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Filmon Mebrahtu

2005 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2005
Media

References

Filmon Mebrahtu at the Documentary Educational Resources website

News

A Poem that Changed My Life: Seven Pew Fellows on the Works that Inspire Them

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we invited some of our Fellows to reflect on the poems that have been most meaningful to them and how they have shaped their practices and their lives.

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In Memoriam: James Primosch, Composer and Pew Fellow

Pew Fellow James Primosch passed away on April 26 at the age of 65.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jymie Merritt

Recognized as a pioneering jazz bassist and composer who has played with numerous musical luminaries over his 60-year career, Merritt composes work that brings forth collective improvisation within a complex rhythmic and harmonic language.

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Bhob Rainey

Bhob Rainey is a soprano saxophonist, composer, and a 2013 Pew Fellow whose interests lie in new realms of artistic possibility.

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James Primosch

James Primosch is a composer and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Saxophonist and Composer Matthew Levy

Saxophonist and Pew Fellow Matthew Levy on what motivates his multi-faceted practice as a musician, composer, and commissioner/producer of new music, his daily art-making routine, and more.

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Jesse Harrod

Harrod’s interdisciplinary practice encompasses sculpture, painting, stop-motion animation, and other media to reimagine forms of gendered, sexual, and disabled embodiment. Their work engages with the history of feminist art, material culture, and craft practices such as macramé, ceramics, and stained glass.

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Deron Albright

Deron Albright (Pew Fellow, 2012) has been a filmmaker since 1994, with work spanning documentary, installation, poetic animation, and short- and long-form narrative.

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Kristy Edmunds

Kristy Edmunds is the executive and artistic director of the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. She is recognized for innovation and depth in the presentation of works by contemporary artists.

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Rebecca Westcott

Rebecca Westcott (1976–2004) was a visual artist and a 2004 Pew Fellow.

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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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Questions of Practice

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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Amanda Hunt

Amanda Hunt is Director of Education and Public Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and co-curator of the 2019 Desert X Biennial in Palm Springs.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Visual Artist and Filmmaker Tiona McClodden

Pew Fellow and visual artist Tiona McClodden on creating work inspired by her lived experiences, why “honesty is perfection,” and more.

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Pew Fellows News: Camae Ayewa Receives Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant, Melissa Ho Mounts Exhibition at Smithsonian, Tayarisha Poe Screens Film at Sundance

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

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John Collins

John Collins is founder and artistic director of Elevator Repair Service (ERS), a theater ensemble based in New York City.

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Daniel Fuller

Daniel Fuller is a writer and independent curator based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Alice Oh

Alice Oh is a visual artist and a 2000 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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Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Poet Kirsten Kaschock

Poet Kirsten Kaschock spoke to us about her daily writing routine, how her dance background informs her poetry work, and why she doesn’t believe in procrastination.

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