[Times Union] ‘Genius’: Bard professor Sky Hopinka wins MacArthur award

RED HOOK — The MacArthur Foundation described his work as a filmmaker, video artist and photographer as traversing Indigenous histories and contemporary experiences in a way that “not only represents the lives of Indigenous peoples, but incorporates their worldviews into the strategies of representation itself.”

Sky Hopinka, an assistant professor at Bard College in Dutchess County, has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. He will receive an $800,000 no-strings-attached stipend often referred to as the “genius grant.” The award is given to “extraordinarily talented and creative” people as an investment in their potential, according to a news release issued Tuesday afternoon from Bard.

Perhaps you can call it … genius.

Sky Hopinka, an assistant professor at Bard College in Dutchess County, has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. He will receive an $800,000 no-strings-attached stipend often referred to as the “genius grant.” The award is given to “extraordinarily talented and creative” people as an investment in their potential, according to a news release issued Tuesday afternoon from Bard.

Hopinka is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians. His work has been shown at numerous film festivals, such as Sundance, the Toronto International Film Festival and Chicago Underground Film Festival, among others. He was also an inaugural fellow at Forge Project, the Indigenous-focused arts organization in Taghanick, which recently announced a partnership with Bard to support Indigenous studies.
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