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DESIGN chosen as new category of 2014 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in the Arts
The Vilcek Foundation has chosen the field of design as the award category for the 2014 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in the Arts, and is now accepting applications through August 14, 2013. Three prizes, each including a $35,000 cash award, will be given to foreign-born designers aged 35 or under.
read full article > download pdf >Now accepting applications for the 2014 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
The Vilcek Foundation is seeking applications for the 2014 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. Three foreign-born biomedical scientists will be selected to receive the prizes, each including a cash award of $35,000.
read full article > download pdf >Classical Music Legend Claims Contemporary Music Prize
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the 2013 Vilcek Prize for Contemporary Music. While Mr. Ma is widely acknowledged as a master cellist in the field of classical music, the Vilcek Prize is the first to recognize and honor his contributions to contemporary music.
read full article > download pdf >Immigrant Recipients of 2013 Vilcek Prizes Announced
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the eighth annual Vilcek Prizes, recognizing immigrant contributions to the American arts and sciences. The Vilcek Prize for the Arts, this year focusing on the field of contemporary music, is awarded to Mr. Yo-Yo Ma. The Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science will be shared this year by two winners, Drs. Richard A. Flavell and Ruslan Medzhitov. The prizes include a cash award of $100,000 each.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science Split Between Two Giants of Immunology
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to name Richard A. Flavell and Ruslan Medzhitov as the co-winners of the 2013 Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science. Drs. Flavell and Medzhitov, both professors at Yale University School of Medicine and investigators with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, were selected for their research that elucidated the fundamental roles of the innate immune system.
read full article > download pdf >Dr. Jan Vilcek Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Obama
At a White House ceremony today, President Obama conferred the National Medal of Technology and Innovation on Dr. Jan Vilcek, Professor of Microbiology at the NYU Langone Medical Center and President of the Vilcek Foundation. Twenty-two other distinguished scientists and innovators were also recognized for their extraordinary accomplishments in science and engineering.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek.org Unveils Second Annual dARTboard Exhibition
Today, Vilcek.org launches the second annual exhibition on the dARTboard, a digital art space created by the Vilcek Foundation in 2012 to celebrate the accomplishments of foreign-born artists working in the realm of digital art. Swiss-born artist-engineer Marc Böhlen has been chosen as this year’s featured artist and will exhibit his unique digital artworks in this electronic art space.
read full article > download pdf >Hawaii International Film Festival Showcases the New American Filmmakers Program
The 32nd Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), presented by Halekulani will take place October 11-21 in Honolulu. The festival, in partnership with the Vilcek Foundation, will showcase six films--four features and two documentary shorts--as part of the New American Filmmakers (NAF) program.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation awards grant to Ayazamana Cultural Center
The Vilcek Foundation announced today the award of a $10,000 grant to fund and expand the Children’s Dance Class Program at the Ayazamana Cultural Center in Queens, New York.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation funds computer education programs for immigrants
The Vilcek Foundation today named the Language, Education, and Technology Center (Language ETC) as recipient of a $10,000 grant, earmarked for the purchase of updated software for its technology lab’s computers, and to expand its computer literacy education program.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation supports United East Athletics Association
The Vilcek Foundation today demonstrated its support of the Fun Fun Saturday Program offered by the United East Athletics Association (UEAA) with the award of a $10,000 grant, designated to provide a safe and educational environment for immigrant children on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation teams with Little Kids Rock
The Vilcek Foundation today announced the award of a $10,000 grant to fund the production of music videos featuring immigrant students of Little Kids Rock music programs.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation Opens New Call for Entries in Digital Art
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual Call for Entries in Digital Art. The Foundation is now accepting new media and computer-generated art entries from foreign-born artists to exhibit on the dARTboard, a digital art space launched in 2012 to celebrate and highlight the accomplishments of immigrant artists working in the realm of new media art.
read full article > download pdf >O Zhang: I Am Your Mirror
Premiering at the Vilcek Foundation Gallery this fall, Chinese-born artist O Zhang’s new solo exhibition, I Am Your Mirror, is not your typical photography installation. Using original photographs of blank billboards she took during her voyages across the American landscape, Ms. Zhang will present to visitors a new world of her own creation.
read full article > download pdf >2013 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science Expands in Fifth Year
In 2013, the Vilcek Foundation will award the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for the fifth time. It will be the first time, however, that three prizes will be presented; there will also be an increase in the cash award in 2013, to $35,000.
read full article > download pdf >2013 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise to be Awarded in Contemporary Music
For the first time, the Vilcek Foundation has chosen the field of contemporary music as the award category for its 2013 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in the Arts. Three immigrant artists will be selected to receive the prizes, which each come with a $35,000 cash award.
