GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jeanne Murray Walker

1998 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1998
Literature

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News

In Memoriam: Tokay Tomah, Traditional African Vocalist and Pew Fellow

Tokay Tomah, 2016 Pew Fellow and celebrated singer, composer, and recording artist, passed away on November 14, 2017.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jacob Cooper

Cooper creates expansive sonic palettes that evoke a sense of timelessness through the use of electronic, studio-recorded processes and experimental instrument and vocal techniques.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Judy Hussie-Taylor

Judy Hussie-Taylor has served as executive director and chief curator of Danspace Project since 2008, where her theme-based Platform series has mobilized artists as advocates and curators within the field.

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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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Fellows Friday News: David Felix Sutcliffe Wins Emmy Award, Fatu Gayflor and Tokay Tomah Star in New Documentary, Remembering Elaine Hoffman Watts

This month’s Pew Fellows news sees national awards for filmmaking and nonfiction writing, new music and film releases, and we remember the late klezmer musician Elaine Hoffman Watts.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

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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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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Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Hellmut Gottschild on a Life of Dance, with Tania Isaac

Pew Fellows Hellmut Gottschild and Tania Isaac sat down for an extended conversation about Gottschild’s artistic history and practice.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Julia Wolfe

Composer Julia Wolfe, whose music is inspired by the folk, classical, and rock genres, is co-founder of New York's music collective Bang on a Can.

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Making History: Celebrating the Groundbreaking Work of Women Artists

In recognition of Women’s History Month, we take a look back and a look forward to Center-supported projects celebrating the brilliant and groundbreaking work of women artists and their important contributions to art and cultural history.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

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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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Tiona Nekkia McClodden

McClodden's interdisciplinary work traverses documentary film, experimental video, sculpture, and sound installations, to explore elements of race, familial histories, and social change.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jennifer Levonian

Jennifer Levonian (Pew Fellow, 2009) creates cut-paper animations that explore the ambivalence of everyday life.

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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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Maria Shaplin

Shaplin uses light to create immersive theatrical worlds that guide and enhance what she describes as the “alchemical meaning-making” of live performance.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Filmmaker Moon Molson

Filmmaker Moon Molson on his daily art-making routine, his biggest motivator as an artist, and more.

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Caroline Lathan-Stiefel

Caroline Lathan-Stiefel creates large-scale, immersive sculptural installations from textile and found objects to form what she calls "drawings in space."

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News

Pew Fellows News: Swarthmore College Awards Sonia Sanchez Honorary Degree, Dave Burrell celebrated for Lifetime of Achievement, Jane Irish Transforms Lemon Hill Mansion, and More

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2019 in Review: A Year of Grant Making and Cultural Vitality

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s 2019 Year in Review highlights the remarkable work our grantees produced throughout the year and the pressing issues of cultural practice discussed in our Questions of Practice research series. We also offer a preview of the projects scheduled for 2020.

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