Thursday, November 13, 2008

A. Van Jordan Wins $50,000 USA Fellowship

UNITED STATES ARTISTS ANNOUNCES THIRD ANNUAL USA FELLOWSHIPS











CHICAGO, IL, November 10, 2008—United States Artists (USA), the national artists’ advocacy organization, today announced the recipients of fifty USA Fellowships for 2008 totaling $2.5 million. This marks the third consecutive year of the USA Fellows program, which provides direct support for artists by annually awarding fifty unrestricted grants of $50,000 to artists of all disciplines from across the country. The USA Fellows for 2008 hail from 21 states and range in age from 31 to 82; they were chosen by panels of experts in each field in recognition of the caliber and impact of their work. The artists will be honored tonight, November 10, in a celebration at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Chicago.

Read the entire release here: http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/documentFiles/25.pdf

Visit A. Van Jordan's USA Fellow's page here:
http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public2/USAFellows/2008Fellows/Alphabetically/AVanJordan/index.cfm

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