Planning for Pat O'Neill Exhibition

Screening (Nadia Hironaka and Matt Suib)

2008

$5,000

Pew Fellows and independent curators Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib developed plans to produce a new experimental film exhibition at International House Philadelphia. The project planned for a presentation of early films by renowned Los Angeles-based filmmaker Pat O'Neill and a new work by Hironaka and Suib, accompanied by a series of works by other experimental filmmakers.

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(Dis)placed Public Forum #2

As part of its ongoing project, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture presents its second public forum exploring stories of displacement.

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(ex)CHANGE: History Place Presence Opening Events

Asian Arts Initiative launches the Center-funded (ex)Change: History Place Presence project with a series of opening events.

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Grants & Grantees

Planning for The Puppet Show

This exhibition examined the imagery of puppets in contemporary art with work by 30 artists.

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Person of the Crowd: Film Screenings

The Barnes Foundation will screen a series of films depicting modern life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Astria Suparak

Astria Suparak is an independent curator and former director and curator of Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery.

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Philly Block Project Archive Collective: South Kensington 19122 Opening Reception

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center presents a community exhibition comprised of crowd-sourced photographs from residents of Philadelphia's South Kensington neighborhood.

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Philly Block Project Archive Collective: South Kensington 19122

The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center presents a community archive exhibition comprised of crowd-sourced images from residents of Philadelphia's South Kensington neighborhood.

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cloth. a commonplace

Visual artist Ann Hamilton leads a workshop exploring the intersection of texts and textiles in modern literature at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Bisi Silva on the Contemporary Curatorial Practice in Africa

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Yael Bartana: And Europe Will be Stunned

A newly commissioned site-specific performance and an exhibition showcase Israeli filmmaker and installation artist Yael Bartana, whose work addresses the complexities of migration, memory, and identity.

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Bruce Metcalf

Bruce Metcalf is a jeweler and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay

The work of 22 artists, spanning four generations, was presented in an exhibition that examined clay's appeal and craft.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Filmmaker Mark Kendall

Filmmaker and Pew Fellow Mark Kendall on the first work of art that inspired his practice, his experimental approach to filmmaking, and more.

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Association for Public Art’s Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies Heads to Baltimore's Light City Festival, April 14–21

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Michelle Angela Ortiz

Through public art installations and a socially engaged practice, Ortiz examines issues of immigration, socio-economic inequalities, and human rights.

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Yinka Shonibare MBE: Magic Ladders

This is Nigerian-born, London-based Yinka Shonibare's first major Philadelphia exhibition since his artist residency at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in 2004.

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reFORM: Philadelphia School Reform Commission Member Feather Houstoun at Temple Contemporary

In conjunction with the ongoing reFORM project, Temple Contemporary hosts a discussion with Feather Houstoun, member of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission.

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(Dis)placed Arts Workshop

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture presents a multi-disciplinary workshop exploring the theme of displacement through art, poetry, and music.

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Grants & Grantees

Strange Currencies

Strange Currencies is the first exhibition to articulate a history for the unorthodox, artist-run spaces that emerged in Mexico City in the 1990s.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Andrea Grover

Andrea Grover is the Century Arts Foundation Curator of Special Projects at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY, where she is initiating new models for temporary and off-site exhibitions.

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