Call the gallery for an appointment on the weekends or visit during usual gallery hours during the week to see IL LEE : New Ballpoint. Also, a must see exhibition of works from 40+ years are on view uptown IL LEE @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social #illee #illeeballpoint #illeepaintings #tribecagalleries

Thrilled to introduce this year’s #NewAmericanPerspectives (NAP) filmmakers at HIFF! 🎬✨ Presented by the Vilcek Foundation, NAP celebrates immigrant filmmakers through screenings, talks, & programs.

#ImmigrantStoryoftheWeek 🎶 Meet composer & conductor Juan Pablo Contreras — our 2023 Vilcek Prizewinner for Creative Promise in Music! ✨ Born in Guadalajara, he explores unexpected orchestral arrangements. 🎻💃🏽 🎵 “I wanted to answer that question — what does it mean to be Mexican — with music.”

Currently on view at the gallery, IL LEE: New Ballpoint. Stop by during gallery hours or call us for weekend appointments. Also, a must see exhibition of works from 40+ years are on view uptown @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social #illee #illeeballpoint #illeepaintings #tribecagalleries #vilcek #tribeca

#ArchiveThrowback 🔎 🍁 Happy October! We’re featuring Marsden Hartley’s "Autumn Landscape, Dogtown" (1943) from our collection. Hartley captured Dogtown’s rugged terrain in Gloucester, MA—using reds, browns & greens to evoke the overwhelming feel of fall. 🍂

#ImmigrantStoryoftheWeek ✨Meet Maryam Turkey, Iraqi-American artist & 2024 Vilcek Prizewinner in Design 🎨 Born in Iraq, Turkey moved to the U.S. in 2009 & now teaches at @pratt.edu. See her sculptural art @iparkct in Memory Reconsidered—A Modest Proposition 🌱

IL LEE: New Ballpoint to open to the public September 18 — contact the gallery to schedule previews and artist reception date. Also, see uptown IL LEE @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social #illee #illeeballpoint #illeepaintings #tribecagalleries #vilcek #tribeca

👀 Spotted Iranian artist Nikzad (Nicky) Nodjoumi at @thearmoryshow! 🎨 Dastan Gallery showed his provocative paintings on power, resistance & rebellion. In 2023, we screened his film "A Revolution on Canvas" at @HiffHawaii—exploring art as resistance & healing. #ImmigrantArtist #IranianArtist

#ImmigrantStoryOfTheWeek 🧪🧠 Meet @Sergiu_P_Pasca, our 2018 Prizewinner! Born in Romania, & now a professor at @Stanford, his research provides new insights into the brain & conditions like Timothy syndrome, through stem cell-based models. Read more: vilcek.co/4mYXecg

Archive throwback! 💛💫🌼 Dipped into our digital archive and found snapshots from our prizewinners, art collection, recipes from "A Place at the Table," See if you spot the following... 👀 📸 2009 Awards Gala 🏺 Grounded in Clay print poster 🐐 @nariward's G.O.A.T. #ArchiveThrowback #ArtArchives

Our 2015 Vilcek Prizewinner in Fashion, Andrew Bolton brings his curatorial eye to Superfine: Tailoring Black Style ✨ Now #OnView at @metmuseum, the exhibition traces 300+ years of Black style through dandyism—where fashion is both art and resistance. 🖼️ #SuperfineStyle #BlackStyle

🙌 📣 Our grants officer Elizabeth (Liz) Boylan was as a panelist for The Grantsmanship Center's "Meet the Grantmakers!" She shared insights into the foundation's process of choosing organizations to support through grants and tips for success. Watch the full panel: vilcek.co/3Jk1gNW

🎶 🎻 Tomorrow 8/16: Ladies, gentlemen, and gentle humans, we are ecstatic to present Sinfonia Mexicana, composed and directed by our very own 2023 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Music winner Juan Pablo Contreras! 🎫Tickets available here: bit.ly/3Jb30ZR

We’re celebrating the opening of Portals at MOCA Arlington —curated by 2025 Vilcek Prize winner Donna Honarpisheh. The exhibition brings together immigrant artists Aiza Ahmed, Aryana Minai, and Shyama Golden to explore thresholds between the earthly, the divine, and the dreamworld. 🌍✨🌙

#ImmigrantStoryOfTheWeek 🌱☀️ Meet Martin Jonikas (@mjonikas.bsky.social‬)—aka the pyrenoid pioneer! 🧪💡 Born in Paris 🇫🇷, now Princeton, Jonikas is using single-celled algae to reveal secrets of photosynthesis 💚—work that could help grow food sustainably and fight climate change 🌍✨ 🔗 bit.ly/3JucvTL

