GRANTS & GRANTEES

Lamont B. Steptoe

2006 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2006
Literature

References

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David Scott Kessler

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News

Photos and Video: Celebrating Our 2018 Grantees

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Carolyn Lazard

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Leah Stein

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Sarah Robayo Sheridan

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This month’s Pew Fellows news sees the release of a new album of electronic music, national media coverage of a new play addressing race in America, the introduction of the 2017 Pew Fellows, and more.

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Mei-ling Hom

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Ben Peterson

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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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Questions of Practice

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Jennifer Kidwell

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Syd Carpenter is a sculptor and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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Tiona Nekkia McClodden

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Hafez Javier Kotain

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