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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That Which is Fundamental: Predicated. + A Recollection. Exhibitions

Bowerbird presents two exhibitions curated by Pew Fellow Tiona McClodden that explore the work and legacy of the late African American composer Julius Eastman.

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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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Alien She: Panel Discussion

A panel discussion organized around Alien She, an exhibition examining the lasting impact of the Riot Grrrl movement, currently on view at Vox Populi.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Daniel Tucker

Daniel Tucker is an artist, writer, and organizer who develops documentaries, publications, and events inspired by his interest in social movements and the people and places from which they emerge.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Robert Storr

Robert Storr has been a professor of painting and dean of the School of Art at Yale University since 2006.

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Rebecca Westcott

Rebecca Westcott (1976–2004) was a visual artist and a 2004 Pew Fellow.

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Grants & Grantees

The Miss Rockaway Armada Discovery Grant

The Philadelphia Art Alliance underwent exhibition planning with artist collective the Miss Rockaway Armada for a project that explored the organization's relationship to its surrounding neighborhood.

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Augmented Reality Brings 2,200 Year-Old Chinese Terracotta Warriors to Life in The Franklin Institute’s Latest Exhibition

The Franklin Institute’s a new immersive adaptation of one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in modern time recently made its debut in Philadelphia.

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Person of the Crowd: Artist Lectures and Gallery Talks

The Barnes Foundation presents a series of artist lectures and gallery talks.

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Eastern State Penitentiary

Built in 1829, Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world.

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Moundverse Infants

Newly commissioned work by visual artist Trenton Doyle Hancock examines the representation of race in material culture, inspired by toy dolls from the artist’s own collection and from Philadelphia’s African American Doll Museum.

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Camae Ayewa & Rasheedah Phillips

As “afrofuturistic cultural producers,” Ayewa and Phillips collaboratively explore the intersections of black culture, science fiction, futurism, and social practice.

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Frankenstein & Dracula: Gothic Monsters, Modern Science

The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia presents Frankenstein & Dracula, an exhibition highlighting two seminal Gothic works that probe the intersection of scientific literature and social anxieties.

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Two Center-Funded Publications from Fabric Workshop Document Work of Ann Hamilton, Janine Antoni, Anna Halprin, Stephen Petronio

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(ex)CHANGE: History Place Presence Artist Installations

Asian Arts Initiative's (ex)Change: History Place Presence project has comissioned six Asian American artists to create site-specific artworks.

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What Inspired in 2017? Our Network Responds

As 2017 draws to a close, we asked Center colleagues, panelists, grantees, and staff to reflect on the year in art.

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Virgil Marti

Virgil Marti is a visual artist and a 1995 Pew Fellow.

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On the Horizon: 2019 Center-Funded Projects Reimagine Performance Spaces, Illuminate Community Voices, Reinterpret History

The organizations supported by the Center have a wide range of ambitious projects planned for 2019. The sampling below showcases their upcoming performances, exhibitions, and public programs around the region.

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Ryan Trecartin

"I'm interested in how personality is replacing gender in how people are defined," says 2009 Pew Fellow Ryan Trecartin, an innovative video artist who creates phantasmagorical media installations.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Multi-media Artist Mariam Ghani on the Tensions between Private and Public Narratives

Mariam Ghani reflects on shifting narratives that exist “in counterpoint to each other.”

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