GRANTS & GRANTEES

Mytili Jagannathan

2002 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2002
Literature

References

News

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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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Yolanda Wisher

Yolanda Wisher's (Pew Fellow, 2015) writing addresses both artistic and community-oriented pursuits. The founder and director of the Germantown Poetry Festival, she is dedicated to poetry as a performative, public act, capable of producing environmental and social change.

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Jorge Cousineau

Contemporary Renaissance man, 2011 Pew Fellow, and "idea factory" Jorge Cousineau counts set design, lighting design, videography, and music composition among his talents.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Judd Greenstein

Judd Greenstein is a composer and music presenter based in Brooklyn, NY. He curates the Ecstatic Music Festival, an annual showcase of new collaborative concerts between artists from different musical worlds.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Rajendra Roy

Rajendra Roy joined the Department of Film at The Museum of Modern Art as Chief Curator in July 2007, overseeing the museum's film collection, and their preservation and exhibition efforts. Roy served as a Pew Fellowships panelist in 2015.

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Pew Fellows News: Artists on View at MoMA, The Met, and PMA, Three Fellows Win Guggenheims

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including interviews, accolades, and how to see their latest work.

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In Memoriam: Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz, Fiber Artist and Pew Fellow

Pew Fellow Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz passed away on September 17, 2022, at the age of 94.

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Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet, playwright, professor, activist, and one of the foremost leaders of the Black Studies movement.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Dawn Lundy Martin

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

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Airea D. Matthews

Matthews’ work experiments with poetic forms to consider how language can shape perceptions of the self, shared histories, and assumed notions of Blackness.

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Jane Irish

The overall intent of my work is to develop a visual myth about the build up and aftermath of war.

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Brent Wahl

Brent Wahl (Pew Fellow, 2014) works primarily in photography and time-based mediums, transforming everyday materials and detritus into mesmerizing compositions.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Visual Artist Michelle Angela Ortiz

Visual artist Michelle Angela Ortiz has designed and created over 50 large-scale public works nationally and internationally. She maintains a practice that examines issues of immigration, inequality, and human rights.

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Tim Portlock

Originally trained as a muralist, 2011 Pew Fellow Tim Portlock began experimenting with digital media platforms in the late '90s.

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CAConrad

Living and working in Philadelphia for 25 years, 2011 Pew Fellow CAConrad's work falls between poetics, performance, and pedagogy.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows Chat: Shatara Michelle Ford, Karyn Olivier, and Brett Ashley Robinson on the Art and Audiences That Matter to Them

Filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford , visual artist Karyn Olivier, and theater artist Brett Ashley Robinson discuss the works that catalyzed their own creative pursuits, how audience considerations shape their practices, and the possibilities that lie in their chosen disciplines.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

King Britt

King Britt is on a journey, exploring the patchwork of rhythmic textures from many urban dance music cultures: deep house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk, and afro-tech.

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Alex Torra

Torra’s ensemble-created, experimental performance work invites audiences to consider the complexities of contemporary cultural identity, community, and humanity.

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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 Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Vocalist Zaye Tete

Liberian vocalist, composer, and dancer Zaye Tete spoke to us about her artistic development in Liberia, music’s transformative power, and her fondness for Paul Simon.

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