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Paul Evans Retrospective Planning

James A. Michener Art Museum
Paul Evans, Sculpted Bronze Sideboard, 1970, bronze, private collection. Courtesy of the James A. Michener Art Museum.
Paul Evans, Sculpted Bronze Sideboard, 1970, bronze, private collection. Courtesy of the James A. Michener Art Museum.

This discovery grant supported research for a retrospective exhibition on the work of Paul Evans (1931–87), the designer-craftsman from Bucks County whose expressive sculpted metal furniture departed significantly from the minimalist tendencies of mid-20th-century modernism. Connie Kimmerle, the museum's curator of collections, assembled an international team of advisors—including Glenn Adamson (Victoria & Albert Museum), Gregory Wittkopp (Cranbrook Museum), and Edward S. Cook, Jr. (Yale University)—to establish a curatorial approach, identify essay topics, and map the overall installation. The Center-funded exhibition, Paul Evans: Crossing Boundaries and Crafting Modernism, will be on view at the museum in spring 2014.

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Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. Photo by Jason Smith.
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Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien on Paul Evans

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James A. Michener Art Museum

James A. Michener Art Museum

Named for Doylestown's most famous son, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer James A. Michener, this museum was founded in 1988 with a regional focus, housing a collection of Pennsylvania impressionist paintings. An ongoing interest is the collection and exhibition of the work of art-furniture makers and designers working in the Bucks County area, such as George Nakashima. 

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Larry W. Cook, Untitled.
National Media Spotlight on Philadelphia’s Cultural Scene
Nels Cline in performance at Royce Hall, Los Angeles. Photo by Phinn Sriployrung.

Guitarist Nels Cline on Musical Lineage
Video Tradition & Translation
Walking with Trane, Urban Bush Women. Photo by Gennia Cui.
Questions of Practice: Choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Art and Social Justice
Video Social & Community-Based Practices
Sonia Sanchez. Photo by Erika Vonie.
Celebrating Poet Sonia Sanchez, plus Pew Fellows Earn Guggenheim Fellowships, Peabody Award, and More
Pew Fellows Candice Iloh and Armando Veve. Photos by Neal Santos.

Fellow to Fellow: Candice Iloh and Armando Veve Find Inspiration in Each Other’s Mediums
Interview Cross-Disciplinary Practices
Enrique Bostelmann, Portrait of Cora Flores, 1980, part of Mirages series.

Projects in Process: Discoveries in the Archives with Berman Museum and Japan America Society
Essay Legacy & Archives
Yolanda Wisher, 2022 Philadelphia's Cultural Treasures fellow and 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Mark Palacio.
Four Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Fellows on Care and Community Impact
EgoPo Classic Theater, rehearsal for Ramayana with Papermoon Puppet Theatre and Kalanari Theatre Movement, 2023, Java, Indonesia. Photo courtesy of EgoPo. 

Projects in Process: Wilma Theater and EgoPo on Creative Collaborations
Essay Co-Authorship & Collaboration