Artist Odili Donald Odita will present newly commissioned artwork in the form of colorful flags. The exhibition, "From Periphery to Center," will be displayed at two locations – Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills, MO and Jeske Sculpture Park in Ferguson, MO.

Nari Ward receives the Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts for a body of found-object assemblage artwork that invites both a public discourse and an intimate dialogue with viewers on topics such as race, poverty, immigration, and the Caribbean diaspora identity.

Iman Issa receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fine Arts for exploring, through works of various media, difficult philosophical questions, such as the individual’s relationship to places, figures, and events that are collectively familiar, or the difference between experience and recognition.