Rick Lowe, the has won a $625,000 MacArthur Foundation fellowship 鈥� the so-called 鈥済enius鈥� grant.
Lowe combines art with social policy, and is best known as the founder ofin Houston鈥檚 Third Ward, which transformed 71 dilapidated shotgun houses into a revitalized historical district.
In Dallas, he was commissioned as part of the Nasher鈥檚 10th anniversary celebration. The Nasher Xchange, as it was called, involved 10 public-art installations and sculptures all around Dallas. Lowe called his project Trans.lation, and spent a year developing a series of markets, art galleries and workshops in the immigrant .
The MacArthur money, awarded for creativity, , including John Henneberger of Austin, who is an affordable housing advocate. The money will be parceled out over five years 鈥� with no strings attached and no ceremonial awards dinner.
Coincidentally, the , a partnership involving White Rock Local Market, Vickery Meadow Improvement District and Half Price Books, opens this Sunday.
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