read full article > download pdf >The Hawaii International Film Festival and the Vilcek Foundation Launch The 2012 New American Filmmakers National Film Tour
The Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) and The Vilcek Foundation are teaming up to showcase films by many of the finest American immigrant filmmakers. The New American Filmmakers (NAF) National Film Tour begins on May 18 with a screening of director/co-writer Stefan Schafer’s charming romantic comedy-drama, My Last Day Without You, at the School of Visual Arts Theatre, 333 W. 23rd Street in New York City.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek.org Debuts dARTboard, a Digital Art Space
With the opening today of the dARTboard, a digital art space, the Vilcek Foundation expands its support of foreign-born artists, giving those specializing in the realm of digital art greater opportunity to exhibit their works. Irina Danilova, a native of Ukraine, was chosen as the first to showcase her net-based projects in the new electronic gallery.
read full article > download pdf >Pit Stop: Gay Romance in a Small Town in Texas, a movie by acclaimed filmmaker Yen Tan
The Vilcek Foundation today announced $40,000 in grant to fund the production of Pit Stop, Malaysian-born and Austin-based filmmaker Yen Tan’s third feature film.
read full article > download pdf >Maestros of Movement Brought Together by 2012 Vilcek Prizes
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to name the 2012 winners of the Vilcek Prizes, honoring foreign-born scientists and artists in the United States. The Vilcek Prize for the Arts, this year awarded in Dance, is presented to Mikhail Baryshnikov, born in Latvia to Russian parents, for his body of distinguished work and his legacy of advancing the field of dance. The Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science is awarded to Peruvian-born Dr. Carlos Bustamante, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, for his discoveries in the fields of molecular biology and biophysics; most notably, for inventing tools to study life-sustaining cellular processes at the level of single molecules.
read full article > download pdf >Hawaii International Film Festival Showcases American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile
The 31st Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), presented by Halekulani, in partnership with The Vilcek Foundation, will present five films in the "American Immigrant Filmmakers On Profile" (AIFP) program. AIFP highlights the creative spirits that enliven and inspire the American cinema, an art form that owes much to the immigrant community in this country.
read full article > download pdf >An artist finds her footing on liminal terrain — Nicole Awai unveils mixed-media installation at the Vilcek Foundation Gallery
Premiering September 17th at the Vilcek Foundation Gallery, in New York City, is Almost Undone, a new installation by mixed-media artist Nicole Awai. Featuring drawings from an earlier series by the Trinidadian native, entitled Specimen from Local Ephemera, the drawings in this new exhibition will serve as visual anchors for emergent pieces that seem to suspend, exude⎯even escape⎯their wall-bound origins, symbolizing the transition of Ms. Awai’s work from one dimension into the next.
read full article > download pdf >2012 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise to be awarded in Biomedical Science
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce that it will be awarding the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science for the fourth time in 2012.
read full article > download pdf >2012 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise to be awarded in Dance
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce that it has selected dance as the award category for its 2012 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in the Arts. For the first time, a dance artist will receive the $25,000 annual award.
read full article > download pdf >Mari Kimura: String Theater
On May 20, violinist Mari Kimura, whose playing the New York Times has called “chilling,” “gripping,” “charming,” “a virtuoso playing at the edge,” will take the stage at the Bohemian National Hall to showcase her talent as an interpreter of classical music, a performer/composer, and innovator in digital technology for musical expression.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation Names 2011 Vilcek Prize Recipients
Rockefeller University biomedical researcher Titia de Lange and distinguished poet Charles Simic to receive $100,000 prizes for outstanding lifetime achievement Cancer researcher Yibin Kang and novelist Dinaw Mengestu awarded $25,000 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise
read full article > download pdf >Caring and Advocating for Torture Survivors
The Vilcek Foundation, in cooperation with the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture (PSOT), will host a lecture by Dr. Allen Keller, director and founder of the program, on the critical need to provide recovery services to survivors of torture. Presented on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, at the Bohemian National Hall in New York City, Dr. Keller will discuss the comprehensive care PSOT offers to torture victims and their families so that they may regain their health and begin to rebuild their lives.
read full article > download pdf >Toshiko Nishikawa: Senbazuru
At Senbazuru, a new interactive installation by Toshiko Nishikawa, viewers are drawn to gaze at a world within a world. Debuting October 29, 2010, at the Vilcek Foundation Gallery in New York City, visitors to the exhibit will be met by 1,000 small mirrored orbs, enticingly and purposefully suspended within reach from the gallery ceiling, where they form a reflective web.
