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Pianist Danilo Perez is among this year’s winners of a United States Artists Fellowship. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Musicians Terence Blanchard, Amir ElSaffar, Danilo Perez, Wayne Shorter and Tyshawn Sorey are among 45 artists and collectives who will receive United States Artists Fellowships.
The grans span nine creative disciplines. The Architecture & Design category this year features two Chicago winners: the Norman Kelley firm and public artist Amanda Williams.
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Each will receive “unrestricted $50,000 cash awards,” according to an announcement from the Chicago-based organization. “The Fellowships honor their creative accomplishments and support their ongoing artistic and professional development, however the recipients choose to spend them.”
Howard Reich is a Tribune critic.
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