Composer Ari Benjamin Meyers on Authorship, Collaboration, and Rehearsing Philadelphia
Rehearsing Philadelphia, created and composed by Ari Benjamin Meyers, brought musical performances to public spaces throughout Philadelphia in the spring of 2022.
Pew Fellows Chat: Shatara Michelle Ford, Karyn Olivier, and Brett Ashley Robinson on the Art and Audiences That Matter to Them
In this installment, three artists—filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford, visual artist Karyn Olivier, and theater artist Brett Ashley Robinson—discuss the works that catalyzed their own creative pursuits, how audience considerations shape their practices, and the possibilities that lie in their chosen disciplines.
Questions of Practice: Opera Director Yuval Sharon on Modern Opera Techniques
Yuval Sharon discusses his approach to storytelling and explained why he thinks even the most ostentatious technical gimmicks should take a backseat to the story itself.
Philadelphia Orchestra's Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Joy Inherent in Live Music
Yannick Nézet-Séguin explains the source of live music’s inherent joyfulness and makes the case for why music should be “experienced together as a community event.”
Questions of Practice: Theater Artist Taylor Mac on Duration and Ritual in Performance
Taylor Mac talks about how the unpredictability of this mode of theater can subvert the familiar and “kick people out of their 40-hour work week.
Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Reciprocal Relationships with Communities
Social choreographer Ernesto Pujol on creating group performances based on reciprocal relationships with communities.
Questions of Practice: Artist Cai Guo-Qiang on Audience Participation in Public Art
Contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang describes the role of audience participation in his large-scale public art installation for Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Performer Nora Chipaumire on Connecting with Her Audience
Supported by a Center Advancement grant, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presented Chipaumire’s portrait of myself as my father in the fall of 2016.
Questions of Practice: Performing Arts Producer Jenny Gersten on Art as an “Agent of Hope”
Jenny Gersten on Art as an “Agent of Hope”
Questions of Practice: Phoenix Art Museum's Amada Cruz on Engaging Bilingual Communities in Museums
Amada Cruz on how her Hispanic heritage informs her approach to audience engagement in bilingual communities.