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Charlotte Blake Alston

1994 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1994
Theater

References

Charlotte Blake Alston's website

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Anne Seidman

Painter and 2008 Pew Fellow Anne Seidman's practice has allowed her to explore the nature of pure painting through abstraction, suggesting friction, awkwardness, and ultimately, a sense of self.

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Tim Portlock

Originally trained as a muralist, 2011 Pew Fellow Tim Portlock began experimenting with digital media platforms in the late '90s.

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News

Announcing the 25th Anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts

In 2017, the Center marks the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts with a commemorative website highlighting a quarter-century of support to artists.

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Thaddeus Phillips

Thaddeus Phillips (Pew Fellow, 2002) creates theater works that use transformational scenography, documentary footage, and improvisation to peer into not-often seen worlds.

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Fred Wilson

New York City-based conceptual artist Fred Wilson is known for repurposing objects and artifacts to lead people to see them in a different way.

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Tracie Morris

Tracie Morris is a poet, performer, and scholar. She works extensively as a singer, sound artist, writer, bandleader, and actor.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Artists in Whitney and Venice Biennials, an Academy of American Poets Award, and New Works Around the World

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Composer Andrea Clearfield

Composer and Pew Fellow Andrea Clearfield on what inspired her to dedicate her first opera to the life of an 11th-century Tibetan yogi, the influence of composer Margaret Garwood on her practice, and more.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Laura Mullen

Laura Mullen was appointed Director of Creative Writing at Louisiana State University in 2014. She has served as Poet-in-Residence at Brown University and Columbia College, and serves frequently as a guest faculty member at Naropa's Summer Writing Program. In 2015, she served as a panelist for Pew Fellowships.

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News

2018 Project Grant Guidelines Now Available

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is pleased to announce that the 2018 guidelines for Project grant applications are now available.

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Pew Fellows News: Pepón Osorio Named a 2018 USA Fellow, Kukuli Velarde’s First West Coast Exhibition, Afaa Michael Weaver’s Work Featured in New Book

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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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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Rajendra Roy

Rajendra Roy joined the Department of Film at The Museum of Modern Art as Chief Curator in July 2007, overseeing the museum's film collection, and their preservation and exhibition efforts. Roy served as a Pew Fellowships panelist in 2015.

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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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2018’s Cultural Highlights: Our Year in Review

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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.

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Major Jackson

Major Jackson is a poet, professor, and author.

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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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