GRANTS & GRANTEES

Christopher Bursk

1995 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1995
Literature

References

Christopher Bursk's website

GRANTS & GRANTEES

Ed Bing Lee

Working with colored thread and thousands upon thousands of knots, 2007 Pew Fellow Ed Bing Lee transforms a simple material and a common technique into a unique form of contemporary fiber art.

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Heidi Saman

Influenced by Italian neo-realism's emphasis on working-class protagonists, Saman's films examine cultural identity, family, class, and daily life among Arab Americans.

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News

New Artist Residencies Awarded to Pew Fellows Michael Djupstrom, James Ijames, Mary Lattimore, and Rea Tajiri

The Center is pleased to announce that four new artist residencies have been awarded to Pew Fellows.

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In Memoriam: Jymie Merritt, Bassist, Composer, and Pew Fellow

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Michael Kuetemeyer & Anula Shetty

Kuetemeyer and Shetty combine new media storytelling and immersive documentary forms with socially engaged art-making practices to explore themes of place, cultural identity, memory, and hidden histories.

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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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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Pew Fellows Sonia Sanchez and Major Jackson on Legacy and the Joys of Teaching

Pew Fellows and poets Sonia Sanchez and Major Jackson visited the Center for an extended conversation, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts.

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Lori Waselchuk

Pew Fellow Lori Waselchuk's photographs of post-Katrina New Orleans and the hospice at Angola Prison in Louisiana bring us into intimate contact with complex subjects.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

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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Katharine Clark Gray

That's the thing that I find important about theater: describing moments that you've had in your life, that you've never been able to put words to.

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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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News

International and US Artist Residencies Awarded to Pew Fellows Ryan Eckes, Leah Stein, and Rea Tajiri

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is pleased to announce that three Pew Fellows have been selected for international and US artist residencies, a program supported by the Center’s ongoing partnership with the Alliance of Artists Communities and with the MacDowell Colony.

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Justin Witte

Justin Witte is a visual artist and a 2004 Pew Fellow.

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David Ellsworth

David Ellsworth is a visual artist and a 1999 Pew Fellow.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Rick Lowe

Artist and community activist Rick Lowe is the founder of Project Row Houses, a neighborhood-based nonprofit arts and cultural organization in Houston's Northern Third Ward.

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Sam Miller

Sam Miller is the former president of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and currently serves on the Board of Amrita in Phnom Penh. He served as a Center dance panelist and LOI panelist in 2013, Pew Fellowships evaluator in 2014, and Pew Fellowships Panel Chair in 2015.

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Peter Paulsen

Peter Paulsen is a classical and jazz performer, both of which influence his composition style, and a 2007 Pew Fellow.

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Thomas Devaney

Thomas Devaney (Pew Fellow, 2014) considers poetry an act of exploration. His work is a lyric evocation of, and meditation upon, remembered people, places, his native city of Philadelphia, and the passage of time.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Poet M. Nzadi Keita

Poet M. Nzadi Keita on weaving intricate narratives with historical research and and vivid imagery, her art-making routine, and how she thinks about her legacy.

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Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon

Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon is a theater artist and a 2000 Pew Fellow.

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