GRANTS & GRANTEES

Charles Burnette

1993 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1993
Design/Architecture

References

Charles Burnette's website

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Lela Aisha Jones

Jones is a movement performance artist who intertwines personal history, diasporic movement, social commentary, and interdisciplinary methods, drawing from, in her words, "the individual and collective lived experiences of blackness."

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Pew Fellows in the News: Rennie Harris, Karyn Olivier, and Carolyn Lazard Earn Major Awards, Airea D. Matthews Discusses Her Fellowship with WHYY

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Mara Isaacs

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Frances Negrón-Muntaner

Frances Negrón-Muntaner is a filmmaker and a 1994 Pew Fellow.

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Grammy Awards go to Pew Fellow Jennifer Higdon and Center grantees The Crossing and PRISM Quartet

Composer and Pew Fellow Jennifer Higdon (1999) and Center grantees The Crossing and PRISM Quartet are awarded 2018 Grammy Awards by the Recording Academy.

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Pew Fellows News: Tiona McClodden Receives Keith Haring Fellowship, Justin Cronin’s The Passage Adapted Into TV Series, Heidi Saman Selected for International Emerging Film Talent Association Initiative, and More

This month’s Pew Fellows news includes fellowships, grants, and honors, a new television series, and critically-acclaimed performances and exhibitions.

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Brent Wahl

Brent Wahl (Pew Fellow, 2014) works primarily in photography and time-based mediums, transforming everyday materials and detritus into mesmerizing compositions.

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Michael Djupstrom

A classical music composer and pianist, Michael Djupstrom (Pew Fellow, 2014) seeks to connect with audiences by bridging traditional and contemporary styles of musical expression.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Dixon Gottschild’s 50-year career as a writer and cultural scholar surveys the presence and influence of the black dancing body in America, in what she calls “choreography for the page.”

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Aaron Landsman

Aaron Landsman is a New York City-based playwright, actor, and teacher whose performance works combine formal experimentation and long-term community engagement.

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News

The Pew Center is Recognized with Two Awards from the Public Relations Society of America

We are honored to receive recognition from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America’s Pepperpot Awards for our Pew Fellowships at 25 anniversary celebration.

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In Memoriam: Tokay Tomah, Traditional African Vocalist and Pew Fellow

Tokay Tomah, 2016 Pew Fellow and celebrated singer, composer, and recording artist, passed away on November 14, 2017.

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Keith VanDerSys

Keith VanDerSys (2013 Pew Fellow) explores the potential of new tools, fabrication technologies, and construction to expand the beauty and sustainability of the urban landscape. VanDerSys received his M.A in critical studies in architectural culture from UCLA.

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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.

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John Blake, Jr.

John Blake, Jr. (1947–2014, Pew Fellow, 2010) took his inspiration as a contemporary jazz violinist and composer from some of the genre's greats.

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Jorge Cousineau

Contemporary Renaissance man, 2011 Pew Fellow, and "idea factory" Jorge Cousineau counts set design, lighting design, videography, and music composition among his talents.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Writer and Cultural Scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Writer and cultural scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild on her artistic journey, her interest in the presence and influence of the black dancing body in America, and more.

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Judy Hussie-Taylor

Judy Hussie-Taylor has served as executive director and chief curator of Danspace Project since 2008, where her theme-based Platform series has mobilized artists as advocates and curators within the field.

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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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Dinita Clark

Through her work as a choreographer, performer, and teacher, Clark engages the vocabularies of hip-hop culture and street dance and centers women within the dance form.

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