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Full List of Pew Fellows

Pew Fellow Michelle Lopez, Safety Dream, installation view of Lasso Reprieve, 2023, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Pew Fellow Michelle Lopez, Safety Dream, installation view of Lasso Reprieve, 2023, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Pew Fellowships have been awarded to exceptional artists in the Philadelphia region since 1992. As of September 2024, there are 412 Pew Fellows in total.

2024

  • Mikel Patrick Avery, composer and multidisciplinary artist
  • Bettina Escauriza, filmmaker
  • Ralph Lemon, interdisciplinary artist, writer, and choreographer
  • Michelle Lopez, sculptor and installation artist
  • Zac Manuel, filmmaker
  • Shavon Norris, movement and theater artist
  • Raúl Romero, sound and installation artist
  • Tyshawn Sorey, composer and musician
  • Chad E. Taylor, composer and musician
  • Stewart Thorndike, filmmaker
  • Tshay, filmmaker and photographer
  • Rebecca Wright, theater director

2005

  • Barbara Attie & Janet Goldwater, filmmakers
  • Astrid Bowlby, visual artist
  • Pablo Colapinto, media artist
  • Gerald Cyrus, Jr., visual artist
  • Cheryl Hess, filmmaker
  • M. Ho, visual artist
  • Beth Kephart, writer
  • Jay Kirk, writer
  • Shawn McBride, writer
  • Filmon Mebrahtu, filmmaker
  • Joshua Mosley, visual artist
  • Zoe Strauss, visual artist

2004

  • Robert Crowder*, folk and traditional artist
  • Francis Di Fronzo, visual artist
  • Mufulu Kingambo Gilonda, folk and traditional artist
  • Tanya Hamilton, filmmaker
  • Hipolito “Tito” Rubio, folk and traditional artist
  • Rebecca Rutstein, visual artist
  • Losang Samten, folk and traditional artist
  • Wu Peter Tang, folk and traditional artist
  • Jackie Tileston, visual artist
  • Nicholas Wardigo, playwright
  • Rebecca Westcott*, visual artist
  • Justin Witte, visual artist

2001

  • Tanya M. Barrientos, writer
  • Yane Calovski, visual artist
  • Justin Cronin, writer
  • Vincent D. Feldman, visual artist
  • William Larson*, visual artist
  • Enid Mark*, visual artist
  • Gabriel Martinez, visual artist
  • María Teresa Rodriguez, filmmaker
  • Laurence Salzmann, visual artist
  • William Smith, visual artist
  • Ron Tarver, visual artist
  • Shanti Thakur, filmmaker

1999

  • Carol Antrom, composer
  • David Ellsworth, visual artist
  • Jennifer Higdon, composer
  • Michael Hurwitz, visual artist
  • Teresa Jaynes, visual artist
  • Kevin Kautenberger, visual artist
  • Nicholas Kripal*, visual artist
  • Robert Maggio, composer
  • Mogauwane Mahloele, composer
  • Rebecca Medel, visual artist
  • Benjamin Schachter, composer
  • Eric Schoefer, choreographer

1998

  • Phoebe Adams, visual artist
  • Steven Donegan, visual artist
  • Daisy Fried, poet
  • Michael Grothusen, visual artist
  • Jahmae Harris, writer
  • Mei-ling Hom, visual artist
  • Homer Jackson, visual artist
  • James Mills, visual artist
  • Karen E. Outen, writer
  • Ron Silliman, poet
  • Jeanne Murray Walker, poet
  • Afaa Michael Weaver, poet

1997

  • Robert Asman, visual artist
  • Barbara Bullock, visual artist
  • Paul Fierlinger, animator
  • Thomas Gibbons, playwright
  • Richard Harrod, visual artist
  • Glenn Holsten, filmmaker
  • Alex Kanevsky, visual artist
  • Peter Rose, filmmaker
  • Steve Rowland, radio artist
  • Sheila M. Sofian, animator
  • William Williams, visual artist
  • Marian X, playwright

1994

  • Charlotte Blake Alston, storyteller
  • Charles Burns, visual artist and graphic novelist
  • Francis Davis, writer and critic
  • AP Gorny, visual artist
  • Emmet Gowin, visual artist
  • Louis Massiah, filmmaker
  • Kate Moran, visual artist
  • Eileen Neff, visual artist
  • Frances Negrón-Muntaner, filmmaker
  • Michael O’Reilly, filmmaker
  • Alice Schell, writer
  • Carol Shloss, writer
  • Judith E. Stein, writer and critic
  • Margie Strosser, filmmaker
  • Richard Torchia, visual artist
  • Glen Weldon, writer

1992

  • Greg “Hodari” Banks, choreographer
  • Steven Beyer, visual artist
  • Sandra Brownlee, visual artist
  • Syd Carpenter, visual artist
  • Peter d’Agostino, visual artist
  • Tina Davidson, composer
  • Kent De Spain, choreographer
  • Hellmut Gottschild, choreographer
  • Steve Krieckhaus, choreographer
  • Stacy Levy, visual artist
  • Winifred Lutz, visual artist
  • Odean Pope, musician and composer
  • LaVaughn Robinson*, choreographer
  • Annabeth Rosen, visual artist
  • Judith Schaechter, visual artist
  • Lily Yeh, visual artist

 

Pew Fellows with the * symbol are deceased.