US EditionThis year's MacArthur Foundation's 'genius' award winners hold a mirror up to our world
The MacArthur Foundation awarded 22 fellows $800,000 each to support their creative and scientific work across diverse fields including arts, science, and social justice.
- On Wednesday, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced 22 winners of the 2025 MacArthur Fellowships, each receiving $800,000 paid over five years.
- Marlies Carruth, director of the MacArthur Fellows program, said fellows are chosen through nomination and a lengthy vetting process by an independent selection committee, and this year’s class shows empathy and community engagement.
- Tonika Lewis Johnson's projects document Chicago segregation through photography and the Folded Map Project connecting North and South Side addresses.
- Each fellow will receive a no-strings $800,000 award that can fund equipment or speculative research, enabling projects otherwise hard to finance.
- Twelve fellows with academic posts reflect academia's strong presence, and since 1981 the MacArthur Fellows program has named more than 1,150 fellows expanding knowledge and creativity.
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MacArthur Foundation Names Caltech Astrophysicist, LA Artist Among 2025 Fellows
A Caltech astrophysicist and an interdisciplinary artist who graduated from UCLA and the California Institute of the Arts were among the 22 MacArthur Fellows announced Wednesday. Kareem El-Badry, 31, an assistant professor of astronomy at Caltech, and Gala Porras-Kim, 40, currently a visiting critic in sculpture at Yale School of Art, were both named recipients of the coveted fellowships. Awarded by the MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Fellows ea…
Six Visual Artists Win MacArthur “Genius” Grants
Six visual artists — Matt Black, Garrett Bradley, Jeremy Frey, Tonika Lewis Johnson, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and Gala Porras-Kim — are among the 22 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Fellowship, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today, October 8. Anonymously nominated and selected by an independent committee, the fellows each receive an unrestricted financial award of $800,000, issued in equal installments over the next f…
‘Oratorio For Living Things’ Playwright Heather Christian & Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Garrett Bradley Make 2025 MacArthur “Genius” List
Heather Christian, the playwright and composer whose acclaimed, genre-defying 2022 musical Oratorio For Living Things is currently being staged in a revival Off Broadway, and Garrett Bradley, the filmmaker whose documentary Time was Oscar-nominated, are among the 22 recipients of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grants. The grants – officially called MacArthur Fellowship grants – honor “Exceptional creativity” and “Promise for importa…
Harvard mathematician awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ grant
A Harvard mathematician and two Massachusetts graduates were chosen as 2025 MacArthur Fellows and honored with a “genius” grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, according to a Wednesday announcement.
Englewood's Own Tonika Lewis Johnson Is A MacArthur 'Genius'
ENGLEWOOD — A South Side social justice artist and photographer known for spotlighting systemic disinvestment in Black and Brown communities is now a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Englewood native Tonika Lewis Johnson was one of 22 people in the United States selected to receive the prestigious “genius grant” fellowship this year, the MacArthur Foundation announced Wednesday. The honor comes with a no-strings attached award of $800,000 paid in qu…
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