Vilcek Foundation

The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions to the United States, and fosters appreciation of the arts and sciences.[2] The foundation's flagship programs include the Vilcek Foundation Prizes, which recognize and support immigrant contributions to American arts, biomedical science, and society. The foundation is also the designated steward of the art collection assembled by founders Jan and Marica Vilcek, comprising holdings in American modernism, Native American pottery, pre Columbian objects, and contemporary art.[3]

Vilcek Foundation
Founded2000
FounderJan and Marica Vilcek
FocusArts, biomedical science, immigration
Location
Key people
Jan Vilcek (Co-founder), Marica Vilcek (Co-founder), Rick Kinsel (President)
Revenue (2014)
$19,837,752[1]
Expenses (2014)$4,822,527[1]
Websitewww.vilcek.org

The Foundation was established in 2000 by Jan and Marica Vilcek, immigrants from the former Czechoslovakia.[4] The mission of the Foundation was inspired by the couple's respective careers in biomedical science and art history, as well as their personal experiences and appreciation for the opportunities offered them as newcomers to the United States.[5]

Prizes

Vilcek Prizes

The Vilcek Prizes are awarded to foreign-born individuals residing permanently in the United States, with a legacy of outstanding achievement in the arts and sciences. The Foundation awards two Vilcek Prizes annually, one in biomedical science and the other in the arts and humanities; the latter in a field designated annually by the Foundation, such as fine arts, architecture, music, filmmaking, culinary art, literature, dance, contemporary music, design, and fashion. Each prize consists of a $100,000 cash award and a commemorative sculpture designed by Austrian-born Stefan Sagmeister.[6]

Vilcek Prize for Excellence

The Vilcek Prize for Excellence, introduced in 2019, recognizes immigrants whose contributions profoundly impact American society and world culture, or individuals who are champions for immigrant causes. The recipients receive a $100,000 cash award and a commemorative diploma designed by Jessica Walsh.

Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise

The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise are awarded to foreign-born individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement during the early stages of their careers. Like the Vilcek Prize, the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise are awarded each year in the field of biomedical science and a selected art field. Creative Promise applicants are required to submit essays, personal statements, and examples of their work. To be eligible for the prize, applicants must have been born abroad, reside permanently in the United States, and be within the specified age limit. As of 2013, three prizes each will be awarded in biomedical science[7] and a designated art field.[8] Each recipient is awarded a $50,000 cash prize and a commemorative plaque.

Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare

In 2019, the Vilcek Foundation partnered with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to create a joint award, the Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare. The award is bestowed to a foreign-born individual in the United States who has demonstrated an extraordinary impact on humanism in healthcare through their professional achievements.

The 2019 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare was given to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha for her advocacy and interventions in addressing the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.[9] Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the United States, is the recipient of the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare.[10]

New American Perspectives

Since 2007, the Vilcek Foundation has been a sponsor of the New American Perspectives (formerly the "New American Filmmakers") program at the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF). Curated and presented in collaboration with HIFF, the program seeks out the most talented foreign-born filmmakers currently contributing to American cinema. The result is a diverse program that draws upon cinematic genres and traditions from around the world.

In 2019, the program was relaunched as the New American Perspectives program, to encompass sharing mixed media at the festival, including virtual reality programming.[11]

