Hailing from the "Birthplace of Jazz" New Orleans, Vandell Andrew is a part of the new generation of the jazz genre. With two commercially released albums, 8 Billboard Top 25 singles, a #1 Ranking on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Chart and a 2014 Soul Train Award Nomination for "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance", Vandell is no stranger to success in the music industry.

"Turn It Up" (2014), which featured the Soul Train Award Nominated, Billboard #1 Smash Hit "Let's Ride" was Vandell's introduction to the world as a world-class artist and musician. Since the release of "Turn It Up" Vandell has been afforded the opportunity to play venues and festivals around the world, such as the Catalina Island Jazz Trax Festival and the Legendary Ronnie Scott's in London,UK.

 

Vandell has been honored to open for and share the stage with Kirk Whalum, Paul Brown, Peter White, Rick Braun, Bobby Lyle, Marion Meadows and many others...

Vandell Andrew grew up in New Orleans, spending years of his childhood in the shadow of Louis Armstrong, soaking up the vibe of the French Quarter’s great brass bands. Jazz was in the blood, but his soul was also filled with magic from his flute playing mom’s R&B collection (Anita Baker, Chaka Khan, etc.), hip-hop and Erykah Badu. Encouraging Vandell’s musical ambitions, his dad gave him John Coltrane and Charlie Parker CDs and told him for every song he learned, he would give him $100. With that money adding up, Vandell bought an audio interface, recorded his first CD and through determination and sheer hard work has emerged as one of the great independent contemporary jazz success stories of the decade....

Even though dreams of playing basketball filled his head as a kid, Vandell’s destiny seemed set once his mom enrolled him at a summer music camp at NOLA’s renowned St Marks Treme church – which the saxophonist says is where “Louis is from and Trombone Shorty grew up.” Vandell started on trumpet but switched to sax when his teacher told him his lips were better suited to it. “I was just excited to switch from three valves to all those cool buttons,” he says. Attending the exclusive private all-black boys school St. Augustine High School on scholarship, he joined what was one of the most historic school marching bands in New Orleans history. During his time there, the band practiced year-round and performed all around the country at prestigious events, including the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

After studying sax with famed instructor Edward “Kid” Jordan at the Southern University of New Orleans for a year, Vandell was contemplating his next educational move – including possibly attending Berklee School of Music – when Hurricane Katrina hit and his family evacuated to Dallas. Settling there, he instead attended community college and began participating in jam sessions, gigging at local jazz clubs, and networking heavily. He soon realized that he wanted a career where he called the shots, rather than waiting for the phone to ring. Inspired by well-known New Orleans rapper Master P, who launched his international career completely DIY, Vandell realized that the best way to achieve his goals was composing and recording his own music and selling CDs himself. He credits Whalum and the late great Grover Washington, Jr. as major influences on his developing sax style...

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FORT WORTH, TX (4/15/21) - Jazz isn't exactly the first genre of music folks think of when the Fort Worth Stockyards comes to mind, but that's not stopping one of the city's most anticipated new venues from bringing some of New Orleans' best performers to the historic district.

Music festival production company Funkytown Agency is partnering with the Downtown Cowtown at the Isis Theater to present the Roots of Music Concert Series — two nights of performances by jazz artists out of New Orleans, set to take place May 7 – 8. This will be one of the first events celebrating the opening of the Stockyards music venue, which has not yet announced an official grand opening date. 

FunkyTown Agency is led by Adonis Rose, an internationally known jazz musician who also serves as artistic director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. Adonis will host the series, performing alongside musicians like Bo Dollis Jr. and The Wild Magnolias, Erica Falls, and James Andrews. Fort Worth's Big Easy Brass Band will also make an appearance as the opening act. 

“The city of Fort Worth boasts a diverse music scene that has grown exponentially over the last decade," Rose said in a statement. "The opening of the Isis Theater will provide a world-class performance space for local and international artists and creates opportunities to expose and celebrate Black music through the Roots of Music Concert Series, at the same time making a connection to New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz and my hometown.”

