Lillian Okoro
Architect and public-space advocate building safer civic landscapes.
The Prismfield Foundation
Luminary Honors 2026
Celebrating generations of courage, craft, and public vision
May 21 · 2026
One evening · New York City · Fifty-one years in motion
Gathering place
The Meridian Ballroom
An evening of live portraiture, conversation, and recognition in a landmark room above Bryant Park.
118 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Doors at 5:45 PM
Presented with
Partners who make the room possible.
Lark & Barrett
New Harbor Trust
Women Forward Fund
The work in numbers
52Community programs
28Scholarship partners
41Cities represented
36Emerging fellows
2026 honorees
Three lives of lasting consequence.
Marisol Chen
Editor, historian, and keeper of overlooked community archives.
Yvette Byrd
Engineer and mentor expanding the routes into climate technology.
Host and performers
The evening’s voices.
Program revealSeptember 8
Program revealSeptember 8
Program revealSeptember 8
Host committee
A collective of steady hands.
Harper Nelson
Nadine Brooks
Mei-Ling Duarte
Sabine Foster
Fatima Cissé
June Armitage
Evelyn Cho
Rosa Navarro
Helen Barrett
Kavita Anand
Leah Sinclair
Oriana Mensah
Bernice Hale
Tess Morgan
Amara Quinn
Inez Fletcher
The legacy continues
Visibility becomes momentum.
Prismfield recognizes women whose work changes the conditions around them—opening institutions, redirecting resources, mentoring with rigor, and leaving the path wider.
Each year’s program funds fellowships, public-history projects, and a new cycle of intergenerational studio sessions.
Lead · $48,500Presenting · $31,500Visionary · $18,500Revolutionary · $11,250Stakeholder · $6,750Investor · $3,250
Sponsorship
Put resources behind the next chapter.
Support the evening and the year-round fellowship work it funds. Packages can be tailored for teams, foundations, and independent patrons.
Reserved seating and reception access
Recognition in the printed annual
A studio session with the fellows
Program and archive acknowledgements
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Celebrating generations of courage, craft, and public vision
The Prismfield Foundation · New York
Designed with purpose for Prismfield 2026.