GRANTS & GRANTEES

Shanti Thakur

2001 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2001
Media

References

Shanti Thakur's website

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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Tokay Tomah

Tomah uses traditional folk songs of compassion, trust, and reconciliation to generate collective strength and foster dialogue about critical issues facing Liberian immigrant communities.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows of the Week: An Interview with Interdisciplinary Artists Camae Ayewa & Rasheedah Phillips

Pew Fellows and interdisciplinary artists Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips on how they became artists, the role of artistis in communities, and more.

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Jennifer Kidwell

Kidwell's poignant, performer-driven theater work addresses the complexities of race and notions of American history with sharp intelligence and wry humor.

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Matthew Mitchell

Pew Fellow Matthew Mitchell's compositions address intersections and cross-pollination among various strains of acoustic, electric, composed, and improvised new music.

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News

Fellows Friday News: Heidi Saman Film Acquired for Distribution, Jennifer Higdon Grammy Nominations, and Geoff Sobelle at New York Theatre Workshop

Filmmaker Heidi Saman’s film Namour is acquired for theatrical and on-demand distribution, theater artist Geoff Sobelle presents The Object Lesson at New York Theatre Workshop, and composer Jennifer Higdon is nominated for Grammy Awards.

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Sarah Gamble

"The best day in the studio is when everything feels like magic," says 2009 Pew Fellow and visual artist Sarah Gamble.

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James Ijames

James Ijames' (Pew Fellow, 2015) plays and devised works examine how class and gender intersect with race, drawing inspiration from historical texts, the media, and stories of his own family to deconstruct history and its established figures.

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Micah Danges

Micah Danges' (Pew Fellow, 2015) work hovers between image and object, pushing the limit of what a photograph can be and using optical distortions that create abstract scenes from everyday items and places, in a distinctive merging of materials and process.

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David Scott Kessler

David Scott Kessler's (Pew Fellow, 2015) work combines film, installation, writing, performance, and drawing in a constantly-shifting exploration of place.

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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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Benjamin Volta

Benjamin Volta (Pew Fellow, 2015) creates intricate public murals and sculptures, and works within the fields of education, restorative justice, and urban planning.

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Michael Djupstrom

A classical music composer and pianist, Michael Djupstrom (Pew Fellow, 2014) seeks to connect with audiences by bridging traditional and contemporary styles of musical expression.

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Ursula Rucker

Rucker’s interdisciplinary poetry and spoken word performances—which she characterizes as situated “along the edge of the terrains of poetry”—reflect on personal history, family, and place.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Julia Wolfe

Composer Julia Wolfe, whose music is inspired by the folk, classical, and rock genres, is co-founder of New York's music collective Bang on a Can.

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Daniel Heyman

Daniel Heyman's (Pew Fellow, 2009) works on paper capture the images and words of Iraqi torture victims from facilities like Abu Ghraib.

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News

Fellows Friday News: Lela Aisha Jones Nominated for a Bessie Award, Pew Fellows Create Philadelphia Monuments, and Theater Premieres from Thaddeus Phillips and Geoff Sobelle

This month’s Pew Fellows news sees world premiere performances in the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, a national choreography award, a series of new public artworks transforming the city, and more.

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Lane Czaplinski

Lane Czaplinski is the artistic director of Seattle's On the Boards, founded in 1978 to introduce audiences to international innovators in contemporary dance, theater, and music.

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News

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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Karyn Olivier

Olivier creates monuments, memorials, and visual art installations that consider the complex and often conflicting representations of history and memory in public spaces.

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