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2025 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellows

In 2019, First Nations launched the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship to honor and support a select cohort of fellows as they work to further Indigenous knowledge creation, dissemination and change in Indigenous communities.

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2025 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellows

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Henry Luce Foundation awards $4.4 million to invited colleges and universities through the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM

Henry Luce Foundation is pleased to announce its continuing commitment to the advancement of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM, which recently concluded its annual...

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Henry Luce Foundation Welcomes Randall Griffey as Program Director for American Art

Henry Luce Foundation is pleased to announce that Randall (Randy) Griffey has been appointed Program Director for American Art, effective January 12, 2026. A native of Edmond, Kansas, Griffey earned a B.A. in Fine Arts (Painting) from Bethany College and an M.A. and...

Henry Luce Foundation Welcomes Sarah E. Baker as Chief Legal Officer and Chief of Staff

Henry Luce Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah E. Baker as Chief Legal Officer and Chief of Staff. Sarah is an accomplished legal executive and strategic leader with broad experience across government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit and...

Indigenous Art, Advocacy, and the Museum System

In the newest episode of Luce Change, we explore new currents in Native art and the vital role of Indigenous voices in American arts institutions. Recorded live at MacDowell’s New York City offices and moderated by Luce Interim President Sean Buffington, this...

Democracy, Ethics, and Public Trust

Photography, Archives, and Reclaimed Histories

Join us for the third in a series of public conversations presented in partnership with MacDowell. About the event: In a contemporary media landscape saturated with manipulated images and distorted narratives, the power of the photograph to pierce the scrim...

When Art and Policy Collide: The Politics of Memory in Public Spaces

When we visited The Shape of Power at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the exhibition was already in the headlines. Months earlier, it had been cited in a presidential executive order, an attempt to “restore truth and sanity to American history” by contesting...

Local News for—and with—the People

For Black and brown communities, news coverage too often arrives in moments of crisis, reducing lived experiences to fragments, soundbites, and headlines that feel incomplete and extractive. Capital B is working to change that. Founded as a nonprofit newsroom by and...

This Is Not Just O’Keeffe Country

Georgia O’Keeffe translated sun-bleached bones and red cliffs into a modern American mythos. She captured the stark beauty and spiritual resonance of Northern New Mexico with adoration and astonishment. But her gaze—amplified by decades of acclaim and institutional...

Seeing Through Art: Personal Stories of Connection and Change

For over four decades, the Luce Foundation’s American Art Program has championed the belief that art is more than just an artifact. It’s a living dialogue, a way to carry stories forward, confront omissions, and create space for belonging. With more than $240...

Using Art as a Bridge to Belonging

What does it mean to belong in America? That’s the question at the heart of On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America, a groundbreaking exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. When it opened in 2022, the installation was intended...

Story as Legacy: Memory, Power, and the Fight for a More Just Future

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2025 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellows

The People of the Henry Luce Foundation

2025 Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellows

Recent News

Henry Luce Foundation awards $4.4 million to invited colleges and universities through the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM

Henry Luce Foundation Welcomes Randall Griffey as Program Director for American Art

Henry Luce Foundation Welcomes Sarah E. Baker as Chief Legal Officer and Chief of Staff

Indigenous Art, Advocacy, and the Museum System

Photography, Archives, and Reclaimed Histories

When Art and Policy Collide: The Politics of Memory in Public Spaces

Local News for—and with—the People

This Is Not Just O’Keeffe Country

Seeing Through Art: Personal Stories of Connection and Change

Using Art as a Bridge to Belonging

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