MacArthur Foundation names Philadelphia artist Carolyn Lazard and Opera Philadelphia's Courtney Bryan in new class of 20 fellows. The prestigious award comes with an $800,000 grant.
. The two are among this year’s cohort of 20 “exceptional, creative, and inspiring people” awarded the prestigious fellowship that comes with an unrestricted grant of $800,000.
Lazard, raised in the Philadelphia area, works out of Philadelphia and New York, and is an artist living with disabilities. Their work challenges ableist expectations and creates surprising, critical installations. One such work was the exhibitthat was on display earlier this year at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The show invited viewers to experience dance without seeing the dancer — instead, there were three screens playing sounds of a dancer’s movement and displaying audio descriptions.
“We often think of accessibility as a set of strict protocols to be followed and adhered to, but when we need access, or when we facilitate access for others, you start to see that access can produce new aesthetic forms,” Lazard. “Or you could say, it can arrive in a whole variety of flavors. It can be institutional, it can be intimate, it can be ad hoc.
Bryan’s compositions span genres including jazz, gospel, spirituals, and experimental music, with works that have melded sermons and testimonials with classical orchestrations. A music professor at Tulane University, she has been creating a new opera project calledon Wednesday. “As I get older, I realize how much my original ideas are variations on the work of my parents and so I give thanks and honor. … I look forward to exploring how to exercise my creative process in expanded ways.
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