The Vilcek Foundation
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The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in the United States and fosters appreciation of the arts, sciences, and humanities.
New York, NY
Joined April 2012
#ArchiveThrowback 🍂🎨 This fall, we’re revisiting Almost Undone—Trinidadian artist Nicole Awai’s 2011 exhibition at the Vilcek Foundation Gallery. Awai’s mixed-media works stretch, drip, and emerge from the wall, exploring duality, place, and cultural memory. Born in Trinidad
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Selva Aparicio's latest exhibition (b. Barcelona) will debut at Gallery Wendi Norris in San Francisco on Nov. 14th. “Selva Aparicio: What Remains” explores the boundaries between mourning and materiality, intimacy and decay. The exhibition will feature spatial interventions that
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#ImmigrantStoryoftheWeek Today, we're highlighting writer Yaa Gyasi, our 2020 Vilcek Prizewinner for Creative Promise in Literature! ✨ Born in Ghana, Gyasi moved to the US with her family when she was 2 years old. A voracious reader from the start, Gyasi was always found in
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🎨 Announcing The Coloring Book of African Art Through the Ages—our newest collaboration with @brooklynmuseum! Featuring 60+ objects, this edition invites readers to explore thousands of years of art from Egypt to Nigeria, Cameroon, and beyond. 🌍 We also donated 5,000 copies
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#ArchiveThrowback 👻 Happy Halloween! This spooky season, we’re revisiting Oscar Bluemner’s "Red Night, Thoughts" (1929) 🌚🩸 Set in the Bronx, New York, this painting of a nocturnal scene features a bright red house set in a rocky landscape. A German-born modernist artist,
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#ImmigrantStoryoftheWeek ✨ Meet Iman Issa, our 2017 Vilcek Prizewinner for Creative Promise in Fine Arts! Born in Cairo, Issa studied philosophy before turning to conceptual art and exploring personal and collective experiences of places, figures, and events. 💭 Her recent
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🎉 Congrats to Hitomi Iwasaki, newly appointed Head Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at @noguchimuseum — a Vilcek Foundation grant recipient! Previously at @QueensMuseum since 1996, Iwasaki has earned acclaim for her cross-disciplinary curatorial vision and landmark
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✨ Yvette Mayorga’s Magic Grasshopper is on the move in Times Square! Elaborately piped in her signature faux-frosting, the fantastical horse-drawn carriage is prepped for journey—an homage to the lowrider culture rooted in the Mexican-American communities of Chicago, where the
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🎬 🍿 🎞️ Did you hear?? Leon Le was awarded the Kao Ka Hōkū Award at Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF). Translated as "shooting star," the Kao Ka Hōkū honor is given to a director whose debut or second feature-length films is presented at HIFF. Leon Le was selected from
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💫 #ImmigrantStoryoftheWeek Meet Japanese-born filmmaker HIKARI 🎬 Originally from Osaka, she moved to the U.S. at 17 to pursue filmmaking, believing in the power of storytelling to transform society. Her debut feature 37 Seconds—about a young woman with cerebral palsy who
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Our #NewAmericanPerspectives (NAP) filmmaker Nani Sahra Walker was featured on Hawaii News Now - Sunrise to promote her award-winning film Shakti! In addition to being part of the NAP program at the Hawaii International Film Festival, Shakti received not one but THREE awards in
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🎬 Shih-Ching Tsou’s LEFT-HANDED GIRL follows a single mother and her daughters as they adjust to life in Taipei—until the youngest is condemned for her “devil hand,” unearthing long-buried family secrets. Born in Taiwan, Tsou returns to @HIFFHawaii as a part of the
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🎬 Leon Le’s KY NAM INN paints a tender portrait of love and loss in post-war Vietnam. Set in 1985 Saigon, the film follows Khang, a translator of The Little Prince, whose secure life under the new regime is upended when he meets Ky Nam, a grieving widow. 💫 Inspired by Le’s
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🎬 Lloyd Lee Choi’s LUCKY LU follows Lu, a food delivery driver whose bike is stolen hours before his family arrives in the U.S.—a moving story of sacrifice, survival, and immigrant resilience. 💫 Inspired by Choi’s own family history, LUCKY LU is his first feature film and
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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Nani Sahra Walker's narrative feature debut, SHAKTI, will premiere at the 45th @hiffhawaii as part of the #NewAmericanPerspectives program, which spotlights immigrant filmmakers. Set in Kathmandu, SHAKTI is inspired by Nepal’s outdated laws that
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Amy Wang’s body-horror film SLANTED recounts her own difficult experiences growing up as an Asian immigrant in Australia. Born in China, she and her parents were often treated poorly for being "different." Presented by the Vilcek Foundation, SLANTED will premiere at @hiffhawaii
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🎬 The Hawai’i International Film Festival kicks off today! We’re proud to celebrate 5 incredible immigrant filmmakers and their films through our #NewAmericanPerspectives program at @HIFFHawaii 🥳 💫 Left-Handed Girl by Shih-Ching Tsou 🌟 Lucky Lu by Lloyd Lee Choi ✨ Ky Nam
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🎥 #ImmigrantStoryoftheWeek Meet Rodrigo Prieto — our 2021 Vilcek Prizewinner in Film! ✨ Born in Mexico City, Prieto shares his Mexican and American roots through bold, experimental cinematography. He's worked with a range of directors on films like Brokeback Mountain, Silence,
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Happy Birthday, Marica Vilcek! 🥳🎂 Today, we celebrate our cofounder and her lifelong dedication to the arts & sciences. Born in Slovakia, Marica built a 30+ year career at @metmuseum before cofounding @Vilcek with her husband Jan to honor immigrant contributions. ✨ We are
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🍿 Please silence your cellphones—the movie’s about to start! 👀 We’re thrilled to introduce this year’s #NewAmericanPerspectives (NAP) filmmakers at @HIFF! 🎬✨ Presented with support from Vilcek, NAP celebrates immigrant filmmakers through screenings, talks & programs.
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