The Vilcek Foundation
@vilcekfoundation.bsky.social
The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in the United States and fosters appreciation of the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Learn more at https://vilcek.org
Learn more at https://vilcek.org
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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
October 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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.
Presented by the Vilcek Foundation, NAP celebrates immigrant filmmakers through screenings, talks, & programs.
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thrilled to introduce this year’s #NewAmericanPerspectives (NAP) filmmakers at HIFF! 🎬✨
Presented by the Vilcek Foundation, NAP celebrates immigrant filmmakers through screenings, talks, & programs.
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.”
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.”
October 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#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.”
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.”
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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
#illee #illeeballpoint #illeepaintings #tribecagalleries #vilcek #tribeca
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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
#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. 🍂
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. 🍂
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#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. 🍂
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 🌱
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 🌱
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#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 🌱
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 🌱
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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
September 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
🎨 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
September 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
👀 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
🎨 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
August 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#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
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
August 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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
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
August 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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
Watch the full panel: vilcek.co/3Jk1gNW
August 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🙌 📣 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
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
August 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🎶 🎻 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. 🌍✨🌙
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
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
August 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#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
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
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
August 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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
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
Catch her surreal, nature-inspired works lining the avenue through September 30.
#VilcekFoundation #ArtInThePark #ManhattanArt
August 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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
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
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
August 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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
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
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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
July 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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
In 2020, we supported his From Periphery to Center project at Laumeier Sculpture Park! bit.ly/3U8UFbc
July 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#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
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
Learn more: bit.ly/3Uwz7Fx
July 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
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
July 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#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
Tatiana was the winner of our Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance in 2022: bit.ly/3ILm1BE
Tatiana Desardouin: “The goal is to be a culture bearer” - Vilcek Foundation
Tatiana Desardouin receives the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance for her leadership in hip-hop and house dance.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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
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
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
July 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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
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
July 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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