United States Artists Announces 2010 Fellows, Launches Microphilanthropy Site

At the top of nearly every creative person’s holiday wish list? Unrestricted grant money. Santa came early for the 52 artists, designers, writers, musicians, dancers, and performers who have been awarded USA Fellowships for 2010. Each receives $50,000 from the national grant-making and advocacy organization United States Artists (USA), which has invested a total of $12.5 million in artists since 2006. Chosen for the caliber and impact of their work, the USA Fellows for 2010 include architects Teddy Cruz and Greg Lynn (pictured), graphic designer and Dot Dot Dot co-editor David Reinfurt, and furniture designer Matthias Pliessnig, whose last name shares the pleasing undulation of his boundary-pushing work.