Local artists win $50,000 grants

Each year Chicago-based United States Artists honors artists from across the country with prestigious $50,000 awards.

By Andrea Guthmann
2019 Summer TCA - PBS
Assia Boundaoui, director of the PBS POV episode "The Feeling of Being Watched," takes part in a panel discussion during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Chris Pizzello / Invision/AP
2019 Summer TCA - PBS
Assia Boundaoui, director of the PBS POV episode "The Feeling of Being Watched," takes part in a panel discussion during the 2019 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Chris Pizzello / Invision/AP

Local artists win $50,000 grants

Each year Chicago-based United States Artists honors artists from across the country with prestigious $50,000 awards.

By Andrea Guthmann
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Each year Chicago-based United States Artists honors artists from across the country with prestigious $50,000 awards. Reset hears from two of the 2022 United States Artists Fellows from Chicago.

GUEST: Jenn Freeman, dancer/performance artist- United States Artists 2022 Fellowship; Assia Boundaoui, filmmaker - United States Artists 2022 Fellowship Recipient