Vilcek Prizes

Name Year Category Country of Birth
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado[12][13] 2023 Biomedical Science Venezuela
Du Yun[14][15] 2023 Music China
Angélique Kidjo[16][17] 2023 Music Benin
Vishva M. Dixit[18] 2022 Biomedical Science Kenya
Soledad Barrio[19] 2022 Dance Spain
Ruth Lehmann[20] 2021 Biomedical Science Germany
Rodrigo Prieto[21][22] 2021 Filmmaking Mexico
Xiaowei Zhuang[23] 2020 Biomedical Science China
Edwidge Danticat[24] 2020 Literature Haiti
Angelika Amon[25]
2019 Biomedical Science Austria
Marcus Samuelsson[26] 2019 Culinary Arts Ethiopia
Alexander Rudensky[27]
2018 Biomedical Science Russia
Teddy Cruz[28] 2018 Architecture Guatemala
Lily Jan[29]
Yuh Nung Jan[29]
2017 Biomedical Science China
Nari Ward[30] 2017 Fine Arts Jamaica
Dan Littman[31] 2016 Biomedical Science Romania
Blanka Zizka[31] 2016 Theatre Czech Republic
Peter Walter[32] 2015 Biomedical Science Germany
Andrew Bolton[33] 2015 Fashion United Kingdom
Thomas Jessell[34] 2014 Biomedical Science United Kingdom
Neri Oxman[35] 2014 Design Israel
Richard Flavell[36]
Ruslan Medzhitov[36]
2013 Biomedical Science United Kingdom
Uzbekistan
Yo-Yo Ma[37] 2013 Contemporary Music France (to Chinese parents)
Carlos Bustamante[38] 2012 Biomedical Science Peru
Mikhail Baryshnikov[38] 2012 Dance Latvia (to Russian parents)
Titia de Lange[39] 2011 Biomedical Science Netherlands
Charles Simic[40] 2011 Literature Yugoslavia
Alexander Varshavsky[41] 2010 Biomedical Science Russia
José Andrés[42] 2010 Culinary Arts Spain
Huda Zoghbi[43] 2009 Biomedical Science Lebanon
Mike Nichols[44] 2009 Filmmaking Germany
Inder Verma[45] 2008 Biomedical Science India
Osvaldo Golijov[44] 2008 Music Argentina
Rudolf Jaenisch 2007 Biomedical Science Germany
Denise Scott Brown[46] 2007 Architecture Zambia
Joan Massagué[47] 2006 Biomedical Science Spain
Christo and Jeanne-Claude[44] 2006 Fine Art Bulgaria, Morocco (to French parents)

Vilcek Prizes for Excellence

Name Year Category Country of Birth
Katalin Karikó[48] 2022 Biotechnology Hungary
Andrew Yang 2021 Public Service United States
Robert A. Katzmann 2020 Administration of Justice United States
Carmen C. Bambach[49]
2019 Art History and Museum Work Chile

Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise

Name Year Category Country of Birth
Edward Chouchani[50] 2023 Biomedical Science Canada
Biyu J. He[51] 2023 Biomedical Science China
Shixin Liu[52] 2023 Biomedical Science China
Arooj Aftab[53] 2023 Music Saudi Arabia (to Pakistani parents)
Juan Pablo Contreras[54] 2023 Music Canada
Ruby Ibarra[55] 2023 Music Philippines
Markita del Carpio Landry[56] 2022 Biomedical Science Canada
Hani Goodarzi[57] 2022 Biomedical Science Iran
Harris Wang[58] 2022 Biomedical Science China
Tatiana Desardouin[59] 2022 Dance Switzerland
Tamisha Guy[60] 2022 Dance Trinidad
Leonardo Sandoval[61] 2022 Dance Brazil
Juan Pablo González[62] 2021 Filmmaking Mexico
Miko Revereza[63] 2021 Filmmaking Philippines
Nanfu Wang[21] 2021 Filmmaking China
Mohamed Abou Donia[64] 2021 Biomedical Science[22] Egypt
Ibrahim Cissé[65] 2021 Biomedical Science Niger
Silvi Rouskin[66] 2021 Biomedical Science Bulgaria
Kivanç Birsoy[67] 2020 Biomedical Science Turkey
Viviana Gradinaru[68] 2020 Biomedical Science Romania
Martin Jonikas[69] 2020 Biomedical Science France
Yaa Gyasi[70] 2020 Literature Ghana
Valeria Luiselli[71] 2020 Literature Mexico
Jenny Xie[72] 2020 Literature China
Amit Choudhary 2019 Biomedical Science India
Jeanne T. Paz 2019 Biomedical Science Georgia
Mikhail G. Shapiro 2019 Biomedical Science Russia
Tejal Rao 2019 Culinary Arts United Kingdom
Fabian von Hauske Valtierra 2019 Culinary Arts Mexico
Nite Yun 2019 Culinary Arts Cambodia
Polina Anikeeva 2018 Biomedical Science Russia
Sergiu P. Pașca 2018 Biomedical Science Romania
Feng Zhang 2018 Biomedical Science China
Mona Ghandi 2018 Architecture Iran
James Leng 2018 Architecture China
Jing Liu 2018 Architecture China
Michaela Gack 2017 Biomedical Science Germany
Michael Halassa 2017 Biomedical Science Jordan
Ahmet Yildiz 2017 Biomedical Science Turkey
Iman Issa 2017 Fine Arts Egypt
Meleko Mokgosi 2017 Fine Arts Botswana
Carlos Motta 2017 Fine Arts Colombia
Fernando Camargo 2016 Biomedical Science Peru
Roberta Capp 2016 Biomedical Science Brazil
Houra Merrikh 2016 Biomedical Science Iran
Sarah Benson 2016 Theatre United Kingdom
Desdemona Chiang 2016 Theatre Taiwan
Yi Zhao 2016 Theatre China
Sun Hur 2015 Biomedical Science South Korea
Rob Knight 2015 Biomedical Science New Zealand
Franziska Michor 2015 Biomedical Science Austria
Siki Im 2015 Fashion Germany, to Korean parents
Natallia Pilipenka 2015 Fashion Belarus, to Ukrainian parents
Tuyen Tran 2015 Fashion Vietnam
Antonio Giraldez 2014 Biomedical Science Spain
Stavros Lomvardas 2014 Biomedical Science Greece
Pardis Sabeti 2014 Biomedical Science Iran
Yasaman Hashemian 2014 Design Iran
Mansour Ourasanah 2014 Design Togo
Quilian Riano 2014 Design Colombia
Hashim Al-Hashimi 2013 Biomedical Science Lebanon
Michael Rape 2013 Biomedical Science Germany
Joanna Wysocka 2013 Biomedical Science Poland
James Abrahart[37] 2013 Contemporary Music United Kingdom
Samuel Bazawule[37] 2013 Contemporary Music Ghana
Tigran Hamasyan[37] 2013 Contemporary Music Armenia
Alice Ting[73] 2012 Biomedical Science Taiwan
Michel Kouakou[38] 2012 Dance Ivory Coast
Yibin Kang[74] 2011 Biomedical Science China
Dinaw Mengestu[75] 2011 Literature Ethiopia
Harmit Malik[76] 2010 Biomedical Science India
Varin Keokitvon[77] 2010 Culinary Arts Laos
Howard Chang 2009 Biomedical Science Taiwan
Ham Tran[78] 2009 Filmmaking Vietnam