The grand opening of the Isis Theater has been pushed a few times due to circumstances like COVID-19 and February's snowstorms. Originally built in 1914, the 500-seat venue is wrapping up renovations and has a few events listed on its website, including some big names like Sundance Head and Curtis Grimes.

BATON ROUGE (4/14/21) - Stephanie Jordan, whom critics have placed in the company of Diana Krall and Dianne Reeves, began to receive noted prominence following the national televised Jazz at Lincoln Center Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert for victims of Hurricane Katrina. “On that memorable night; none sang with greater authority or emotional resonance than Stephanie Jordan, who enthralled the packed house and a national PBS NPR audience of millions with an ascendant reading of “Here’s To Life.” Bill Milkowski of JazzTimes Magazine writes “Stephanie Jordan, a standout here, was the real discovery of the evening. Her haunting rendition of this bittersweet ode associated with Shirley Horn was delivered with uncanny poise and a depth of understated soul that mesmerized the crowd and registered to the back rows. Singing with a clarity of diction that recalled Nat “King” Cole . . .”

Stephanie has shared billings with Norman Connors, NaJee, Roy Ayres, Wes Anderson, and Howard Hewitt and has been featured with the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra during Jazzmobile’s “Great Jazz on the Great Hill” in Central Park, the Lionel Hampton Big Band Official Centennial Birthday Celebration and others.

In addition to these accolades, Jordan was awarded 1st prize in the “Billie Holliday Competition” in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1995 Stephanie Jordan performed the title soundtrack “Season's Start” in the Tribecca Film release of Café Society staring Lara Flynn Boyle and Peter Gallagher.

Jordan is the fifth performer to emerge from a family of New Orleans bred musicians. As the daughter of saxophonist Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Stephanie's musical roots run deep. Siblings include flutist Kent Jordan, trumpeter Marlon Jordan, and violinist Rachel Jordan.

By Max E. Rumbaugh Jr.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - From the start of the show until the last notes were heard, the Scottsdale audience knew they were being entertained by one of the best of New Orleans. Prior to the pandemic shut down, Nayo and her band were regulars at some of the best jazz venues and festivals in New Orleans, the city known for great jazz. In Scottsdale, Nayo was scheduled to perform for one and a half hours but kept the audience in rapture for two and a quarter hours.

William “Doc” Jones, her father and Executive Director of International Jazz Day AZ Foundation, produced the program. When Doc Jones joined Nayo on stage for one number, all musical mayhem broke out on stage. The audience was cheering, applauding, and tapping their feet as Doc and Nayo took them on a musical journey into Latin America as well as salsa dancing.

Periodically during the evening’s music, Nayo would pause and express her and the band’s appreciation for their enthusiastic applause and cheers. She shared with everyone how a receptive live audience enhances an entertainer’s performance. Playing music online, in a sound studio, or virtually is not nearly as invigorating to the musicians as doing so in person.

New Orleans, like Scottsdale, had curtailed live performances for twelve months. This was the first live booking for the Nayo Experience band since the beginning of the pandemic.

This Scottsdale musical event not only re-initiated live performances at the Scottsdale Civic Center Park, but it also began the re-employment of musicians. Musicians have suffered a nearly complete loss of income as live entertainment shut down during the pandemic.

The evening was a sell-out by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. It was co-sponsored by the City of Scottsdale. To ensure the safety of everyone, the lawn was divided into marked-off Pods. Each pod was ten feet apart from the nearest Pod. Seating in the Pods was limited to no more than four people who attended together.

This Scottsdale jazz event also kicked off Jazz Appreciation Month. International Jazz Day and month are international events, initiated by Smithsonian, UNESCO (The United Nations

Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) and world-renown jazz musician, Herbie Hancock.

The month of April is dedicated to preserving jazz, a uniquely American music form. Jazz festivals will be conducted all over the world this month to audiences who wish to discover jazz as well as for those who wish to become reacquainted with jazz.

Scottsdale area residents and visitors will be able to conclude the month-long celebration by attending the Scottsdale Jazz Festival and fundraiser. It will occur on Friday evening, April 30 between 6:00 – 10:00 pm at the Valley Ho Hotel. It will be an outdoor event that includes dinner and much more.

