Lehigh Professor Alina Tenser Named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

The sculptor and educator is among 223 recipients selected from nearly 5,000 applicants in the foundation's 101st class of fellows.

Alina Tenser, assistant professor of art in the Department of Art, Architecture and Design at Lehigh University, has been named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow by the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the organization announced last week.

Tenser is one of 223 artists, scholars and scientists appointed to the foundation's 101st class of fellows. She was chosen from a pool of nearly 5,000 applicants — a year in which applications within the creative arts and humanities surged by 50 percent.

The Guggenheim Fellowship, established in 1925, is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional promise and a record of prior achievement in their fields. Each fellow receives a monetary stipend to pursue independent work under what the foundation describes as "the freest possible conditions."

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