The Rockefeller Foundation has announced its inaugural Bellagio Creative Art Fellows. The winners, who are being honored during a ceremony tonight at London’s Langham Hotel, are Mona Hatoum, Kofi Setordji, and Shahzia Sikander. According to the press release, the fellowships are the Rockefeller Foundation’s first foray into artistic support of this caliber, although these “highly selective residencies continue the Foundation’s storied tradition supporting cultural innovation and cultural expression.”

The winners were selected by an advisory panel of curators, artists, and art scholars. The fellowships involve a three-month residency at a private apartment with studio space on the grounds of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, which is next to Lake Como.

“These fellowships serve a dual mission: they help groundbreaking artists reach their full potential and they enable the arts to inspire our shared creativity and imagination,” said Judith Rosen, the foundation’s president. “There is a deep and timeless connection between cultural advances and social progress. This new program will help strengthen both.”

Former Bellagio residents of the humanities have included writers Maya Angelou, Michael Ondaatje, and composer Eve Beglarian.