{"id":6528,"date":"2021-02-03T14:34:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/united-states-artists-announces-2021-usa-fellowships\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:34:25","slug":"united-states-artists-announces-2021-usa-fellowships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/united-states-artists-announces-2021-usa-fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Artists announces 2021 USA Fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States Artists (USA) Fellowships are among the most prestigious art awards in the US that for 15 years have honoured and supported artists across a number of disciplines. Every year, creatives are recognised for their accomplishments and awarded a $50,000 unrestricted prize to be used however the recipient sees fit.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the 2021 cohort of USA Fellows were announced. Those selected for the fellowship hail from all corners of the US and represent 10 disciplines: Architecture &amp; Design, Craft, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Theater &amp; Performance, Traditional Arts, Visual Art, and Writing. USA Fellows are each at different points in their career.<\/p>\n<p>Unrestricted grants allow recipients the unique opportunity to use their awards in whatever way best suits their work, whether it be to fund an upcoming project, pay their rent, or support their families. Off the back of 2020, a year that proved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-critique.com\/en\/2020\/04\/artist-relief-survey-finds-unemployment-among-artists-to-be-more-than-60-percent\/\" target=\"_blank\">strenuous<\/a> for people all over the world, such direct support is more important than ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for every artist whose artmaking, music, writing, and more is helping us to navigate and cope through this harrowing time in our country,\u201d United States Artists President and CEO Deana Haggag said in a press release. \u201cThe 2021 USA Fellows are a testament to the power of art in shaping the world around us and navigating its complexities. Artists do so much for our communities, and we are grateful to be able to support these sixty incredible practitioners and welcome them into the United States Artists fellowship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Support like that provided by United States Artists is critical to creatives as 2020 USA Writing Fellow Edwidge Danticat pointed out in the announcement of this year\u2019s fellows. \u201cNow more than ever,\u201d said Danticat, \u201cartists need this kind of support, not just for continuity, but for safety and survival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6><strong>The 2021 USA Fellows are:<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>Architecture &amp; Design<\/h6>\n<p>Jennifer Bonner \/ MALL<br \/>\nWalter Hood<br \/>\nOlalekan Jeyifous<\/p>\n<h6>Craft<\/h6>\n<p>Diedrick Brackens<br \/>\nBisa Butler<br \/>\nAmber Cowan<br \/>\nSalvador Jim\u00e9nez-Flores<br \/>\nCannupa Hanska Luger<br \/>\nTiff Massey<br \/>\nErin M. Riley<\/p>\n<h6>Dance<\/h6>\n<p>Ishmael Houston-Jones<br \/>\nJanpiStar<br \/>\nEmily Johnson<br \/>\nCynthia Oliver<br \/>\nNi\u2019Ja Whitson<\/p>\n<h6>Film<\/h6>\n<p>Faren Humes<br \/>\nMacha Col\u00f3n<br \/>\nStephen Maing<br \/>\nDarius Clark Monroe<br \/>\nNaima Ramos-Chapman<br \/>\nJennifer Reeder<\/p>\n<h6>Media<\/h6>\n<p>Morehshin Allahyari<br \/>\nStephanie Dinkins<br \/>\nLauren Lee McCarthy<br \/>\nMother Cyborg<\/p>\n<h6>Music<\/h6>\n<p>Martha Gonzalez<br \/>\nEdward \u201cKidd\u201d Jordan<br \/>\nTomeka Reid<br \/>\nWadada Leo Smith<br \/>\nMazz Swift<\/p>\n<h6>Theater &amp; Performance<\/h6>\n<p>Jibz Cameron<br \/>\nCarmelita Tropicana<br \/>\nChristopher Chen<br \/>\nSandra Delgado<br \/>\nIdris Goodwin<br \/>\nMia Katigbak<br \/>\nKaren Zacar\u00edas<\/p>\n<h6>Traditional Arts<\/h6>\n<p>Ofelia Esparza<br \/>\nNathan P. Jackson<br \/>\nBasil Kincaid<br \/>\nKawika Lum-Nelmida<br \/>\nCarolyn L. Mazloomi<br \/>\nGeo Soctomah Neptune<br \/>\nDelina White<\/p>\n<h6>Visual Art<\/h6>\n<p>Njideka Akunyili Crosby<br \/>\nLex Brown<br \/>\nrafa esparza<br \/>\nMaria Gaspar<br \/>\nSharon Hayes<br \/>\nCarolyn Lazard<br \/>\nDaniel Lind-Ramos<br \/>\nAki Sasamoto<\/p>\n<h6>Writing<\/h6>\n<p>Alexander Chee<br \/>\nEve L. Ewing<br \/>\nHonor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers<br \/>\nDunya Mikhail<br \/>\nElizabeth McCracken<br \/>\nNatalie Y. Moore<br \/>\nDanez Smith<br \/>\nOcean Vuong<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United States Artists, a Chicago based organization, was founded in 2006 in response to significant cuts to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-critique.com\/en\/2020\/01\/nea-receives-162-million-in-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Endowment for the Arts<\/a>. The USA Fellows programme is at the forefront of the organisation\u2019s outreach, which has honoured creatives like painter and visual artist Howardena Pindell (2020 USA Fellow), dancer and choreographer Alice Sheppard (2019), fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte (2009), and poet Claudia Rankine (2016). In response to the pandemic, United States Artists became a founding partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-critique.com\/en\/2020\/04\/artist-relief-to-give-10-million-in-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\">Artist Relief<\/a>, which oversaw the distribution of $20 million, directly supporting nearly 4,000 artists in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Artists (USA) Fellowships are among the most prestigious art awards in the US that for 15 years have honoured and supported artists across a number of disciplines. 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