Pew Fellowships in the Arts at 25
In 2017, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts.
Questions of Practice: Barnes Foundation’s Thom Collins on Unpacking the Museum’s Collection Through Performance
Thom Collins on the Barnes Foundation’s efforts to “unpack” the museum’s collection and history through performance.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Poet Ryan Eckes
We spoke to Ryan Eckes (2016), whose narrative-driven poetry is, in his words, “a possible form of history:” a way to document the voices and conditions of urban life.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Visual Artist and Filmmaker Tiona McClodden
Tiona McClodden’s interdisciplinary approach encompasses documentary film, experimental video, sculpture, and sound installations.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Bassist and Composer Jymie Merritt
We spoke to Jymie Merritt (2016) a pioneering bassist and composer who, over the last 60 years, has played with some of the most acclaimed American jazz and blues artists in history, including Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, B. B. King, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, and Chet Baker.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Vocalist and Composer Tokay Tomah
We spoke to Tokay Tomah (2016), a traditional African vocalist, composer, and recording artist who has dedicated her career to inspiring dialogue about critical issues facing Liberian immigrant communities.
Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Ann Hamilton on the Social Connotations of Cloth
Ann Hamilton on her interest in exploring the social and material connotations of cloth.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Sound Designer & Composer Christopher Colucci
We spoke to Christopher Colucci (2016), whose sound designs for theater are distinguished by their sense of musicality and, in the artist’s words, a “sensitivity to the power of sound to evoke the ineffable.”
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Filmmaker Heidi Saman
We spoke to Heidi Saman (2016), a filmmaker influenced by Italian neo-realism’s emphasis on working-class protagonists, whose own work examines cultural identity, family, class, and daily life among Arab Americans.
Questions of Practice: Curator Lee Tusman on Curating Performance
Curator Lee Tusman on curating a site-specific performance informed by and presented at the Barnes Foundation.