Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Filmmaker Moon Molson
Moon Molson's films portray the stories of people of color, capturing the humor and lyricism of, in his words, “the language of the streets.”
Questions of Practice: Composer David Lang on Classical Music, Education, Composing, and Virtuosity
Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer David Lang on creating a score for 400 broken instruments, music education, classical music, and more.
Pew Fellows of the Week: An Interview with Landscape Architects Anuradha Mathur & Dilip da Cunha
We spoke to landscape architects Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha (2017) whose collaborative work imagines new possibilities for design of the built environment and explores the lines separating land and water, and urban and rural environments.
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Media Artist Tayarisha Poe
We spoke to Tayarisha Poe (2017), whocreates complex portraits of young people of color in her multisensory work that blends film, photography, and prose across media platforms.
On Frank Zappa’s “Relentless Pursuit of Interesting Sounds:” An Interview with Orchestra 2001’s Jayce Ogren and Zappa Expert Joseph Klein
In conjunction with Orchestra 2001’s Philadelphia premiere of Frank Zappa’s The Yellow Shark, Jayce Ogren and Dr. Joseph Klein consider the Zappa’s legacy and the process of bringing scores to life for a contemporary audience.
Questions of Practice: Poet and Performer Tracie Morris on “Serving Her Muse”
Poet, performer, and scholar Tracie Morris describes what inspires her to “follow her muse.”
Pew Fellows of the Week: An Interview with Interdisciplinary Artists Camae Ayewa & Rasheedah Phillips
We spoke to interdisciplinary artists Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips (2017) who describe themselves as “afrofuturistic cultural producers.”
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Choreographer and Performer Annie Wilson
We spoke to Annie Wilson (2017), a choreographer and performer whose work intertwines experimental dance, humor, feminist practice, and audience interaction.
Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Poet Julia Bloch
We spoke to poet Julia Bloch (2017) whose lyric and prose poems blend the personal and the political to, she says, “negotiate tensions between individual forms of expression and webs of social meaning.”
Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Durational Performance
Social choreographer Ernesto Pujol explains why durational performance “fights our cult of speed."