GRANTS & GRANTEES

Filmon Mebrahtu

2005 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2005
Media

References

Filmon Mebrahtu at the Documentary Educational Resources website

News

Pew Fellows News: Jennifer Higdon Wins Grammy, New Yorker Profiles Becky Suss, Rebecca Rutstein Debuts AT&T Building Mural

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition and interviews.

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Pew Fellows News: Sonia Sanchez Wins Wallace Stevens Award, Glenn Holsten’s Wyeth Documentary Makes PBS Debut, David Hartt’s Solo Exhibition at Art Institute of Chicago, and More

In September, Pew Fellows from across all art disciplines were nationally recognized for their work, launched new and innovative projects, and received prestigious honors and awards. See the latest updates in our news roundup below.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Tom Quinn

Quinn makes films that tell character-driven stories within regional communities. Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, he casts professional actors alongside people from the locations where he films, such as the South Philadelphia String Band as it prepares for the annual Mummers Parade and residents of a small town in Pennsylvania facing the closure of their local post office.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

sharon maidenberg

sharon maidenberg is the executive director and CEO of The Contemporary Austin.

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Kevin Varrone

Poet and 2012 Pew Fellow Kevin Varrone has worked for over 10 years on a multiple-book project entitled g-point Almanac.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Visual Artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase

Visual artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase (2019) spoke to us about their art-making routine and the artists, early experiences, and aspects of Philadelphia culture that most influence their work.

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Dawn Lundy Martin

Dawn Lundy Martin is a poet, essayist, and video artist.

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Tina Satter

Satter’s experimental theater productions reflect diverse textual, formal, and aesthetic influences to illuminate the stories of female and queer characters.

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Daniel Heyman

Daniel Heyman's (Pew Fellow, 2009) works on paper capture the images and words of Iraqi torture victims from facilities like Abu Ghraib.

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Nicole Cousineau

Nicole Cousineau (Pew Fellow, 2007) makes multimedia dance theater based in strong, rigorous movement investigation.

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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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Chuck Treece

Pew Fellow Chuck Treece is known as a seasoned guitarist, bassist, drummer, vocalist, and, in many circles, a skateboarding legend.

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Gerald Cyrus, Jr.

Gerald Cyrus, Jr. is a visual artist and a 2005 Pew Fellow.

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Richard Torchia

Richard Torchia is a visual artist and a 1994 Pew Fellow, and the director of the Arcadia University Art Gallery.

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Sarah Gamble

"The best day in the studio is when everything feels like magic," says 2009 Pew Fellow and visual artist Sarah Gamble.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Jamillah James

Jamillah James is curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA).

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Dan Murphy

Dan Murphy and Anthony Smyrski work together as the artist duo Megawords. They are well known throughout Philadelphia for installations that are equal parts gathering space, artist studio, and storefront.

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma

Jamaaladeen Tacuma (Pew Fellow, 2011) is considered a living legend among jazz circles. He is credited with redefining the potential of the electric bass.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Poet Ryan Eckes

Poet and Pew Fellow Ryan Eckes on his desire to “write toward another way of living,” why he chooses to work and live in Philadelphia, the books on his bedside table, and more.

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Fellows Friday News: Jennifer Kidwell Wins Obie Award; James Ijames Debuts New Play; Pepón Osorio Opens Site-Specific Installation

This month’s Pew Fellows news sees an award recognizing excellence in off-Broadway theater, grants from Leeway Foundation for projects addressing art and social change, and a large-scale installation that tells the story of a local matriarch.

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