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Transcript of Ara Guzelimian’s speech

Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean of the Juilliard School, presents 2008 Vilcek Prize in the arts to Osvaldo Golijov during the Vilcek Foundation's third annual awards dinner

Iman Issa

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.

Portrait of Iman Issa

Doctor Writes Rx For $105 Million

The Wall Street Journal - A doctor who helped invent a successful anti-inflammatory drug has donated...

Michael Cheng

Michael Cheng is an honoree for the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts.

Call for Nominations: The 2022 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare

The Vilcek Foundation and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation will award $10,000 to an immigrant professional who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to humanism in healthcare.

A digital rendering of the 2022 Vilcek-Gold trophy with open call dates.

Lingua Franca: Immigrant Experiences and Representation

A panel discussion with filmmaker Isabel Sandoval, moderated by Ricardo Aca, with Rose Cuison-Villazor, Allegra Love, and Jhett Tolentino.

A film still of Olivia, a Filipina trans woman, looking off-screen while sitting by a coffee table.

Rodrigo Prieto: “Being a foreigner gives you a certain perspective”

Rodrigo Prieto receives the Vilcek Prize in Filmmaking for his emotionally riveting and technically masterful cinematography.

Rodrigo Prieto in a white button-down framed by set lights.

Summer Reading List

Looking for summer reading suggestions? In every genre from fiction to memoir, poetry to graphic novels, immigrant writers are publishing exciting, award-winning works. Check out our recommended list of books by or about immigrants and first-generation Americans!

Ruby Ibarra: “Language is a form of survival”

Born in the Philippines, songwriter and producer Ruby Ibarra is known for her powerful music that tells the story of her experience as an immigrant woman growing up in the United States.

A portrait of Ruby Ibarra standing with a landscape view behind her.

On the Road with Junya Sakino

Junya Sakino's road trip comedy, Sake-Bomb, about two cousins on a quest through California to win back their ex-girlfriends, has us itching to get back on the road.