GRANTS & GRANTEES

Rebecca Medel

1999 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1999
Visual Arts

References

Rebecca Medel's website

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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News

Applying for a 2019 Pew Center Grant: What’s New This Year

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is pleased to share our 2019 grant application guidelines and to announce updates to our grant making.

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12 New Fellows Announced, Jenny Sabin’s MoMAPS1 Installation, King Britt’s New Album, and James Ijames in The New York Times

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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Odean Pope

Odean Pope is a saxophonist and composer, and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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Diane Monroe

Monroe says she aims to “abandon classifications of style and genre” by bridging classical and jazz repertoires, African and African American musical traditions, and contemporary experimental music.

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Poetry Month Pew Fellows News: New Books by Major Jackson and Susan Stewart, a Podcast by Yolanda Wisher, Readings from Trapeta B. Mayson, Ron Silliman, and More

More than 40 poets have been awarded Pew Fellowships since the program’s inception. In recognition of National Poetry Month, we’ve gathered the latest news from these distinguished writers below, including newly published work and upcoming online readings.

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Mei-ling Hom

Mei-ling Hom is a visual artist and a 1998 Pew Fellow.

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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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Robert Crowder

Robert Crowder (1930–2012) was the founder of Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble and a 2004 Pew Fellow in folk and traditional arts.

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Leah Stein

Stein’s choreographic practice integrates improvisational methods in site-specific works that illuminate the connections among the body, sound, location, and audience.

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Questions of Practice

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s Pew Fellow Artist Residencies

Since 2011, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has provided recent Pew Fellows with opportunities to take sojourns outside of the Philadelphia area, for residencies intended to push their artistic practice and expand their horizons.

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A “Game Changer,” a “Turning Point:” New Short Film Highlights Pew Fellowships’ Impact on Region’s Artists

The Center marks the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts with a short film, released in March 2017.

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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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Brian Teare

Brian Teare's (Pew Fellow, 2015) poetry is concerned with embodiment—both our human bodies and the natural environment around us.

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Susan Stewart

Susan Stewart is a poet and a 1995 Pew Fellow.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Claire Aguilar

Claire Aguilar is the director of programming and industry engagement at Sheffield Doc/Fest, an international film festival that celebrates the art and business of documentary filmmaking.

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Fellows Friday News: Afaa Michael Weaver Publishes New Poetry Collection, Alex Da Corte’s Times Square Billboards, and More

Poet Afaa Michael Weaver publishes a new book of poetry, visual artist Alex Da Corte’s video installation Blue Moon is projected on Times Square billboards, and filmmaker Cheryl Hess receives a 2016 Tribeca Documentary Grant.

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Elisabeth Sussman

Elisabeth Sussman is curator and Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Most recently, she co-curated the 2012 Whitney Biennial.

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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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Bruce Metcalf

Bruce Metcalf is a jeweler and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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