Becky Birtha | The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Skip to main content
Menu

Search form

Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn
Menu

Search form

Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn
  • About
  • Grants & Grantees
  • Apply
  • Questions of Practice
  • Collaborators & Colleagues
  • News
  • Events
  • Contact
Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
GRANTS & GRANTEES

Becky Birtha

1993 PEW FELLOW
Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1993
Literature

  • Becky Birtha's website
share
facebook twitter email
Explore More
Related Grants
1993 Grants
Related People
Sonia Sanchez
Iain Low
Sarah McEneaney
  • More +
Related News
Pew Fellows News: CAConrad Receives Lambda Literary Award, Leroy Johnson’s Work at the Barnes Foundation, Stacy Levy’s Installation Enlivens the Schuylkill River, and More
Pew Fellowships
Literature
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Syd Carpenter

    Syd Carpenter is a sculptor and a 1992 Pew Fellow.
    people-content
    syd-carpenter
  • Collaborators & Colleagues
    Sally Berger

    Sally Berger is a film and media curator, lecturer, and writer, and serves as assistant curator of the department of film at The Museum of Modern Art.
    people-content
    sally-berger
  • Collaborators & Colleagues
    Julian Talamantez Brolaski

    Brolaski’s poetry draws from multiple languages, literary traditions, and modes of expression to explore multifaceted identity and experience.
    people-content
    julian-talamantez-brolaski
  • News
    Poetry Month Pew Fellows News: New Books by Major Jackson and Susan Stewart, a Podcast by Yolanda Wisher, Readings from Trapeta B. Mayson, Ron Silliman, and More

    More than 40 poets have been awarded Pew Fellowships since the program’s inception. In recognition of National Poetry Month, we’ve gathered the latest news from these distinguished writers below, including newly published work and upcoming online readings.
    news-content
    poetry-month-pew-fellows-news-new-books-by-major-jackson-and-susan-stewart-a-podcast-by-yolanda-wisher-readings-from-trapeta-b-mayson-ron-silliman-and-more
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Andrea Clearfield

    Clearfield creates deep, emotive musical languages that she says, "synthesize disparate elements into a musical whole," in works that explore themes ranging from freedom and oppression, to ancient cultures, religion, health, and technology.
    people-content
    andrea-clearfield
  • Collaborators & Colleagues
    Mara Isaacs

    Mara Isaacs is the founder and director of Octopus Theatricals LLC, a company dedicated to producing and consulting in the performing arts.
    people-content
    mara-isaacs
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    David Felix Sutcliffe

    A documentary filmmaker, Sutcliffe creates intimate, character-driven stories about the complex experiences of Muslim American communities today.
    people-content
    david-felix-sutcliffe
  • Questions of Practice
    Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Visual Artist Ken Lum

    Visual artist Ken Lum creates conceptual and representational work in a number of mediums, including painting, sculpture, and photography, driven by an interest in the formation of individual and societal identities
    question-of-practice-content
    pew-fellow-of-the-week-an-interview-with-visual-artist-ken-lum
  • Collaborators & Colleagues
    Jenny Sabin

    "Looking to nature for design inspiration is not a new idea," says architect and designer Jenny Sabin.
    people-content
    jenny-sabin
  • Questions of Practice
    Fellows Friday: Q&A with Visual Artist Eileen Neff

    Visual artist and Pew Fellow Eileen Neff recalls the early works of art that influenced her practice, her most treasured possession, and more.
    question-of-practice-content
    fellows-friday-q-amp-amp-a-with-visual-artist-eileen-neff
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Teresa Leo

    Teresa Leo is a poet and a 2002 Pew Fellow.
    people-content
    teresa-leo
  • Collaborators & Colleagues
    Mary Jane Jacob

    Curator Mary Jane Jacob is professor and executive director of exhibitions and exhibition studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
    people-content
    mary-jane-jacob
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Jonathan Lyndon Chase

    Chase’s vivid, gestural portraits employ painting, collage, and drawing in works that reflect the complexities of black and queer identity.
    people-content
    jonathan-lyndon-chase
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Toshi Makihara

    Toshi Makihara is a 2013 Pew Fellow whose performance work effortlessly blends percussion with dance-like body movement.
    people-content
    toshi-makihara
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Richard Torchia

    Richard Torchia is a visual artist and a 1994 Pew Fellow, and the director of the Arcadia University Art Gallery.
    people-content
    richard-torchia
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Jennifer Higdon

    Jennifer Higdon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning musician and a 1999 Pew Fellow and one of America’s most frequently performed living composers.

    people-content
    jennifer-higdon
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Annabeth Rosen

    Annabeth Rosen is a visual artist and ceramicist who creates elaborate sculptures that are “volcanic, beastly, catastrophic, and unnervingly funny,” as described by writer and critic Nancy Princenthal.
    people-content
    annabeth-rosen
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    J.C. Todd

    J.C. Todd's (Pew Fellow, 2014) poems investigate the impact of war, with an insistent eye and ear on language.
    people-content
    j-c-todd
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Pattie McCarthy

    Pattie McCarthy, a 2011 Pew Fellow, has established herself as a serious and ambitious young poet with a strong sense of language and tradition.
    people-content
    pattie-mccarthy
  • GRANTS & GRANTEES
    Leroy Johnson

    Leroy Johnson (Pew Fellow, 2014) is a mixed-media artist whose work takes the form of painting, collage, and assemblage sculpture. A native of Philadelphia, his work is reflective of his many experiences in the inner city.
    people-content
    leroy-johnson
back to top

The Pew Center
For Arts & Heritage
1608 Walnut Street, 18th fl
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel: 267.350.4900
Fax: 267.350.4997
Email: info@pewcenterarts.org

Facebook / Twitter / YouTube
Instagram / LinkedIn

Questions of Practice RSS

Contact

Credit Guidelines

Privacy Policy & Copyright Statement

Copyright © The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage 2021