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.”

#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 🌱

#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

🎶 🎻 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

#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

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

#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 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

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