Collaborators & Colleagues

Darsie Alexander

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Darsie Alexander is the chief curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN. She is responsible for the curatorial vision of a museum that has long been an international standard-bearer, particularly when it comes to multidisciplinary programming. Notable among her recent exhibitions is Dance Works I: Merce Cunningham/Robert Rauschenberg (2011). She is currently working on an upcoming museum-wide exhibition titled Undisciplined. She recently served as a Center exhibitions panelist in 2013.

References

Walker Art Center website

GRANTS & GRANTEES

African American Museum in Philadelphia

Founded in 1976, the African American Museum in Philadelphia is the first institution funded and built by a major municipality to preserve, interpret, and exhibit the heritage of African Americans.

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Sarah Sze

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents new work by Artist-in-Residence Sarah Sze in her first solo exhibition in the Philadelphia area.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Janine Antoni

Janine Antoni creates work in performance art, sculpture, and photography.

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News

On the Horizon: 2019 Center-Funded Projects Reimagine Performance Spaces, Illuminate Community Voices, Reinterpret History

The organizations supported by the Center have a wide range of ambitious projects planned for 2019. The sampling below showcases their upcoming performances, exhibitions, and public programs around the region.

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Spit Spreads Death Parade

The Mütter Museum’s Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918–19 in Philadelphia begins with a parade to remember those who died and to honor those who keep us safe today.

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I is for Institute: Kunsthalle Lissabon

The ICA presents a conversation between Luís Silva and João Mourão, co-founders and co-directors of Kunsthalle Lissabon.

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Alien She: Riot Grrrl Burlesque Show with the Dead Flowers Burlesque Troupe

As part of its ancillary programming, Vox Populi will host a Riot Grrrl burlesque show with the Dead Flowers Burlesque Troupe.

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Questions of Practice

Inside Bowerbird: Q&A with Founder and Director Dustin Hurt

Dustin Hurt, founder and director of Bowerbird on his Center-supported project Sound Machines: Zwei Mann Orchester.

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Pool: A Social History of Segregation

An interactive exhibition sited in a former public pool and a new play by Pew Fellow James Ijames examine the history and present-day implications of segregated swimming pools in America.

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Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Visual Artist Quentin Morris

For more than 50 years, visual artist Quentin Morris has been creating monochromatic paintings and works on paper that explore the possibilities of the color black. He talks about the early moments that shaped his career, starting with trips to the Philadelphia Museum of Art with his father, and how Philadelphia has transformed in his time as an artist.

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Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Smith is the executive director of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in New York City.

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Common Touch: The Art of the Senses in the History of the Blind

Artist-in-residence Teresa Jaynes will curate a multisensory exhibition based on the Library Company's extraordinary collection of pre-Braille texts for the visually impaired.

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Tell Me What I Can Do from ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

Bryn Mawr College presents Tell Me What I Can Do, part of ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury.

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Darielle Mason

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Monument Lab Summer Sampler

Mural Arts Philadelphia presents a preview event for its forthcoming public art project Monument Lab: A Citywide Public Art and History Exhibition.

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Breath Beneath

PRISM will explore the artistic possibilities that arise at the intersection of saxophone music, technology, and time-based visual art, to lay the foundation for an evening-length production.

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Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956–1974

The Philadelphia Museum of Art co-organized a multifaceted exhibition devoted to the art of Michelangelo Pistoletto, influential founder of the Arte Povera movement.

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Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form Lectures and Gallery Talks

The Michener Art Museum presents a series of lectures and gallery talks exploring the connections between Sheeler’s experimentations in fashion and the industrial paintings and photographs that established his career.

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Pew Fellows News: Jennifer Higdon Awarded Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, King Britt’s Orchestral collaboration, Plays from Jennifer Kidwell and Bruce Graham in the News, and More.

This month’s Pew Fellows news includes new exhibitions and performances from coast-to-coast, critically-acclaimed plays, and a national award in music composition.

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Opening Reception for SPACES International Artist in Residence Exhibition

The Village holds an opening reception for its SPACES International Artist in Residence exhibition.

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