GRANTS & GRANTEES

Lonnie Graham

2002 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2002
Visual Arts

References

Lonnie Graham at the Penn State School of Visual Arts website

News

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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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Travis Macdonald

Travis Macdonald (Pew Fellow, 2014) questions authorship with poems that are lively and whimsical without being frivolous, and which offer critique and reflection of the contemporary moment.

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Ken Kalfus

Ken Kalfus is a 2009 Pew Fellow and the author of two collections of stories, Thirst and Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies, both of which were New York Times notable books.

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Artist Residencies Awarded to Pew Fellows Nichole Canuso and Jennifer Kidwell

Pew Fellows Nichole Canuso (2017) and Jennifer Kidwell (2016) have been awarded artist residencies to cultivate in-progress works during the summer of 2020.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Catie Rosemurgy

Poet and Pew Fellow Catie Rosemurgy's wry and sharply imagined poems investigate the layered natures of identity, history, and narrative.

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Tayarisha Poe

Poe creates multifaceted portraits of young people of color in work that blends film, photography, and prose across media platforms.

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Questions of Practice

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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Hafez Javier Kotain

Hafez Javier Kotain is a percussionist and teacher, fluent in both Arab and Latin rhythms.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Visual Artist Lisa Marie Patzer

Visual artist Lisa Marie Patzer (2019) spoke to us about how her practice and interests have evolved during the pandemic, the most useful piece of artistic advice she ever received, and her favorite “brain candy” for relaxing.

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Fritz Dietel

Fritz Dietel's (Pew Fellow, 2007) inspiration comes from observation of botanic and aquatic natural forms. His pieces, quite labor-intensive, are mainly constructed from strips and shards of band-sawed wood.

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Wilmer Wilson IV

Working across mediums, including performance, sculpture, collage, video, photography, and installation, Wilson explores the nature and social value of ephemera and bodily presence in public spaces.

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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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Alice Oh

Alice Oh is a visual artist and a 2000 Pew Fellow.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Rennie Harris’ New Work for Alvin Ailey Praised, James Ijames and Major Jackson Featured in New York Times, Alex Da Corte Named to “Most Influential Artists of 2018”

As 2018 comes to a close, our Pew Fellows remain active with public art, exhibitions, performances, residencies, and national press coverage. See the latest news updates in our roundup below.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Paul Rucker

Paul Rucker is a visual artist, composer, and musician. His work often integrates live performance, sound, original compositions, and visual art, and focuses on issues surrounding incarceration.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Ben Peterson

"You can do what you want within the space of the paper," says visual artist and 2009 Pew Fellow Ben Peterson. "Whereas in the three-dimensional world, there'd be limitations."

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Marshall Allen

Marshall Belford Allen, a 2012 Pew Fellow, has been an active member of the Sun Ra Arkestra for over 50 years, and has helmed the historic jazz group since 1995, following the death of jazz pioneer Sun Ra.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows of the Week: An Interview with Landscape Architects Anuradha Mathur & Dilip da Cunha

Landscape architects Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha discuss their collaborative work and continued interest in the built environment, and more.

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Alexandra Tatarsky

Tatarsky blends performance art, comedy, physical theater, and clown practices to probe the construction of meaning, self, and community. Playing with perceptions of language and narrative structure, their live performances are highly responsive to venue and audience, often breaking the fourth wall and embracing humor to reveal vulnerability and humanity.

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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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