read full article > download pdf >Madina Vadache: Transparency
As Fall Fashion Week arrives in New York City, so too does a world-premiere collection of fashions envisioned, designed, and meticulously executed by Russian-born designer Madina Vadache.
read full article > download pdf >The Vilcek Foundation Showcases the International Artists and Filmmakers of ABC’s Hit Show
The Vilcek Foundation premieres a public exhibition celebrating the international creative talent, both in front of and behind the camera, that have contributed to the unbridled success of the critically-acclaimed show during its six-year run.
read full article > download pdf >World-Renowned Scientist and Philanthropist Honored with Slovakia's Goodwill Ambassador Award
NYU Langone Medical Center microbiologist, and President of the Vilcek Foundation, Dr. Jan T. Vilcek was a proud recipient of the inaugural Slovakia Goodwill Ambassador Award, the distinguished award of honor presented to Slovaks who have made significant contributions to society while living abroad.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation Names Recipients of 2010 Annual Prizes Celebrating Immigrant Achievement in Biomedical Science and Arts
Alexander Varshavsky and José Andrés are the recipients of the 2010 Vilcek Prizes in Biomedical Research and the Arts and Humanities, this year awarded in culinary arts. Harmit Malik and Varin Keokitvon are the recipients of the 2010 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise.
read full article > download pdf >The Vilcek Foundation announces recipients of annual prizes in biomedical science and the arts
Mike Nichols and Dr. Huda Zoghbi to receive 2009 Vilcek Prizes. Inaugural Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise go to Ham Tran and Dr. Howard Chang.
read full article > download pdf >Ryo Toyonaga: Mephistophelean
“Mephistophelean,” an exhibit of 18 nightmarish works by the Japanese-born sculptor Ryo Toyonaga, is the latest cultural event to be presented by the Vilcek Foundation as part of its mission to focus public attention on the contributions of immigrants to the United States.
read full article > download pdf >The Vilcek Foundation Presents American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile
The Vilcek Foundation and the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) present the New York City premiere of American Immigrant Filmmakers on Profile (AIFP), a program that showcases the work of foreign-born directors and actors.
read full article > download pdf >Vilcek Foundation Debuts Hongsock Lee Sculpture
South Korean-born sculptor and jewelry designer Hongsock Lee has designed a three-part sculpture for permanent installation on the rooftop terrace at the Vilcek Foundation’s new headquarters, 167 East 73rd Street.
read full article > download pdf >The Foundation opens new headquarters and cultural center in landmark carriage house
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of its new headquarters at 167 East 73rd Street. The building will also serve as a multipurpose space where the Foundation will hold various public, cultural programs free of charge.
read full article > download pdf >The Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
The Vilcek Foundation has announced the creation of two new annual prizes that will be awarded to young immigrants in the United States who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of biomedical research or the arts and humanities.
read full article > download pdf >Dr. Inder Verma and Osvaldo Golijov Named Recipients of The 2008 Vilcek Foundation Prizes
The Vilcek Foundation has announced the names of the recipients of its annual prizes in biomedical research and in the arts. Dr. Inder Verma is the prize recipient for biomedical science; the prize recipient for the arts is composer Osvaldo Golijov.
read full article > download pdf >Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch and Denise Scott Brown Named Recipients of The 2007 Vilcek Foundation Prizes
Today The Vilcek Foundation announced the winners of a major new awards program designed to honor foreign-born Americans who have made extraordinary contributions to society in the arts and biomedical research since immigrating to these shores.
read full article > download pdf >A Major New Awards Program Honors Joan Massague as Foreign-Born Innovator
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of its new headquarters at 167 East 73rd Street. The building will also serve as a multipurpose space where the Foundation will hold various public, cultural programs free of charge.
read full article > download pdf >The Vilcek Prize, a Major New National Award, Goes to Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The Vilcek Foundation announced today the names of the recipients of its annual Prizes in biomedical research and in the arts and humanities.
read full article > download pdf >A Major New Awards Program Honors American Visionaries and Innovators
Today Jan T. Vilcek and Marica F. Vilcek, co-founders of The Vilcek Foundation, announced the creation of a major new annual awards program designed to honor foreign-born Americans who have made extraordinary contributions to society in the arts and biomedical research since immigrating to these shores.
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Are you or is someone you know eligible for a 2014 Vilcek Foundation Creative Promise Prize in Biomedical Science or Design? Check eligibility requirements, and apply online. Deadline: August 14, 2013.DESIGN >
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