Tickets are now on sale at eventbrite.com or jazzdayaz.com

This concert will spotlight one of the greatest guitarists of the last few decades Mark Whitfield, The Jesse McGuire Trio, Neamen Lyles, and Nayo Jones who will be in the city for a second appearance this month for those who missed her.

Jesse McGuire is an Internationally known Phoenix trumpeter, having played the National Anthem for three presidents, the Dayton 500, the 7th game of the World Series 2001, and other major sporting events. Mark Whitfield is an internationally acclaimed jazz and soul guitarist. Neamen Lyle is a young saxophonist who has already made his mark nationally through his albums, videos, and radio performances. From New Orleans will be Nayo Experience featuring Nayo Jones who has toured the world with the likes of Kermit Ruffins and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.

Molina Fine Jewelers, Crescent Crown Distributing, Republic National Distributing Company/Young’s Market Company, and the International Jazz Day AZ Foundation in cooperation with Hotel Valley Ho are presenting the 10th Annual International Jazz Day Festival.

For more information and tickets go to JazzDayAZ.com or eventbrite.com

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3/20/21) - Jazz can bring people together from all walks of life, and the spread of Jazz throughout the United States has taught countless individuals lessons of peace, freedom, and solidarity through music. This is exactly what Doc Jones and Alfredo Molina have also aimed to achieve, with their collaborative efforts to unite the state of Arizona through the International Jazz Day festival.

Doc and Alfredo ( better known as Al) have crossed path a few times, as both are well known in Arizona, and would often run into each other at special events. However, their busy schedules made it near impossible to stay in touch, as both were busy with their endeavors. However, Doc never gave up, and after a short period of time, he happened to pass by the Molina Fine Jewelers in Phoenix when he noticed Al’s Vintage 1959 Empress Bentley parked outside.

Mr. Molina owns one of the most respected jewelers in the country, coming from a long line of jewelers that can be traced back to the 1600s. The Molina family settled in Cuba generations ago, but with the rise of Fidel Castro in the early 1900s they knew they would not be able to maintain their successful and prosperous business under the communist regime, so left for the United States when Alfredo was just a boy.

The family arrived in Chicago in 1967 with nothing but the clothes on their backs, but Alfredo was determined to continue his family’s legacy, ultimately opening Molina Fine Jewelers in 1987, just nine days before the 1987 stock market crash and with just $1500 in the bank. Despite this, Molina Fine Jewelers flourished, generating unprecedented success and becoming one of the nations most prestigious jewelers.

Over the years, the Molina family has continued to grow their business, and with their profits, they have supported nearly 300 different charitable organizations across the United States. However, the businesses success also meant that the Molina Fine Jewelers was one of the most exclusive jewelers in the country, and the building is only accessible by appointment.

However, this did not stop Doc Jones, and he decided to try his luck and request an audience with Mr. Molina anyway. To his surprise, the security guards let Doc right through, and that’s when Doc and Mr. Molina managed to finally share their stories and business ventures.

Like the Molina family, Doc Jones moved to Arizona in the late 1980s also from from Chicago to pursue his passion. Doc has been able to make a living from his devotion to Jazz music, and entrepreneurship since he first moved to Arizona, and nowadays he is working tirelessly to unite the state of Arizona around UNESCO and Herbie Hancock International Jazz Day, as the Director of International Jazz Day AZ Foundation.

Doc and Al bonded over their shared commitment to giving back to the community. Molina’s fine jewelers have donated more than $30 million in the past 24 years, and Doc Jones has dedicated his life to music and education. Doc have taught more than 10,000 youth at risk at no charge in the last two decades. After that fateful conversation, Doc and Mr. Molina decided to combine their resources and passion to give back to the community by bringing attention to the importance of arts in education and affordable housing for creative artists.

This dynamic duo is coming together to produce a signature Jazz Festival for Scottsdale, Arizona. The festival will catapult Arizona into the global limelight, and celebrate the genre of Jazz, and learn about its musical roots.

