United States Artists (USA - a national grant and advocacy organization), recently awarded Sonya Clark, chairwoman of the craft/material studies department at Virginia Commonwealth University, with a $50,000 unrestricted grant.  Each year, the USA Fellows program awards 50 unrestricted grants of $50,000 to artists across the country to individuals in the fields of dance, literature, music, theater, visual arts, crafts, architecture and design.

Born and raised in Washington, Clark, 44, earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Amherst College and a bachelor's of fine arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. She earned a master's of fine arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.

The unrestricted grant means Clark is free to do whatever she wants with the money. As she's done with other financial awards, she wants to put some back into the local arts community as well as help the next generation of artists.

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Source: Richmond Times Dispatch