MacArthur Fellows For 2018 Include Composer, Violinist, Playwright, Choreographer, Filmmaker/Performance Artist

Among this year’s winners of the five-year, $625,000 “genius” grants are violinist/social justice advocate Vijay Gupta, artist/curator Julie Ault, composer/conductor Matthew Aucoin, playwright Dominique Morisseau, choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili, poet Natalie Diaz, media scholar Lisa Parks, and filmmaker/performance artist Wu Tsang.