President Rick Kinsel was interviewed by Nina Mdivani of Hot Coffee Conversations! He discussed the foundation's growth over the last 25 years, our expanding prizes and grants initiatives supporting immigrants in the arts and sciences, and our exhibitions. Full interview here: bit.ly/45q7Fyn

Spotted on Park Ave: Alma Allen’s bronze & onyx sculptures look like seashells dropped into the city. 🌊🐚🌀 Catch her surreal, nature-inspired works lining the avenue through September 30. #VilcekFoundation #ArtInThePark #ManhattanArt

Our #ImmigrantStoryOfTheWeek — Meet Wael Morcos! Born in Lebanon Morcos is dedicated to developing modern and accessible Arabic typography As cofounder of Morcos Key, he has developed successful global campaigns for major corporations including @bloomberglp.bsky.social, Nike, and IBM. bit.ly/4lcxoQw

IL LEE @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social in NYC featuring signature ballpoint works—email VilcekFoundation for appointments & tours. Beautiful catalog with insightful essays. ALSO,exhibition @artprojects.com in Tribeca, summer open by appt #illee #illeeballpoint #tribecagalleries #tribeca #illeepainting

#Spotted at the @museummodernart.bsky.social: Odili Donald Odita’s Songs from Life—a floor-to-ceiling mural painted live in the lobby + powered by music—it’s like stepping inside a song! In 2020, we supported his From Periphery to Center project at Laumeier Sculpture Park! bit.ly/3U8UFbc

Earlier this year, we were ecstatic to continue our support of the Asia Art Archive in America through another grant! This contribution assists with the implementation of exhibitions, panels, lectures and initiatives with contemporary artists and art historians. Learn more: bit.ly/3Uwz7Fx

#FlashbackFriday to when our traveling exhibition "Grounded in Clay" was on view at the foundation! Now at the Saint Louis Art Museum until September 14th, GiC was curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective, a group of 60+ individuals from 21 tribal communities. bit.ly/4mdjgrp

Our #immigrantstoryoftheweek: Haitian-born Swiss artist Tatiana Desardouin was recently named a 2025-2026 resident artist for the New Dance Alliance program Black Artists Space to Create. Tatiana was the winner of our Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance in 2022: bit.ly/3ILm1BE

Our Curatorial Fellow Olivia Wrobleski discusses one of the most unexpected yet crucial parts of artist Il Lee's process—ballpoint pens. Lee is the featured artist in our latest exhibition "Il Lee—Energy and Flow: Abstraction of Movement" now open in NYC! Visit today: vilcek.co/4dQme2b

Winner of our 2015 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, Rob Knight published a study showing that while individuals with anxiety/depression have differences in their microbiomes, commonly prescribed anti-depressants can lead to even stronger changes in their gut: bit.ly/3Uq0i4M

Earlier this year, our Director of Digital Brian Cavanaugh was interviewed by Tony Martignetti, host of #NonprofitRadio, the #1 podcast for nonprofit professionals. Brian and Tiffany Nyklickova discussed ways to avoid pitfalls to ensure your data secure. Start listening at 31:42: bit.ly/46Uz4L8

Vilcek Foundation President Rick Kinsel was featured in PhotoVogue's #40 NY Profile! Learn about his work at the foundation building frameworks to support immigrants, the arts, and sciences. bit.ly/44OboW8

The final panel in the four-part series by the Liljestrand Foundation and Modern Hawai'i—supported by a 2020 Vilcek Foundation grant—explored immigration, design, and place. Check out archival footage via Open Space Series. We’re honored to support this work. #VilcekFoundation#LiljestrandHouse

Angélique Kidjo makes history as the first Black African performer to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Winner of our Vilcek Prize for Music, Kidjo was recognized by us in 2023 for her powerful lyrics and advocacy work. Read more about Kidjo's impressive work: bit.ly/3TYQoXB

We’re proud to support NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program again this year. The 2025 cohort of 21 artists from around the world was featured in In Between: More-than-human at New York Live Arts. Learn more via our website vilcek.co/45RaZEH #ImmigrantArtists #VilcekFoundation

Luciano Marraffini was one of 20 distinguished immigrants chosen for the 2025 Class of Great Immigrants by the @carnegiecorp.bsky.social! Born in Argentina, Maraffini was awarded the 2024 Vilcek Prize for being one of the first researchers to recognize how CRISPR could be used to treat disease.

