jocelyne Prince
Kahlil Robert Irving
Karyn Olivier
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Leah Wulfman
Leilehua Lanzilotti
Liz Phillips
Makini
Matthew Salesses
Miya Masaoka
Myles de Bastion
Nami Yamamoto
Nichole Canuso
Raquel Gutiérrez
Rashaad Newsome
Rea Tajiri
Rhiana Yazzie
Rodrigo Reyes
Rudi Goblen
Sadie Barnette
Sarah Rosalena
Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Sherrill Roland
Tall Paul
Theresa Secord
Trajal Harrell
Tzu-Ju Chen
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 30/01/2025
In 2025, USA enters its 20th year of commitment to durable, sustainable support to artists and creative practitioners in All Stages, in All Ways, Always. 50 exceptional artists and collectives working in ten disciplines in twenty-one US states, spanning the most nascent to mature stages of careers.
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 29/01/2025
What a news week...We received a panicked call about USA Artists being eliminated in the federal funding freeze. Rest assured, while we have a most "government cheese" sounding name, that we are in fact an independent organization. Our hearts go out to everyone on this news cycle-roller coaster!
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 29/01/2025
We can't wait to publicly share our list of 2025 USA Fellows tomorrow morning (11am ET). Learn more about the fellowship: www.unitedstatesartists.org/programs/usa...
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USA Fellowship Awards — United States Artists
Each year, United States Artists honors artists and cultural practitioners at all career stages, in all disciplines, throughout all of the United States and its island jurisdictions.
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund is now taking applications. This fund aims to support artists and arts workers who were impacted by the devastating Los Angeles fires. Check eligibility requirements and apply now through February 18 at 5 pm PST at cciarts.org.
Photo of Downtown Los Angeles and text that reads "LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund"
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 22/01/2025
👏👏👏👏👏🥳
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United States Artists @unitedstatesartists.org · 22/01/2025
United States Artists will announce its 2025 class of fellows on January 30, representing artists working in Architecture & Design, Craft, Film, Traditional Arts, Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Art and Writing. Stay tuned, and to find out more, please visit us at unitedstatesartists.org
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