International Jazz Day has been an annual event celebrated on April 30th, ever since it was declared by UNESCO in 2011. For the past decade, International Jazz Day has been dedicated to celebrating uniting people through music, and the event has successfully commemorated the sweeping impact Jazz has had upon the world. Jazz is an art form that bonds individuals, regardless of race, gender, or creed, and last year over 196 countries hosted some kind of Jazz Day event.

Doc and Al have been working tirelessly to bring this celebration to Scottsdale Arizona, and hope that the festival will become a major tourist attraction within 5 years time. The two have appealed to other major company owners within Arizona and New Orleans and grabbed the attention of a few owners who understand the value that a Jazz festival will bring to the city.

With their partnership, Doc Jones and Alfred Molina are hoping to make the International Jazz Day Festival one of the largest jazz festivals in the South West. With the help and support of other Jazz enthusiasts within the country, the festival is guaranteed to be a resounding success.

The past year has seen a lot of upset and unrest throughout America, and, although the Jazz Day AZ Festival was forced to be postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Doc and Al and a group of partners have decided to produce a series of smaller concerts this year, and move the major Scottsdale Jazz Festival to April 2022.

The International Jazz Day AZ Foundation is an Arizona-based 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the virtues of jazz in education, economic development, and cultural enrichment.

FEB 18, 2021 - Mallet master and composer Joe Chambers found his footing in 1963, when he moved to New York and built a reputation as a first-call drummer for Blue Note’s stable of stars, among them Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter and Bobby Hutcherson.

“I didn’t really learn how to play until I came to New York,” Chambers, 78, said over Zoom during December from his home in Wilmington, North Carolina. “I learned what swing was all about, what drive was all about.”

It was ironic that, in March, just as he had returned to the Big Apple to record his first Blue Note album in 22 years, the pandemic hit the city and he had to head back to the seemingly safer confines of his Wilmington home.

“New York got ridiculous with the virus,” he explained. “I said, ‘Later for that.’”

But all was not lost. Determined to deliver his album, he replaced New York pianist Rick Germanson and bassist Ira Coleman—both of whom appeared on his previous album, 2016’s Landscapes (Savant)—with, respectively, North Carolina-based Brad Merritt and Steve Haines. In April, Haines said, he and Merritt received notes on the music from Chambers. In June, fully masked and socially distanced, they laid down tracks in a North Carolina studio. The album, Samba De Maracatu, is set to be released Feb. 26.

“Because of the virus everything was sort of thrown together,” Haines lamented, even as he praised Chambers’ ability to draw on his experience and fashion a satisfying outcome. “The thing about Joe is, he’s got a tremendous width and depth of knowledge of music.”

That knowledge is reflected throughout the nine-track collection as Chambers—his vibraphone and percussion, layered over previously recorded piano, bass and drums—recalls key collaborations. The disc revisits “Visions,” from Hutcherson’s album Spiral. On the new recording, Chambers, behind the vibes, reveals a rich tone and modernist sensibility that echo without imitating his former boss.

“Bobby always had his own sound on the instrument, more than Milt [Jackson] or Lionel Hampton, from the old school,” he said.

Chambers took up the vibraphone in 1970, when Max Roach asked him to join his new percussion ensemble M’Boom. Under Roach’s guidance, Chambers and the group’s other members gathered at Warren Smith’s studio on West 21st Street in Manhattan for a year of Saturdays to become proficient on a range of percussion instruments. Chambers, whose first instrument was piano, took to the vibes immediately. “It was just a matter of getting the sticking,” he said.

On Samba De Maracatu, that labor is still bearing fruit on a Chambers contribution to M’Boom’s book, “Circles.” The tune appeared on M’Boom’s 1984 album Collage, and Chambers’ new treatment parallels the format of the earlier version, employing a Bahian rhythm with mixed meters, modal harmony and a sonorous improvisation in which the overdubbed vibraphone and piano play “together.”

