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United States Artists, a Chicago-based nonprofit, has named 50 artists as recipients of its 2026 USA Fellowship and awarded the Berresford Prize to Lori Lea Pourier. Each fellowship comes with an unrestricted $50,000 grant, marking the 20th anniversary of the organization founded in 2006. The 2026 cohort spans nine disciplines, including visual art, media, and writing, with notable fellows such as Mendi + Keith Obadike, Nancy Baker Cahill, Edra Soto, Eric-Paul Riege, Macon Reed, Maia Chao, and Johanna Hedva. The Berresford Prize honors Pourier for her decades of advocacy for Native artists and her role in founding the First Peoples Fund.

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This Week at LACMA

LACMA announces a week of programming from August 18–24, headlined by the opening of *Now Showing: Youssef Nabil’s I Saved My Belly Dancer*, an exhibition featuring the artist’s 2015 video starring Tahar Rahim and Salma Hayek, alongside related photographs and Egyptian movie posters. Member previews run August 21–23 before the public opening on August 24. Other highlights include a mindful evening with Buddhist art tied to the ongoing exhibition *Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia*, plus concerts, workshops, and family programs.

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Brave New Work Is Coming to Santa Barbara

A three-day citywide symposium titled "Brave New Work: AI and Tech in the Hands of Artists" will take place in Santa Barbara from October 7-9, 2025. Organized by Michael Delgado in partnership with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, and UCSB, the event brings together leading artists and scientists for panel discussions, exhibitions, networking, and public art installations. Participants include internationally renowned artists Nancy Baker Cahill, JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Victoria Vesna, and Beatie Wolfe, alongside technology leaders Kevin Davis, Ken Kosic, and Alan Macy. Highlights include a companion exhibition curated by the Brill Family Foundation, an AR installation at MCASB, performances from the Quantum Concerto, and free projected public artworks at the Michael Towbes Library Plaza.

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