[New-Poetry] NEW ARTS ORGANIZATION TO AWARD

[JforJames at aol.com]

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NEW ARTS ORGANIZATION TO AWARD 
$50,000 INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIPS  


A new charitable arts organization called United States Artists (USA)  
announced last month that it will award annual grants of fifty thousand dollars  
each to fifty artists from around the country, including poets, fiction writers,  
and creative nonfiction writers. The USA Fellowships, which will also be 
offered  in the categories of architecture and design, dance, music, theater, and 
visual  arts, are given to encourage recipients “to test new ideas and 
applications in  their work” or to pursue their art full-time. The first winners—
chosen from a  group of more than three hundred artists at all stages of their 
careers,  nominated by a group of a hundred and fifty arts leaders—will be 
announced at a  ceremony in New York City on December 4.
 
The formation of USA, whose mission is “to nurture, support, and strengthen  
the work of America’s finest living artists,” was inspired by a 2003 Urban  
Institute study titled “Investing in Creativity: A Study of the Support  
Structures for U.S. Artists.” The founding donors, who contributed an initial  $20 
million in funding, include the Ford, Prudential, Rasmuson, and Rockefeller  
charitable foundations. Additional financial commitments from other individuals  
and organizations, such as Agnes Gund, Eli and Edythe Broad, the Todd Simon  
Foundation, and the Target chain of stores, will ensure that the fellowships  
will be awarded in future years.
 
For more information about USA, visit the Web site.
 
 
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