GRANTS & GRANTEES

Robert Smythe

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2006
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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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John Blake, Jr.

John Blake, Jr. (1947–2014, Pew Fellow, 2010) took his inspiration as a contemporary jazz violinist and composer from some of the genre's greats.

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Matthew Levy

Levy's performance practice and compositions bridge modern classical music with rhythmic and improvisatory aspects of jazz, guided by his dedication to exploring the saxophone's genre-defying capabilities.

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Justin Witte

Justin Witte is a visual artist and a 2004 Pew Fellow.

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Chris Madak

Chris Madak bridges (Pew Fellow, 2015) drone and contemporary experimental electronic music, demonstrating a refined and subtle, yet accessible, musical voice.

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Uri Caine

Uri Caine is an award-winning composer and pianist, and a 2003 Pew Fellow.

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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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News

2018 Project Grant Guidelines Now Available

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is pleased to announce that the 2018 guidelines for Project grant applications are now available.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Elaine Hoffman Watts

Elaine Hoffman Watts was a klezmer musician and a 2000 Pew Fellow in folk and traditional arts.

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Jennifer Monson

Choreographer and performer Jennifer Monson is the founder of New York City-based iLAND: Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature, and Dance.

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Syd Carpenter

Syd Carpenter is a sculptor and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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Zaye Tete

Tete’s practice is dedicated to sharing and reinterpreting traditional Liberian music and dance, connecting Liberian Americans with their heritage across generations.

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Winifred Lutz

Winifred Lutz is an installation artist and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Poet Rachel Zolf

Poet Rachel Zolf spoke to us about their works in progress and the “conscious choice” to live and work in Philadelphia.

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Beth Kephart

Beth Kephart is a writer and a 2005 Pew Fellow.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellowships in the Arts at 25

In 2017, the Center celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Pew Fellowships in the Arts, with a website and short film highlighting a quarter-century of steadfast belief in the value and impact of artists.

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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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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Bassist and Composer Jymie Merritt

Bassist, composer, and Pew Fellow Jymie Merritt discusses the early influence of Duke Ellington on his artistic practice, his interest in digital composition tools, and more.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Jamillah James

Jamillah James is curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA).

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Valerie Cassel Oliver

Valerie Cassel Oliver is senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. She has organized numerous exhibitions that have earned national and international acclaim.

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