GRANTS & GRANTEES

Rebecca Westcott

2004 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

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Rebecca Westcott.

Pew Fellow, 2004
1976–2004
Visual Arts

GRANTS & GRANTEES

William Daley

Self-proclaimed "mud man" and 2010 Pew Fellow William Daley has been a leading figure in the field of ceramics for close to 60 years.

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Bruce Metcalf

Bruce Metcalf is a jeweler and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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News

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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Questions of Practice

A Poetry Month Pew Fellows Chat with Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, & Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela

For National Poetry Month, we invited three poets—Julian Talamantez Brolaski (2019 Fellow-in-Residence), Kayleb Rae Candrilli (2021 Fellow), and Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela (2020 Fellow)—to discuss what drew them to poetry, how writing and “pre-writing” permeates throughout their daily lives, and how to sustain a creative practice over time.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Visual Artist Eileen Neff

Visual artist and Pew Fellow Eileen Neff recalls the early works of art that influenced her practice, her most treasured possession, and more.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Composer Andrea Clearfield

Composer and Pew Fellow Andrea Clearfield on what inspired her to dedicate her first opera to the life of an 11th-century Tibetan yogi, the influence of composer Margaret Garwood on her practice, and more.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

J. Rufus Caleb

Playwright and 2008 Pew Fellow J. Rufus Caleb strives to create theater experiences that are "as visceral as they are intellectual."

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David Ellsworth

David Ellsworth is a visual artist and a 1999 Pew Fellow.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

John King

John King is a composer, guitarist, and violist and the recipient of the 2014 Award for Sound/Music from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

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Carolyn Lazard

Lazard’s cross-disciplinary practice centers the experiences of disability and accessibility, appropriating existing materials and, in the artist’s words, “the labor of others as a structural element of the work.”

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News

In Memoriam: Anuradha Mathur, Landscape Architect and Pew Fellow

Pew Fellow Anuradha Mathur passed away on February 26 at the age of 61.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows Chat: angel shanel edwards, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, and Alexandra Tatarsky on Blending Disciplines in Performance

In this installment, three performance artists—angel shanel edwards, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, and Alexandra Tatarsky—discuss the audiences that motivate them, their dream collaborators, and the idea of “leakiness” between disciplines.

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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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In Memoriam: Jymie Merritt, Bassist, Composer, and Pew Fellow

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Susan Lankin-Watts

Susan Lankin-Watts (Pew Fellow, 2015) is a singer, trumpet player, composer, and arranger whose complex arrangements draw from tradition, the poetry of her great-grandfather, and a desire to give new voice to the art form and create klezmer culture for a younger generation.

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David Hartt

Hartt’s multidisciplinary work in photography, sculpture, installation, and digital film considers the history of social and cultural ideals in relation to the built environment.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Major Jackson Reads Urban Renewal

Poet and Pew Fellow Major Jackson reads sections from his suite of poems, Urban Renewal, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts.

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The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces Over $10.2 Million in Pandemic Recovery Funding for Philadelphia Organizations and Fellowships for Artists

42 new grants support individual artists and assist arts sector in emerging from the effects of COVID-19 through technology and facilities upgrades, diversity initiatives, new business models

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Susan Stewart

Susan Stewart is a poet and a 1995 Pew Fellow.

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Mauro Zamora

"I'm interested in the landscape for political reasons, environmental reasons...things that have to do with us and our society right now," says painter and 2008 Pew Fellow Mauro Zamora.

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