[79] In 2013, the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise were changed from recognizing one winner and four finalists to recognizing three winners in each category. The past finalists are listed below.

NameYearCategoryCountry of Birth
Konrad Hochedlinger2012Biomedical ScienceAustria
Andreas Hochwagen2012Biomedical ScienceAustria
Songhai Shi2012Biomedical ScienceChina
Benjamin tenOever2012Biomedical ScienceCanada
Fanny Ara2012DanceSpain
Thang Dao2012DanceVietnam
Alice Gosti2012DanceItaly
Pontus Lidberg2012DanceSweden
Katherine Fitzgerald2011Biomedical ScienceIreland
Ekaterina Heldwein2011Biomedical ScienceRussia
Galit Lahav2011Biomedical ScienceIsrael
Elina Zuniga2011Biomedical ScienceArgentina
Ilya Kaminsky2011LiteratureUkraine
Tea Obreht2011LiteratureSerbia
Vu Tran2011LiteratureVietnam
Simon Van Booy2011LiteratureWales
Iannis Aifantis2010Biomedical ScienceGreece
Rustem Ismagilov2010Biomedical ScienceRussia
Vamsi Mootha2010Biomedical ScienceIndia
Jin Zhang2010Biomedical ScienceChina
Michael Cheng2010Culinary ArtsMalaysia
Yoshinori Ishii2010Culinary ArtsJapan
Nandini Mukherjee2010Culinary ArtsIndia
Boris Portnoy2010Culinary ArtsRussia
Katerina Akassoglou2009Biomedical ScienceGreece
Evgeny Nudler2009Biomedical ScienceRussia
F. Nina Papavasiliou2009Biomedical ScienceGreece
Aviv Regev2009Biomedical ScienceIsrael
Almudena Carracedo2009FilmSpain
Amin Matalqa2009FilmJordan
Kirill Mikhanovsky2009FilmRussia
Shih-Ching Tsou2009FilmTaiwan

Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare

Name Year Citation Country of Birth
Mona Fouad[80] 2022 For her leadership in health disparities research, and for her career-long commitment to equity in healthcare. Fouad’s work has been foundational in the development of rigorous research and interventions to make healthcare more accessible and equitable to historically underserved populations in the United States. Egypt
Jirayut 'New' Latthivongskorn[81] 2021 For providing a supportive path for undocumented immigrants to pursue careers in healthcare, and for advocacy in support of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. (Awarded jointly with Denisse Rojas Marquez).[82] Thailand
Denisse Rojas Marquez[83] 2021 For providing a supportive path for undocumented immigrants to pursue careers in healthcare, and for advocacy in support of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. (Awarded jointly with Jirayut 'New' Latthivongskorn).[84] Mexico
Vivek Murthy[10] 2020 For leadership in addressing the opioid crisis and supporting public health education in the U.S. UK, to Indian parents
Mona Hanna-Attisha[85] 2019 For exposing lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, through public water supply[86] UK, to Iraqi parents

