First Winners of United States Artists Grants Announced

Here are the first artists anointed by the United States Artists program. Each of the 50 artists gets $50,000. (There are 51 photos because Bill Frisell and Jim Woodring applied as a team but are pictured separately.) Among the sponsors of visual artist grants are Agnes Gund, Edythe and Eli Broad and Target Corp.
As one might expect from a program that asks artworld mover-and-shakers to nominate possible grantees, this is not program for emerging artists: Only two winners are under 30. There are 12 visual artists, six in crafts and traditional arts and six in media (the rest in performing arts, including music, theater, dance).
As far as I can tell, no list has yet been released of the peer panelists who chose the winners from the nominees, although simultaneous announcements of the gatekeepers and the winners had been promised when the awards program was announced in September.