Congratulations to lecturer Jarah Moesch (STS) who has been named as a United States Artist Fellow in Media in the 2022 cohort of United States Artists (USA). The award honors their creative accomplishments and supports their ongoing artistic and professional development. With sixty-three artists across ten creative disciplines, the 2022 USA Fellows class is the largest in the organization’s sixteen-year history. USA Fellowships are awarded to artists at all stages of their careers and from all areas of the country through a rigorous nomination and panel selection process. Fellowships are given in the following disciplines: Architecture & Design, Craft, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Theater & Performance, Traditional Arts, Visual Art, and Writing.

Representing twenty-three states and Puerto Rico, the 2022 USA Fellows span various geographies and career stages, but all of the artists offer a bold vision. Social practice, education, and pedagogy are particularly important to this year’s group, appearing across almost every discipline. The makeup of this year’s class also represents a growing commitment to elevate and amplify underrepresented voices. For example, the 2022 cohort boasts the largest number of Native and Indigenous artists (20% of the awardee class) and disabled individuals (17% of the group) in the Fellowship’s history. What’s more, the Architecture & Design category includes mostly practitioners of color, and this year’s Film discipline is characterized by compelling stories about immigrant and post-immigrant experiences from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. Artists from New England, all of whom identify as BIPOC, represent 10% of the 2022 USA Fellowship pool.