Art collections

The Vilcek Foundation holds several art collections that are promised gifts from founders Jan and Marica Vilcek. These collections include the American Modernism Collection,[87] which traces the development of artists such as Oscar Bluemner, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, and Marsden Hartley, as well as the movement as a whole; the Native American Pottery Collection,[88] which consists primarily of objects by Acoma, Hopi, Cochiti, Kewa, Tesuque, Zia, and Zuni potters, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries; and the Pre-Columbian Collection,[89] which features objects from across the pre-Columbian world, with an emphasis on the art of Mesoamerica, and a Collection of Art by Immigrant Artists.[90]

Events and exhibitions

In 2019, the Vilcek Foundation opened their new headquarters on Manhattan's Upper East Side, which includes two floors of gallery space.[91] The gallery is the site of free, public exhibitions based on the Vilcek Foundation Art Collections. The Vilcek Foundation also partners with institutions throughout the United States and around the globe to develop and share exhibitions featuring work from the Vilcek Foundation Art Collections with the wider public.

The foundation's exhibitions are open to the public by appointment.

Nari Ward: Home of the Brave (2022-2023)

In May 2022, the Vilcek Foundation opened an exhibition, Nari Ward: Home of the Brave, featuring sculptures and installations by Jamaican-born artist and Vilcek Prizewinner Nari Ward.[92] The exhibition is on view by appointment in the Vilcek Foundation headquarters through May, 2023.

Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery (2022-2025)

In July 2022, the Vilcek Foundation supported the development and opening of the exhibition, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[93][94] The exhibition features works of Pueblo Pottery from the Vilcek Foundation Collection and from the collection of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research. The exhibition was curated by a group of more than 60 artists, historians, and stewards of Native American art, the Pueblo Pottery Collective, and is accompanied by a catalog from Merrell Publishers.

Past exhibitions

The Vilcek Foundation has hosted and supported the development of several exhibitions both on site at the Vilcek Foundation, and in partnership with museums and institutions around the globe.

Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War (2021-2022)

The Vilcek Foundation presented its second major exhibition featuring works by American Modernist Ralston Crawford, following Ralston Crawford: Adventurer in the Arts. Curated by Emily Schuchardt Navratil, this landmark exhibition collected an extensive group of drawings, paintings, and photographs that document the influence of Crawford’s experiences in the U.S. military on his life and work.[95]

Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War centers on commissions Crawford undertook at the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Plant in Buffalo, New York, and his assignment to document nuclear weapons tests conducted by the U.S. Joint Army/Navy Task Force at Bikini Atoll for Fortune Magazine in 1946.

Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War opened at the Brandywine River Museum of Art in June 2021, where it was on view through September 2021. The exhibition subsequently opened at the Dayton Art Institute in October 2021, where it was on view through January 2022.

Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs (2019)

Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs was the first exhibition shown in the Vilcek Foundation’s headquarters at 21 East 70th Street, New York, New York.[96] The exhibition features works by American Modernist Ralston Crawford.[97] Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs opened in April 2019, and was on view through November, 2019. A digital exhibition featuring selected works from the exhibition was shared on the Vilcek Foundation website from 2020 – 2021.[98]

Curated by Emily Schuchardt Navratil, Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs explores the national and international influences on the multifaceted Canadian-born artist. Although he earned acclaim early in his career for his Precisionist paintings of an industrialized America, Crawford devoted the latter part of his career to abstract painting with a remarkable emotional dimension. Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs focuses on two series—“Torn Signs” and “Semana Santa”—that the artist developed over the last two decades of his life.

The Synchromists and Oscar Bluemner's Sonnet Series (2020-2022)

In early 2020, the Vilcek Foundation launched two concurrent exhibitions in the Vilcek Foundation's headquarters, The Synchromists, and Oscar Bluemner's Sonnet Series.[99]

The Synchromists includes works by Morgan Russell and Stanton Macdonald-Wright, the founders of Synchromism.

Oscar Bluemner’s Sonnet Series comprises a series of sketches for paintings by Oscar Bluemner based on 12 sonnets by poet Eirene Mungo-Park.

The exhibitions were displayed at the Vilcek Foundation in the spring of 2020; as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation pivoted to launch these exhibitions online on the foundation’s website. Both exhibitions are now part of the Vilcek Foundation's traveling exhibition initiative.

