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Arooj Aftab: “My music is world-building”
Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Music for her evocative songs that blend ancient Urdu poetry and jazz sensibilities.
Carlos Motta: The art of democracy
“There is a commonplace cliché that all art is political,” says Carlos Motta, winner of the 2017 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise. “But I don’t really think so. I think art needs to be conceived of and thought about and shaped to actually engage with politics.”
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado: “Making the improbable possible”
Born in Venezuela, molecular and developmental biologist Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado grew up using the scientific method to understand the things that fascinated him in the natural world.
Ronen Landa: The Other Guy in Dan, Dave, and the Other Guy
Ronen Landa is the composer for "Paraíso," an award-winning documentary short about Mexican immigrant window washers who clean the skyscrapers in Chicago. Born to Israeli parents, Landa is a delegate of the New American Filmmakers program at HIFF 32. Professionally, he is currently working on scoring two feature-length documentaries. In his personal life, he is expecting a baby with his wife Yael. The Vilcek Foundation talked with Landa about his immigrant background, his musical experiences and influences, and his work scoring "Paraíso".
Teddy Cruz
Teddy Cruz receives the Vilcek Prize in Architecture for creating designs and concepts that make border communities more inclusive and equitable.
Carlos Motta
Carlos Motta receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fine Arts for his engagement, through performance, film, and other media, with the question of representation and democracy, the emotional underpinnings of political awareness, and the tension between dominant accounts of history and marginalized communities.
Relaunching New American Perspectives at the Hawai’i International Film Festival
In November, the Vilcek Foundation relaunched the New American Perspectives program with the Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF).
The Artist behind the Art – Awai Reveals Her Process
On Saturday, October 15, visitors to the Vilcek Foundation gallery were given a personal tour of Almost Undone, the exhibition currently on view, by the artist, Nicole Awai, accompanied by art historian and exhibition essayist Courtney J. Martin.
Introducing the 2017 Vilcek Prizewinners
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to introduce the winners of the 2017 Vilcek Prizes for Fine Arts and Biomedical Science, awarded annually in recognition of outstanding immigrant contributions to American society.
HIKARI’s “37 Seconds” illustrates the experience of a young woman living with cerebral palsy
"37 Seconds," the first feature film by Japanese-born filmmaker HIKARI.
