pzphoto:
Congratulations

Bullhari007:
Biafra has the willpower to rule the world... no wonder the useless Zoo don't want to give them that chance..

DanseMacabre:
Female artists are damn sexy. Wish I could find one to get hitched to.


Men, in this times $625k is a damn lot of money o. I might need to go back to my creative calling.


So now what is Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, an IPOB yoot(ess) or an American

birdsview:
going back to your creative calling Well well well,I hope you know for the same deed,some people get applauded and paid and some people get scorned and beaten...that's how unfair the world is.the fact that she is getting the checks and applause doesn't mean you will..even if you are better..unfair world huh!

MichaelSokoto:
why u dey carry matta matta gor for whia Mathias nor dey now? ehn?

pzphoto:
Figurative Painter and daughter of late Dora Akunyili, Njideka Akunyili Crosby is among the 24 winners of the 2017 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship.

Typically awarded to around 20 American artists, academics, writers, and scientists each year, the grant is given to “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction,” according to the foundation.

Each will receive a $625,000 award from the foundation "as an investment in their potential," paid out over five years with no strings attached.

34-year-old Los Angeles-based Akunyili Crosby was praised by the foundation for her large-scale works that “express the hybridity characteristics of transnational experience through choices of subject matter, materials, and techniques.”

Crosby’s solo exhibition at the Tang Museum in upstate New York opens this week (October 14–December 31); the Baltimore Museum will present a suite of new paintings on October 25.
The American, Berlin-based artist Paglen—who has launched a disc of images into space and investigated top-secret CIA programs—was lauded for “documenting the hidden operations of covert government projects and examining the ways that human rights are threatened in an era of mass surveillance.”

Chicago-based, New York-born Bey, a major figure in the history of African-American photography, was described as “a photographer and educator whose portraits of people, many from marginalized communities, compel viewers to consider the reality of the subjects’ own social presence and histories.”

Other fellows this year include journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, mathematician Emmanuel Candès, opera director Yuval Sharon, gender bending performer Taylor Mac, and immigration reform advocate Cristina Jiménez Moreta.Numerous artists have been awarded MacArthur grants since the “Genius” program was initiated in 1981, including Bill Viola, David Hammons, Vija Celmins, Kerry James Marshall , Kara Walker, Mark Bradford, and Carrie Mae Weems.


Source :: http://www.praizeblog.com/2017/10/photos-njideka-akunyili-crosby-wins.html?m=0

libertyhope2017:
Igbo women...brain and beauty are like 5 and 6. Now you know why their bride price is expensive? Not for every men to marry because you are marrying quality!

libertyhope2017:
Igbo women...brain and beauty are like 5 and 6. Now you know why their bride price is expensive? Not for every men to marry because you are marrying quality!

DanseMacabre:



True talk bro. But it's not just about the incentives for me. Writing gives me joy, is therapeutic, and keeps me from going insane.

lailo:
still bearing Akunyili, Neva reached to marry?

FakoMaybach1:
I wonder what Nigeria is waiting for we need to bring her home to develop our ART ASAP, it is obvious she is a comet a shining star,

We should not let America enjoy this our gem #Bring Back Our girl

Her mother is a Heroine, left to me i for pursue dalong or one other useless minister and put her ho ha, she is young, smart and motivated. Imagine the good she can do for Nigeria