News of Art
New developments with United States Artists fellowships; ArtBeat; Santa Fe Opera; and Santa Fe Symphony
On Nov. 16, United States Artists, now in its 10th year, announced its fellowship winners for 2016. The list includes Santa Fe’s own Teri Greeves, a Kiowa artist known for the Pop-art aesthetic she brings to traditional Kiowa beadwork. She received the award in the traditional arts category. Albuquerque-based artist and composer Raven Chacon, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who is a member of the indigenous art collective Postcommodity, was honored with an award in the category of music. Greeves and Chacon each received USA Distinguished Fellow awards. They join filmmaker and author Miranda July, architect Janet Echelman, and others in receiving the fellowships. Forty-five fellows in total have been named for the 2016 award year, selected from a list of 400 and nominated by members of their communities. The $50,000 unrestricted fellowships are designed to aid artists at various stages of their careers. Past recipients include novelist Annie Proulx and African American artist Kara Walker. United States Artists was created in 2006 with seed funding from the Ford, Rockefeller, Rasmuson, and Prudential foundations to address a lack of unrestricted funding available to artists. The annual fellowships go to innovative artists working the visual and performing arts, architecture, crafts, dance, literature, media, music, and design. — Michael Abatemarco