Tipton to use $500K for lighting
The second oldest MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient this year has tentative plans to establish a foundation that would teach fellow mature light designers a few of the skills that she has used to gain international recognition in the field.
Jennifer Tipton — a 71-year-old adjunct professor of design at the Yale School of Drama and a lighting design advisor at the Yale Repertory Theatre — is one of 25 “geniuses” to receive a fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation that will provide $500,000 per recipient to support their work over the next five years.
Tipton is known in...
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