February 3, 2021 / 1:03pm / Jessica Hammie Cynthia Oliver, dancer, choreographer, scholar, and Professor and Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research in the Humanities, Arts, and Related Fields at the University of Illinois, has been named a 2021 United States Artists Fellow. This prestigious fellowship honors artists creative accomplishments and supports their ongoing artistic and professional development. Oliver s 2018 project,
Virago-Man Dem, was nominated for a number of Bessie awards; you can read our interview with her here. You can learn more about her dance and choreography projects on her website.
United States Artists Announces 2021 USA Fellows In largest fellowship to date, Sixty artists working across ten disciplines receive unrestricted $50,000 fellowships.