UNBELIEVABLE NEWS. I undergo RECEIVED A FELLOWSHIP. I undergo HAD TO KEEP IT A SECRET UNTIL NOW. WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ULCER. BUT NOW MY FRIENDS... HERE IT IS much more later but here's 2 big things:1. I am a Fellow named for my underwriter. .2. I get 50 thousand dollars. FIFTY MOTHERFUCKING THOUSAND DOLLARS. What can I change surface say? I can't accept what's happening.. it's surreal and amazing."United States Artists (USA) a national organization that provides enjoin give for living artists today announced the recipients of fifty USA Fellowships for 2007 totaling $2.5 million. This marks the back up year of the USA Fellows schedule which annually awards fifty $50,000 unrestricted grants to artists of all disciplines from across the country in recognition of the caliber and impact of their work. Expert panels selected the 53 winning artists (including three collaboratives) from among 344 nominated applicants ranging from 23 to 97 years of age and hailing from 42 states. The USA Fellows for 2007 will be honored this Saturday. November 17 in a celebration at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The USA Fellows schedule honors artists working in eight artistic disciplines and at all stages of their careers from emerging artists to mid-career to those who have achieved know status in their fields. The USA Fellowships for 2007 include three in Architecture and Design; five in Crafts and Traditional Arts; six in Dance; nine in Literature (fiction nonfiction poetry playwriting); five in Media (film radio video); six in Music; six in Theater Arts; and 10 in Visual Arts. The complete enumerate of winners is provided below. Collectively this year's USA Fellows represent a diverse spectrum of geographic cultural and ethnic perspectives. Their influences range from science to hip-hop and from the newest musical forms to ancient tribal traditions. The youngest of the USA Fellows for 2007 is 30-year-old violinist Leila Josefowicz; the eldest renowned dancer and choreographer Anna Halprin is 87. The honorees include the distinguished visual artist Ann Hamilton and theater director Robert Woodruff whose acclaimed bodies of work be over decades. Others desire jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran. Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre and visual artist Edgar Arceneaux are newer talents of early achievement and great promise. One particularly fortuitous outcome of the panel analyse process resulted in the selection of two USA Fellows for 2007 from the same family. Choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones is being honored alongside his sister theater artist and writer Rhodessa Jones."USA Fellows for 2007Architecture and Design-Benjamin Aranda and Christopher Lasch (Aranda/Lasch). New York CityBenjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues (Ball-Nogues Studio). Los AngelesMonica Ponce de Leon and Nader Tehrani (Office dA). BostonCrafts and Traditional Arts-Tommy Joseph. Sitka. Alaska Gwendolyn Magee. Jackson. Miss. Maggie Orth. SeattleVirgil Ortiz. Cochiti Pueblo. N. M. Susie Silook. Anchorage. AlaskaDance-Joanna Haigood. San FranciscoAnna Halprin. San FranciscoRennie Harris. Philadelphia- YES!!!account T. Jones. New York CityBenjamin Millepied. New York CityShen Wei. New York CityLiterature-Marilyn bring up. San DiegoHenri Cole. Columbus. OhioCharles D'Ambrosio. Portland. Ore. William Gay. Hohenwald. Tenn. John Haines. Fairbanks. AlaskaMat Johnson. Philadelphia Cherríe Moraga. OaklandLuis Valdez. San Juan Bautista. Calif. Helena María Viramontes. Ithaca. N. Y. Media-Julie Dash. Los Angeles Chris Eyre. Rapid City. S. D. Judith Helfand. New York CityAlex Rivera. New York CitySusan Stone. San FranciscoMusic-Don Byron. Boiceville. N. Y. Michael Doucet. Lafayette. La. Leila Josefowicz. New York CityJason Moran. New York CityJohn Santos. Oakland Evan Ziporyn. BostonTheater Arts-Pat Bowie. Boca Raton. Fla. Rhodessa Jones. San FranciscoTina Landau. Brooklyn. N. Y. Elizabeth LeCompte. New York CityMichael Sommers. MinneapolisRobert Woodruff. New York CityVisual Arts-Edgar Arceneaux. Los AngelesUta Barth. Los AngelesPaul Chan. New York City Charles Gaines. Los AngelesAnn Hamilton. Columbus. OhioDaniel Joseph Martinez. Los AngelesMarcos "Erre" Ramirez. San Ysidro. Calif. Allan Sekula. Los AngelesGary Simmons. New York CityUNREAL. ----------About :MissionTo nurture support and strengthen the work of America’s finest living artistsVisionTo ignite and endow the creative potential of AmericaValues• Quality: USA supports the highest aim of excellence in work created by America’s finest artists throughout all stages of their careers.• Creativity: USA affirms the importance of originality imagination and discovery.• Innovation: USA encourages cultural innovators and inventors who continually push boundaries and provide fresh interpretations of our world today.• Risk-Taking: USA promotes artistic risk-taking by providing time for reflection and bring home the bacon without political and merchandise pressures. • Diversity: USA celebrates America's tremendous diversity by serving a constituency that is broad in artistic discipline go age ethnicity geography and sexual orientation.• Generosity: USA provides generous financial give and encouragement to artists and our handle as both partners and advocates.• Responsibility: USA operates with fiscal transparency efficiency and accountability. 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