United States Artists (USA) believes in artists and their essential role in society. Each year, USA awards as many $50,000 unrestricted Fellowships as possible to the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, representing every demographic, and at every career stage. With this unrestricted award, recipients decide for themselves how to best use the money – whether it is creating new work, paying rent, reducing debt, getting healthcare, or supporting their families.

Photo courtesy of United States Artists. USA Fellow Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. (2015, Craft) demonstrates how his letterpress works at the 2018 Detroit Artist Crawl.