GRANTS & GRANTEES

Becky Birtha

1993 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1993
Literature

References

Becky Birtha's website

Collaborators & Colleagues

Julia Wolfe

Composer Julia Wolfe, whose music is inspired by the folk, classical, and rock genres, is co-founder of New York's music collective Bang on a Can.

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News

A “Game Changer,” a “Turning Point:” New Short Film Highlights Pew Fellowships’ Impact on Region’s Artists

The Center marks the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts with a short film, released in March 2017.

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Mark Kendall

Kendall's poetic cinematic voice permeates his experimental documentary films that reflect on, as he says, "the everyday conditions of our everyday lives" in ways that bring together the physical, sensuous and perceptual with the intellectual.

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John Corbett

John Corbett is a writer, musician, radio host, teacher, record producer, concert promoter, and, with co-owner Jim Dempsey, of Corbett vs. Dempsey art gallery in Chicago.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Poet Ursula Rucker

Interdisciplinary poet, performer, and recording artist Ursula Rucker spoke to us about the influences that shaped the trajectory of her career, from crucial early advice to collaborating across disciplines.

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Hellmut Gottschild

Hellmut Gottschild is a seminal figure in Philadelphia dance, and was part of the first generation of Pew Fellows in 1992.

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King Britt

King Britt is on a journey, exploring the patchwork of rhythmic textures from many urban dance music cultures: deep house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk, and afro-tech.

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Laynie Browne

Laynie Browne's (Pew Fellow, 2014) poetry explores notions of silence and the invisible, through the re-contextualization of poetic forms.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Visual Artist and Filmmaker Tiona McClodden

Pew Fellow and visual artist Tiona McClodden on creating work inspired by her lived experiences, why “honesty is perfection,” and more.

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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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Essex Hemphill

Essex Hemphill (1957–95) was a poet and a 1993 Pew Fellow.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Choreographer Nichole Canuso

Choreographer and performer Nichole Canuso on improvisation, audience participation, and what she describes as “the kinesthetic intellect.”

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Mary Lattimore

Classically trained on the harp since age 11, Mary Lattimore (Pew Fellow, 2014) incorporates experimental techniques and technologies into her music, thereby extending the conventions of her instrument.

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Julia Bloch

Bloch’s lyric and prose poems blend the personal and the political to, she says, “negotiate tensions between individual forms of expression and webs of social meaning.”

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David Ludwig

Ludwig's contemporary classical compositions for a range of instrumental ensembles, voice, theater, and film play with style and genre and address topics ranging from climate change to religious traditions.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins is a pioneer of contemporary harp practice and performance, and has extended the language of the harp with unusual playing techniques, preparations, and layers of electronic processing.

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Charles Cohen

Charles Cohen (Pew Fellow, 2011) has been characterized as a "special and singular musician" with a highly developed and refined voice.

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CAConrad

Living and working in Philadelphia for 25 years, 2011 Pew Fellow CAConrad's work falls between poetics, performance, and pedagogy.

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J. Louise Makary

J. Louise Makary (Pew Fellow, 2013) approaches film as a platform to explore, critique, and dissect narratives and their uses.

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Alex Torra

Torra’s ensemble-created, experimental performance work invites audiences to consider the complexities of contemporary cultural identity, community, and humanity.

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