In Summer of 2022 The Synchromists opened at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.[100]

Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts (2021)

Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts debuted at the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine in September, 2021. Curated by Emily Schuchardt Navratil, Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts brings together over 35 paintings and drawings spanning four decades of artwork by American Modernist Marsden Hartley.

To organize this unique exhibition, the Vilcek Foundation partnered with the Bates College Museum of Art, home to the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection.

The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalog from Merrell Publishers.

Earlier events and exhibitions

The Vilcek Foundation's former headquarters, also on the Upper East Side, was the host of exhibitions and events featuring the work of immigrant artists, designers, filmmakers, and others.[101]

Exhibition/Event Type of Event Year Participant(s) Participant's Country of Birth
Brian Doan: hôme hôme hôme[102] Mixed-media Installation 2013 Brian Doan Vietnam
Pivotal Works: The Vilcek Foundation Project[103] Series of Dance performances 2012 Michel Kouakou
Fanny Ara
Thang Dao
Alice Gosti
Pontus Lidberg
Ivory Coast
France
Vietnam
Italy
Sweden
I Am Your Mirror[104] Photography, Mixed-media Installation 2012 O Zhang China
Almost Undone[105] Mixed-media Installation 2011 Nicole Awai Trinidad
String Theater[106] Concert 2011 Mari Kimura Japan
The New Vernacular: Immigrant Authors in American Literature[75] Literature Reading 2011 Dinaw Mengestu
Ilya Kaminsky
Téa Obreht
Vu Tran
Simon Van Booy
Liesl Schillinger (host)
Ethiopia
Russia
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
United Kingdom
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Caring and Advocating for Torture Survivors[107] Lecture 2011 Allen Keller (Lecturer)
Samten Dapka
Cheikhna Mahawa

Tibet
Mauritania
Senbazuru[108] Mixed-media Installation 2010 Toshiko Nishikawa Japan
Transparency[109] Fashion Presentation 2010 Madina Vadache Russia
The Vilcek Foundation Celebrates LOST[110] Photography Installation, Exhibition of Original Props[111] 2010 24 Immigrant and First Generation Cast and Crew of ABC's LOST[112]
Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, England, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Philippines, South Korea, Tonga
Circumplex[113] Video Art Installation 2009 Kai-Duc Luong Cambodia
enTANGOed[114] Concert 2009 Peter Breiner Slovakia
Mephistophelean Exhibition of Sculpture 2009 Ryo Toyanaga Japan
Japanese Art Today: Takashi Murakami and "Superflat" in Context[115] Lecture 2009 Eleanor Heartney
Why 1960's Japanese Art? Global Implications for Contemporary Art History[116] Lecture 2009 Reiko Tomii Japan
Asian American Artist and the Transmission of the East to the American Avant-Garde[117] Lecture 2009 Alexandra Munroe
American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile[118] Film Screening 2008 Sarab Neelam
Sielu Avea
Stephane Gauger
Kai-Duc Luong
Christine Choy
Sherwood Hu
India
Samoa
Vietnam
Cambodia
China
China
The Gatekeeper of Emmyoin[119] Film Screening 2008 Reiko Tahara
Max Uesugi
Japan
Japan
Il Lee and Pouran Jinchi: Curated by Art Projects International[120] Exhibition of paintings and drawings 2008 Il Lee
Pouran Jinchi
South Korea
Iran

Publications

Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery

Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery accompanies the exhibition of the same name curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective, and coordinated by the Vilcek Foundation and the School for Advanced Research.[121]

An impressive survey of more than 100 pieces of historic Pueblo pottery, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery is remarkable for the fact that the works have been selected by Pueblo community members – the Pueblo Pottery Collective.[122]

The Pueblo Pottery Collective is made up of more than 60 participants from 21 Pueblo communities in the Southwest – among them potters and other artists, as well as writers, curators and community leaders – along with non-Pueblo stewards of Native American art. These community curators were invited to choose works from the collections of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Vilcek Collection in New York for the exhibition, and to write short essays or contributions on their selections for the catalog. The resulting work centers the voices and lived experiences of Native American people, artists, and community historians.

In addition to the contributions of the members of the Pueblo Pottery Collective, the catalog features essays by Dr. Joseph Aguilar, Rick Kinsel, Nora Naranjo Morse, and Elysia Poon.