If the new album has an outlier it is “New York State Of Mind Rain.” The tune brings to the fore a fragment of Chambers’ “Mind Rain” that rapper Nas sampled for his 1994 hit, “N.Y. State Of Mind.” The tune first was heard as a mindbending keyboard duet with organist Larry Young on 1977’s Double Exposure. The new album’s spin-off, a belated response to Nas, incorporates a rap that was smartly penned by his son, Fenton Chambers, and slickly executed by MC Parrain.

A stylistic counterweight to that track is singer Stephanie Jordan’s (left) dreamy take on “Never Let Me Go.” Floating over Chambers’ subtle bolero, Jordan’s voice projects the kind of captivating appeal that could land her a spot in a future large-scale recording project of Chambers’—pending, he said, the easing of public-health concerns.

“If we get past this,” he said of the pandemic, “I do want to do an orchestral record, with percussion and singer and everything.” DB

On February 26, the venerated multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe Chambers will release Samba de Maracatu, a notable Blue Note Records return for a significant figure in the label’s history. The album’s Brazilian flavored title track “Samba de Maracatu,” which is available today to stream or download, was composed by Chambers and features him performing drums, vibraphone, and percussion with Brad Merritt on keyboards and Steve Haines on bass. The album is a nine-song set of original compositions, standards, and pieces by Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, and Horace Silver.

In the mid-to-late 1960s, Chambers played drums for numerous Blue Note luminaries appearing on some of the decade’s most progressive albums including Shorter’s Adam’s Apple and Etcetera, Hutcherson’s Components and Happenings, Freddie Hubbard’s Breaking Point, Joe Henderson’s Mode for Joe, Sam Rivers’ Contours, Andrew Hill’s Andrew!!!, Donald Byrd’s Fancy Free, and many more.

The label’s owners – Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff – offered Chambers a chance to record his own album for the imprint during that fertile period, but he was riding so high on recording and touring with so many jazz greats that he declined the opportunity. Chambers eventually did release his own Blue Note debut Mirrors in 1998 featuring trumpeter Eddie Henderson, saxophonist Vincent Herring, pianist Mulgrew Miller, and bassist Ira Coleman.

On Samba de Maracatu, Chambers asserts himself more as a mallet player, particularly on the vibraphone. Throughout the album, he uses the vibraphone as the lead melodic and improvisational voice that often converses with Merritt’s piano accompaniments and solos. While Samba de Maracatuisn’t a Brazilian jazz album in this strictest sense, Chambers utilizes various rhythms and indigenous Brazilian percussion instruments on several pieces, including the title track, which references the syncretic Afro-Brazil rhythms that were originated in the north-east region of Brazil.

The track listing for Samba de Maracatu is as follows:

1. You and the Night and the Music (Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz)

2. Circles (Joe Chambers)

3. Samba de Maracatu (Joe Chambers)

4. Visions (Bobby Hutcherson)

5. Never Let Me Go featuring Stephanie Jordan (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans)

6. Sabah el Nur (Karl Ratzer)

7. Ecaroh (Horace Silver)

8. New York State of Mind Rain featuring MC Parrain (Joe Chambers/Fenton Chambers)

9. Rio (Wayne Shorter)

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CHICAGO —February 3, 2021—United States Artists (USA) is pleased to announce its 2021 USA Fellows. This year, New Orleans' Edward "Kidd" Jordan and a total of sixty artists across ten creative disciplines will receive unrestricted $50,000 cash awards. The award honors their creative accomplishments and supports their ongoing artistic and professional development. The 2021 USA Fellows class is the largest in the organization’s 15-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.

Saxophonist and music educator Edward “Kidd” Jordan is internationally acclaimed as one of the true master improvisers still performing today. The title of Jordan’s first recording—No Compromise!— accurately expresses his personal conviction about his music. He holds the title Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres awarded by the French Ministry of Culture, an Honorary Doctor of Music from Loyola University New Orleans, a degree in music from Southern University, and a master’s from Millikin University. Indie Jazz aptly describes him as a “genteel man.”