Fighting bad guys…one microbe at a time! Harris Wang is a synthetic biologist, winner of our 2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science, and star of our latest manga comic. From reprogramming E. coli to reshaping medicine, Wang proves science is a superpower. 📖 vilcek.co/4egTgbH

Happy birthday to our co-founder, Dr. Jan Vilcek! From growing up in Bratislava to making life-changing breakthroughs in the lab at NYU Langone, Jan’s story is one of curiosity, courage, and a whole lot of heart. We’re lucky to work alongside him to celebrate immigrant contributions to the U.S.

Our grants officer was featured on GrantWatch! Liz discussed our open call for grants—we are currently accepting applications from organizations working with immigrants, and that promote the arts and sciences more broadly. We are giving $200,000 in total grants! Apply by 6/30. vilcek.co/4kM9490

Tejal Rao was just named chief restaurant critic at the New York Times! Rao was the winner of our 2019 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Culinary Arts for highlighting historically underrepresented communities, from food truck cooks to chefs redefining Native American cuisine. vilcek.co/44demV4

We're proud to support World Central Kitchen through a grant to provide aid for those affected by the LA wildfires. Founded by the winner of our Vilcek Prize in Culinary Arts Jose Andres, WCK works to distribute critical resources to those in need. Read more! vilcek.co/4kB1fTy

It's the final countdown! Applications for our #VilcekPrizesforCreativePromise close on Monday, June 9, 2025. Immigrants 38 years of age or younger who are working in biomedical science or fashion fields are eligible for a $50,000 prize! Submit your application today: vilcek.co/3FgJWYb

On this exact day in 2008, we opened our first location to the public with an inaugural exhibition featuring immigrant artists Il Lee and Pouran Jinchi. 16 years later, we revisit Lee’s work at our new headquarters. Visit "Il Lee—Energy and Flow: Abstraction of Movement" today: vilcek.co/3Fo3Qks

Now on view at @vilcekfoundation.bsky.social in New York. The Vilcek Foundation’s latest exhibition “Il Lee—Energy and Flow: Abstraction of Movements” features twenty-six works by artist IL LEE. Be sure to make an appointment. #illee #illeeballpoint #illeepainting #artprojectsny

Are you an immigrant working in biomedical science fields? If you answered yes, apply to our Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. Three $50,000 Prizes will be awarded to immigrants doing outstanding work early in their careers. Applications close June 9th!! vilcek.co/3YM08Yl

Are you an immigrant working in fashion as a writer, researcher, curator, stylist, photographer, animator, or illustrator? If you answered yes, apply to our Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fashion & Culture for a chance to win $50,000. Applications close June 9th, apply now!! vilcek.co/4c72E0G

Are you an immigrant working in fashion as a designer, makeup artist, hair stylist, eco-conscious creator, or material innovation expert? Apply by June 9th to our Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fashion & Design. Three $50,000 prizes will be awarded to immigrants! vilcek.co/4c72E0G

📣 Call for applications: In 2025, the Vilcek Foundation will award three prizes of $50,000 to immigrant and foreign-born research scientists living and working in the United States. 📅Application deadline: June 9, 2025. See the attached link for more information.

Only one month left!! Applications for our Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science and Fashion are open through June 9, 2025. Open to immigrants under the age of 38 working in biomedical science or fashion fields. Learn more and apply before applications close! vilcek.co/3Y2hzmS

Behind the scenes footage from the setup of "Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts!" This exhibition celebrates one of the most impactful artists in #AmericanModernism. Open at the New Mexico Museum of Art through July 25th! #MarsdenHartley #modernart #contemporaryart #artofthsouthwest

Are you an immigrant working as a fashion writer? Do you curate fashion-focused exhibitions? Have you styled editorials? Are you a fashion photographer, animator, or illustrator? If you answered yes to any of these questions, apply for a $50,000 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise! vilcek.co/3Y2hzmS

Meet Aimé Iglesias Lukin (b. Argentina), who receives the 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Curatorial Work! As director and chief curator of Art at Americas Society, she is a vital advocate for historically underrepresented migrant and women artists. vilcek.co/4bJW3ZQ

Meet Jeffrey Meris! The Haitian-Bahamian artist receives the 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Visual Arts. He uses several mediums to explore queerness, economics, Blackness, & the African Diaspora. Read his full profile here: vilcek.co/4ilIouE

🖌️🎖️ Introducing Felipe Baeza, winner of the 2025 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Visual Arts! Drawing from his own experiences immigrating to the U.S. from Mexico, Baeza engages multiple mediums and traditions to explore spirituality, otherness, and regeneration. Read more at vilcek.co/3FpnQmb

Our application for the 2026 Vilcek Prizes in Creative Promise is now open through June 9th!! This year, we will be awarding 9 immigrants $50K prizes in Biomedical Science, Fashion & Culture, and Fashion & Design. Learn more and apply! vilcek.co/3FgJWYb