Ralston Crawford: Air + Space + War

American art underwent a transformation in the period 1940–55, and nowhere is that change better exemplified than in the work of Ralston Crawford (1906–1978).

This exciting book presents a remarkable selection of Crawford’s paintings, drawings, photographs and prints from this pivotal era in the artist’s career. The catalogue, published by Merrell, accompanies the titular exhibition curated by Emily Schuchardt Navratil and organized by the Vilcek Foundation in collaboration with the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the Dayton Art Institute.[123]

Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts

Marsden Hartley (1877–1943) was proud to call himself an American artist, but he dreamed of travel to Europe, believing that he would learn more there than in his home state of Maine or even in New York. His rise to prominence as a specifically American modernist was based largely on the visual influences that he encountered in 1912–15 in the vibrant cities of Paris, Berlin, and Munich, which he then synthesized through a New England perspective. Solitary by nature, Hartley never lost his wanderlust, and throughout his life found inspiration in many other landscapes and cultures, including in southern France, Italy, Bermuda, New Mexico, Mexico, and Canada.

Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts offers a fresh appraisal of this pioneering modernist, whose work continues to be celebrated for its spirituality and experimentation. Rick Kinsel’s introduction provides an overview of the ways Hartley’s peripatetic life shaped his artistic vision. Essays by William Low, Emily Schuchardt Navratil, and Kinsel explore works and artifacts in the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection of Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine.

A Place at the Table: New American Recipes from the Nation's Top Foreign-Born Chefs

A Place at the Table: New American Recipes from the Nation’s Top Foreign-Born Chefs introduces the immigrants who are transforming America’s culinary landscape chefs who infuse their menus with the flavors of their heritage. It features recipes from 40 of the top foreign-born chefs working in the United States, including Dominique Crenn (France), Michael Solomonov (Israel), Marcus Samuelsson (Ethiopia/Sweden), Corey Lee (South Korea), and Daniela Soto-Innes (Mexico). Stories about the chefs tackling economic injustice and redefining restaurant culture are also told. Food writers included Padma Lakshmi contributed to the cookbook. A Place at the Table was released by Prestel Publishing on September 24, 2019.[124] The cookbook was reviewed in several major media outlets, including Vogue Magazine, BuzzFeed, and New York Magazine. A Place at the Table: New American Recipes from the Nation's Top Foreign-Born Chefs is the recipient of a 2020 Gourmand Award in the category of United States Cuisine.[125]

Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs

Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs explores the national and international influences on the multifaceted Canadian-born artist. Although he earned acclaim early in his career for his Precisionist paintings of an industrialized America, Crawford devoted the latter part of his career to abstract painting with a remarkable emotional dimension. Torn Signs focuses on two series—“Torn Signs” and “Semana Santa”—that the artist developed over the last two decades of his life. The catalogue includes essays from Rick Kinsel on the influence of Crawford’s travels to Europe, especially to Andalusia; William C. Agee on the artist’s life and reaction to historical events of the 20th century; John Crawford on the relationship between the two series and the role of photography in their development; and Emily Schuchardt Navratil on the genesis and context of individual works in each series. "Ralston Crawford: Torn Signs" was released by Merrell Publishers in April 2019.[126]

American Odysseys: Writings by New Americans

American Odysseys is an anthology of twenty-two novelists, poets, and short story writers. Among the featured writers are Ethiopian-born Dinaw Mengestu, the recipient of the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature; Yugoslavian-born Téa Obreht, the youngest author to receive the Orange Prize in Fiction; and Chinese-born Yiyun Li, a MacArthur Genius grantee. The foreword is by U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic, the winner of the 2011 Vilcek Prize for Literature. A private, hard copy edition was first published in January 2012, and a trade paperback edition was released by Dalkey Archive Press on May 2, 2013.[127][128]

Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection

Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection

Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection, features ninety-eight paintings, works on paper and sculptures by twenty artists - including Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe and Max Weber. William C. Agee contributed the book's introduction and Lewis Kachur wrote individual entries on each work. In addition to tracing the evolution of individual artists and the movement as a whole, the book explores developments within American Modernism, such as Synchromism and Color Abstraction, American Cubism, and the influence of the landscape and culture of the Southwest (an issue that is explored in depth in the book's Illustrated Timeline). The Collection also highlights the contributions of immigrant artists – eight of the twenty artists were born outside the United States. The book is prefaced by a collector's statement from Ján Vilček and Marica Vilcek and has contributions by The Vilcek Foundation's President, Rick Kinsel, and Associate Curator, Emily Schuchardt Navratil.

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