He founded the Improvisational Arts Ensemble with Alvin Fielder, Clyde Kerr Jr., and London Branch; Alvin Thomas later joined the group. His World Saxophone Quartet, organized in 1976, included Hamiet Bluiett, David Murray, Julius Hemphill, and Oliver Lake. Jordan regularly toured with Alvin Fielder, William Parker, and Joel Futterman. Over his career, he has also performed with a wide array of celebrated artists, including Cannonball Adderley, Fred Anderson, Ornette Coleman, Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin, to name just a few.

His teaching career began in 1955 at Bethune High School in Norco, LA, and continued at the William Houston School of Music in New Orleans. From 1972 to 2006, Jordan taught at Southern University New Orleans as head of the Jazz Studies program. He is the founder of the Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp and Heritage School of Music. His former students include Branford Marsalis, Donald Harrison, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, Jon Batiste, and Courtney Bryan, and many others. Four of his children—Kent, Stephanie, Rachel, and Marlon—are professional musicians.

Jordan’s many recognitions include a feature on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Offbeat’s inaugural award for Lifetime Achievement in Music Education, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Vision Festival, and a Jazz Hero award from the Jazz Journalists Association.

Past awardees include painter and visual artist Howardena Pindell (2020), documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras (2010), writer Teju Cole (2015), potter Roberto Lugo (2016), multimedia artist Paul Chan (2007), dancer and choreographer Alice Sheppard (2019), fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte (2009), filmmaker Barry Jenkins (2012), master Mardi Gras suitmaker Darryl Montana (2014), poet Claudia Rankine (2016), and multidisciplinary artist Martha Rosler (2008).

"We are grateful for every artist whose artmaking, music, writing, and more is helping us to navigate and cope through this harrowing time in our country," said USA President & CEO Deana Haggag. “The 2021 USA Fellows are a testament to the power of art in shaping the world around us and navigating its complexities. Artists do so much for our communities, and we are grateful to be able to support these sixty incredible practitioners and welcome them into the United States Artists Fellowship.”

The USA Fellowship is the organization’s flagship program and is central to its mission of believing in artists and their essential role in society. In many ways, 2020 has shown the resilience and necessity of that mission, and the organization. As a founding partner of Artist Relief, United States Artists helped to distribute over $20 million in direct funding to nearly 4,000 artists in need. United States Artists also administered the Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Disability Futures initiative and is working on similar funds that are planned to be announced this year, as the organization works to deepen and diversify its cultural impact.

“Artists are at the core of their communities, and as the difficulties of the past year have demonstrated, it is more important than ever that we continue to support individual artists,” said Ed Henry, USA Board Chair. “And as we continue to meet the challenges 2021 will bring, it is also clear that USA must remain nimble and responsive to the needs of the field, which is why we are honored to be able to support the largest cohort in our history with sixty artists this year.”

Edwidge Danticat, a 2020 Writing Fellow, said, “From the beginning of my career, I have always benefited from the generous support of others, be it the use of a family member’s house, or advice from older and more experienced writers, or grants and prizes that have gifted me the time to concentrate on my work. Now more than ever, artists need the kind of support offered by United States Artists, not just for continuity and growth, but also

for safety and survival.”

Since 2006, the USA Fellowship has provided direct support to artists across the country. With this unrestricted award, Fellows decide for themselves how to best use the money—whether it is creating new work, paying rent, reducing debt, getting healthcare, or supporting their families. To make its work possible, United States Artists actively fundraises each year and is supported by a broad range of philanthropic foundations, companies, and individuals committed to cultivating contemporary culture across the country.

The 2021 USA Fellowships were generously made possible by: Anonymous, Sarah Arison, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Laura Donnelley/Good Works Foundation, Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good, John

S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Steven H. and Nancy K. Oliver, Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Reis Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable Foundation, The Todd and Betiana Simon Foundation, Paul and Annette Smith, Walder Foundation, Katie Weitz, PhD, Windgate Foundation, USA Ambassadors, USA Board of Trustees, and USA Endowment Fund.

United States Artists is a national arts funding organization based in Chicago, IL. We raise money and redistribute it in the form of unrestricted awards to the country’s most compelling artists and cultural practitioners. Since our founding in 2006, we have awarded more than 700 individuals with over $33 million of direct support.

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