The Aspen Institute Arts Program is pleased to announce its 2012 Harman-Eisner Artists in Residence: architect Elizabeth Diller and director/producer Julie Taymor.

Elizabeth Diller is a founding principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, an interdisciplinary design studio that continues to redefine the use of space. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” fellowship, DS+R’s projects include the Lincoln Center expansion and renovation, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the High Line in New York, the Museum of Image and Sound in Rio de Janeiro, the Blur Building in Switzerland, and the Broad Museum in Los Angeles.

Julie Taymor is a Tony Award-winning and Academy Award nominated director whose productions range from musicals and plays to classical operas and films. Hailed as one of the most imaginative and provocative directors and designers working in the arts today, Taymor’s work includes Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and its all-time highest grossing show, The Lion King; as well as The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera and the films Titus, Frida, Across the Universe and The Tempest. Taymor is a recipient of the 1991 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship.