The Vilcek Foundation

The Vilcek Foundation The Vilcek Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of immigrant contributions to the United States and fostering appreciation of the arts and sciences.

09/04/2026

Creativity bridges the arts and the sciences.

From award-winning chefs and filmmakers to pioneering scientists and artists, Vilcek Foundation prizewinners are united by ingenuity and mastery of their crafts.

The Vilcek Foundation is proud to mark 25 years celebrating immigrant contributions in the arts and sciences.

Make your own unique tapestry with artist Thương Hoài Trần, inspired by their current exhibition “Threads of Offering” a...
09/01/2026

Make your own unique tapestry with artist Thương Hoài Trần, inspired by their current exhibition “Threads of Offering” at Plains Art Museum! 🧶✨

In this 4-day, hands-on workshop, participants will learn tapestry weaving and experiment with painted warp techniques while exploring the possibilities of color, structure, and textile craft.

Thương draws on their diasporic experience as an immigrant and a Vietnamese American, using family photographs to examine themes of displacement, loss of language, and generational disconnect in their interdisciplinary art practice.

We are proud to support the Plains Art Museum’s exhibition of “Threads of Offering” with our grant.

“Tapestry & Painted Warp with Thương Hoài Trần”
🗓️September 14-17, 2-5 p.m. CDT
📍Plains Art Museum, Fargo
🎟️Use code VILCEK10 to receive 10% off the class. Courtesy of the Plains Art Museum. The foundation does not receive any portion of the workshop revenue or any other financial benefit for sharing this code.

Learn more and register here: vilcek.co/4cfTVL0

Feeling blue about the end of summer? 🌀With two vases of flowers, a bottle and glass, a bowl of fruit, an open book, and...
08/31/2026

Feeling blue about the end of summer? 🌀

With two vases of flowers, a bottle and glass, a bowl of fruit, an open book, and the “Sports” page, Stuart Davis’ “Blue Still Life” (1922) captures the remains of a relaxing season, making it the perfect conclusion to American Artist Appreciation Month.

“Blue Still Life” is one of four large still lifes in the Vilcek Foundation Collection, and likely the earliest. The upturned table suggests the influence of French impressionist Paul Cézanne while the flattened plane marks Davis’ entrée into cubism.

Now open: “Fertile Ground: Crossroads of Design in Mid-Century Mexico” at the Edith Farnsworth House!Staged across Mies ...
08/28/2026

Now open: “Fertile Ground: Crossroads of Design in Mid-Century Mexico” at the Edith Farnsworth House!

Staged across Mies van der Rohe’s iconic modernist home, this exhibition spotlights masterworks of modernist Mexican design. Featuring furniture, textiles, and ceramics, “Fertile Ground” reconsiders mid-century Mexican craft as the future-facing product of a collaborative environment, rather than a derivation of Western design.

“Fertile Ground” is made possible, in part, thanks to support from the Vilcek Foundation.

Looking for weekend plans in the Bay Area? Don’t miss Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive's screening of “Skin of...
08/26/2026

Looking for weekend plans in the Bay Area? Don’t miss Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive's screening of “Skin of Glass,” the award-winning documentary chronicling widening inequalities in Brazil through the decay of a landmark São Paulo skyscraper!

Filmmaker Denise Zmekhol will join UC Berkeley's city & regional planning professor Teresa Caldeira in conversation following Sunday’s screening.

The Vilcek Foundation is proud to have supported Zmekhol’s work as a part of the 2023 New American Perspectives program at Hawai‘i International Film Festival.

What does modernity look like? Canadian American artist Ralston Crawford drew inspiration from airplanes, factories, and...
08/24/2026

What does modernity look like?

Canadian American artist Ralston Crawford drew inspiration from airplanes, factories, and new technologies throughout his artistic career. By abstracting these symbols of modernity into geometric forms and areas of pure color, Crawford offers a fresh perspective on industry and modern life.

This American Artist Appreciation Month, learn more about Ralston’s role in American Modernism and his works in the Vilcek Foundation Collection: vilcek.co/3SovFPP

Straight from the pages of our exhibition catalog, experience our new show “Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty”!Free and open t...
08/21/2026

Straight from the pages of our exhibition catalog, experience our new show “Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty”!

Free and open to the public by appointment, this special exhibition reconsiders two of the most recognizable symbols in the United States: the Statue of Liberty 🗽and the American flag 🇺🇸

Through fragmentation, material transformation, and shifts in scale and context, contemporary artist Danh Võ invites viewers to reflect on liberty, migration, national identity, and the unstable meanings of public symbols.

Book your visit here: vilcek.co/43qX99E

08/20/2026

Not only is Juan Pablo Contreras a 3x Latin GRAMMYs nominee, he’s also the youngest Mexican composer nominated for a Latin Grammy.

Hear the 2023 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Music recipient explain his approach to contemporary classical music and the importance of being true to yourself in your art 🎶 ▶️

For Ruth Lehmann, Director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Professor of Biology at Massachusetts ...
08/14/2026

For Ruth Lehmann, Director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Professor of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), scientific discovery and mentorship go hand in hand 🧑‍🔬🤝

Winner of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science, Lehmann’s groundbreaking research has advanced our understanding of the biology of reproductive cells – and reproduction more broadly. As a mentor, she champions opportunities for women, immigrants, and other underrepresented scientists, helping cultivate a more inclusive scientific community.

Her immigrant experience inspires her belief in welcoming new ideas and investing in the next generation, values the Vilcek Foundation shares. By celebrating immigrant contributions to science and the arts, we recognize the people whose ideas and discoveries move us all forward.

We loved welcoming Riverside Immigrant Services & Empowerment to the Vilcek Foundation for a tour of our current exhibit...
08/12/2026

We loved welcoming Riverside Immigrant Services & Empowerment to the Vilcek Foundation for a tour of our current exhibition “Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty”🗽🌟

Riverside Language Program supports newly arrived immigrants and refugees in New York City by providing language classes, career development support, and community and civic engagement training. Their commitment to uplifting immigrants reflects the values the Vilcek Foundation strives to champion every day.

“Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty” invites visitors to reconsider familiar national symbols like the U.S. flag and reflect on what it means to be American today.

Book your reservation to see “Danh Võ: Rebuilding Liberty”: vilcek.co/43qX99E

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