USA Fellowship Awards
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.
Overview
The USA Fellowship awards artists and collaboratives across the following disciplines: Architecture & Design, Craft, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Theater & Performance, Traditional Arts, Visual Art, and Writing. In addition to $50,000 in unrestricted funding, USA provides access to tailored services such as financial planning, career consulting, legal advice, and personal care.
Christie Street African Burial Ground. Submission by Ifeoma Ebo for the Christie Street African Burial Ground Memorial call for Artists by FABNYC.
Image courtesy of the artist
Nomination and Selection
A diverse and rotating group of arts professionals, including creative practitioners, anonymously nominate artists and collaboratives to apply each year. Our network of nominators identifies artists who demonstrate artistic integrity and make significant contributions to our ecosystem. Ten panels review applications and identify finalists, which are then approved by our Board of Trustees.
“Artists fiercely imagine our communities into the future. Supporting artists means supporting the vision and possibility of more joyous, fertile, and healthier futures.”
Fronterizx Collective
Interdisciplinary Social Practice
2024 USA Fellow
Support & Services
The USA Fellowship is a multifaceted support system that centers the needs of artists and builds community.
Flexible Financial Awards
USA’s unrestricted grants allow for awardees to have more agency in how they allocate their funds.
Tailored Services
Fellows additionally have access to a range of Artist Services such as career consulting, certified accounting services, and legal advice to support them in their practice and their daily lives.
Creating Connections
USA hosts events and gatherings for Fellows to meet each other and connect with arts funders and leaders.
Amplifying Voices
USA publishes original writing, music and art by Fellows and non-Fellows alike, to give voice to an increasingly connected and changing ecosystem of creative thinkers.
Image Gallery
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Search Party by Erin Kilmurray, 2019. 60 minutes. ArtTheater dB Kobe / NPO Dance Box, Japan.
Video courtesy of the artist.
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Installation view of ypoqǝɯos exhibition by Linda Nguyen Lopez, 2022. David B. Smith Gallery.
Photo courtesy of David B. Smith Gallery.
Impact
Our funders understand the value of supporting artists unconditionally. We believe that by investing in artists, we invest in the cultural and social fabric of our world, ensuring that artists’ voices continue to enrich our lives and broaden our horizons.