Walter Hood and Emmanuel Pratt among 2019 MacArthur Fellows
Landscape and public artist Walter Hood and urban designer Emmanuel Pratt have been named as 2019 MacArthur Fellows, the MacArthur Foundation announced today. Since 1981, the yearly $625,000 grant is bestowed to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits — be it design, science, or poetry — and show promising capability to do more.
“This year’s 26 extraordinary MacArthur Fellows demonstrate the power of individual creativity to reframe old problems, spur reflection, create new knowledge, and better the world for everyone. They give us reason for hope, and they inspire us all to follow our own creative instincts,” MacArthur Foundation President John Palfrey said in a statement.
As a co-founder and executive director of Sweet Water Foundation, a non-profit in Chicago's South Side, Emmanuel Pratt was praised for his holistic approach to community development that integrates agriculture, education, and design.
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