Tony Cokes, Wendy Red Star, and More Win McArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowships

Four artists are among the winners of this year’s MacArthur “genius” grants, each of which comes with $800,000—a sum that puts these awards among the biggest prizes given to artists in the US. Those artists are Justin Vivian Bond, Tony Cokes, Ebony G. Patterson, and Wendy Red Star.Bond, who stages cabaret performances in addition to making pieces for art spaces, has used camp strategies to comment on issues facing the queer community, often with a specific focus on trans