Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

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1 Dec 2016

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The Academy of Natural Sciences.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is the oldest natural history museum in North America. Founded in 1812, the museum is known for both its extraordinary collections of natural specimens and its active research faculty. Center support allowed the Academy to upgrade its financial accounting software, giving staff members a more efficient tool for monitoring their internal and external activity.

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Grants & Grantees

From Wealth of Tears to Cheerful Hearts: Odes by Bach and Blow

Tempesta di Mare presented a concert series of baroque interpretations in collaboration with the Philadelphia Singers.

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Lace in Translation

Three international designers created new works that reconceptualized conventional notions of lace.

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As Far As My Fingertips Take Me from ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

Bryn Mawr College presents As Far As My Fingertips Take Me, part of ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury.

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Local Dance History Project

Philadelphia Dance Projects produced the Local Dance History Project, reuniting five prominent Philadelphia dancers to examine the development of contemporary dance in the city.

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Candide

John Caird's adaptation of Voltaire's classic satire Candide received its American regional theater premiere.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

MJ Kaufman

MJ Kaufman is a playwright whose work examines the human experience, often focusing on the lives of queer and transpeople.

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Elephants on the Avenue: Artmaking Workshop with Benjamin Volta

Pew Fellow and visual artist Benjamin Volta leads an artmaking workshop as part of Historic Germantown's ongoing Center-funded project Elephants on the Avenue.

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Questions of Practice

A Barbara Kasten-Inspired Disruption

2014 Pew Fellow Brent Wahl reflects on how Barbara Kasten's Construct works helped him "make some sense of the forces of the postmodern climate of the 1980s."

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Ben Peterson

"You can do what you want within the space of the paper," says visual artist and 2009 Pew Fellow Ben Peterson. "Whereas in the three-dimensional world, there'd be limitations."

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Collaborators & Colleagues

David Devan

David Devan is general director and president of Opera Philadelphia, where he works on strategic planning initiatives and builds partnerships within the Philadelphia community and the opera world.

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Andrea Clearfield Interview

Andrea Clearfield—a working musician, composer, curator, and member of the group—discusses how making and listening to music is changing.

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Endless Shout: Jumatatu Poe's Let 'im Move You: A Study and This Is a Success

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents a performance of Pew Fellow Jumatatu Poe’s Let ‘im Move You, organized by Danielle Goldman.

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Max Apple

Max Apple (Pew Fellow, 2010) has been described as a "writer's writer," a dedicated author of short fiction who writes with precision and control.

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The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts

The Conservation Center for Arts & Historic Artifacts is one of the country's largest non-profit conservation labs.

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Sound Machines: Kagel’s Zwei Mann Orchester Exhibition

Bowerbird presents an exhibition in conjunction with its Center-supported project, Sound Machines: Mauricio Kagel's Zwei Mann Orchester (Two Man Orchestra).

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Michelle Hensley

Michelle Hensley is artistic director of the Minneapolis-based theater company Ten Thousand Things, where she has directed and produced over 60 tours of award-winning drama to nontraditional audiences, in locations which included prisons, shelters, and housing projects.

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Micah Danges

Micah Danges' (Pew Fellow, 2015) work hovers between image and object, pushing the limit of what a photograph can be and using optical distortions that create abstract scenes from everyday items and places, in a distinctive merging of materials and process.

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Erin Carlson Mast

Erin Carlson Mast is CEO and executive director of President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, DC.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Rennie Harris’ New Work for Alvin Ailey Praised, James Ijames and Major Jackson Featured in New York Times, Alex Da Corte Named to “Most Influential Artists of 2018”

As 2018 comes to a close, our Pew Fellows remain active with public art, exhibitions, performances, residencies, and national press coverage. See the latest news updates in our roundup below.

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Haunted Poe

This immersive, multi-sensory play captured Edgar Allan Poe's peculiar genius.

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