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Two LA filmmakers win top national award for disabled artists. 'It means everything'

LOS ANGELES — The Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation have announced the 2022 Disability Futures Fellows, two of whom are based in Los Angeles. The multidisciplinary initiative, administered by United States Artists, awards $50,000 each to 20 disabled U.S. artists and creatives whose work "advances the cultural landscape." The unrestricted funds — $1 million in all — are meant to further ...
The installation'' I Felt People Dancing'' by the U.S. artist Alison O'Daniel is part of the exhibition'' Accessibility'' at Kunsthalle Osnabruck in Osnabruck, Germany, on June 24, 2021.

LOS ANGELES — The Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation have announced the 2022 Disability Futures Fellows, two of whom are based in Los Angeles.

The multidisciplinary initiative, administered by United States Artists, awards $50,000 each to 20 disabled U.S. artists and creatives whose work "advances the cultural landscape." The unrestricted funds — $1 million in all —

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