The United States Artists, a Chicago-based arts nonprofit, has named four Philadelphia artists as recipients of its prestigious fellowship award, granting them each an unrestricted sum of $50,000. The fellows include two Temple University professors — sculptor Karyn Olivier and filmmaker Rea Tajiri; choreographer Nichole Canuso; and veteran muralist and sculptor Cesar Viveros.
This year, the award recognizes sculptor Karyn Olivier, filmmaker Rea Tajiri, choreographer Nichole Canuso, and muralist/sculptor Cesar Viveros. They each win $50,000.
Karyn Olivier, Cesar Viveros, Nichole Canuso and Rea Tajiri are four artists named in the 2025 cohort of United States Artists Fellows. Photo of Olivier by Ryan Collerd and photo of Viveros by Manuel Vasquez.Today the United States Artists, a Chicago-based arts nonprofit, named four Philadelphia artists as recipients of its prestigious fellowship award, granting them each an unrestricted sum of $50,000.
The annual fellowship recognizes 50 artists across the United States and Puerto Rico for “their groundbreaking artistic visions, unique perspectives within their fields and evident potential for the award to make a significant impact in their practices and lives,” the organization said in a statement.This year’s cohort features creatives across 10 disciplines from 21 states. With four artists highlighted this year, Philadelphia is particularly well-represented.
We asked the four new fellows to tell us about the projects they’re developing with this new funding, and what Philadelphia means to them.Although I made public art before moving here 13 years ago, it has become a bigger part of my practice. That’s definitely a result of living in a city with such rich, layered history.
For the upcoming year, I plan to bring more of this work into public spaces, inviting larger audiences to reflect on the surrealism in our lives. I’ll continue introducing new projects likePhiladelphia has such a rich physical landscape. First, we’re on the territory of the Lenapehoking, then there are the confluences of several creeks and rivers of the Wissahickon, the Schuylkill, the Delaware, Cobbs Creek which gives it a strong energy.
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