THREE VISUAL ARTISTS, all women of color, are among the 2023 MacArthur Foundation fellows. Interdisciplinary artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons brought a mix of heritages and cultures when she emigrated to the United States three decades ago. “I was born in Cuba, but I also feel that I belong to many other places,” said Campos-Pons. In Philadelphia, Carolyn Lazard works across a variety of mediums considering the relationship between care, labor, and value. Describing her work, multidisciplinary artist Dyani White Hawk said she draws from “the history of both Lakota abstraction and Euro and Euro-American easel painting abstraction.” The MacArthur Foundation announced 20 new fellows this morning, whose talents span the arts, sciences, and law. Fellows are recognized for exceptional creativity and outstanding contributions to their fields. 2023 MacArthur Foundation Fellow María Magdalena Campos-Pons. | Photo: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation “The 2023 MacArthur Fellows are applying individual creativity with global perspective, centering connections across generations and communities. They forge stunning forms of artistic expression from ancestral and regional traditions, heighten our attention to the natural world, improve how we process massive flows of information for the common good, and deepen understanding of systems shaping our environment,” […]
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