GRANTS & GRANTEES

Sheryl Robin David

2000 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2000
Folk and Traditional Arts

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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News

Pew Fellows News: Camae Ayewa Receives Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant, Melissa Ho Mounts Exhibition at Smithsonian, Tayarisha Poe Screens Film at Sundance

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Sam Miller

Sam Miller is the former president of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and currently serves on the Board of Amrita in Phnom Penh. He served as a Center dance panelist and LOI panelist in 2013, Pew Fellowships evaluator in 2014, and Pew Fellowships Panel Chair in 2015.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

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

Paula Marincola

Paula Marincola was named the first executive director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in June 2008. She leads the organization in developing and implementing its strategic agenda as both grantmaker and hub for knowledge-sharing.

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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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Vera Nakonechny

Vera Nakonechny, a 2008 Pew Fellow, is a Ukrainian embroiderer, bead worker, and weaver.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Miya Masaoka

Miya Masaoka is a musician, composer, performance artist, teacher, and sound artist living and working in New York City.

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Enid Mark

Enid Mark (1932–2008) was a visual artist and a 2001 Pew Fellow.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

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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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Theater Artist Jennifer Kidwell

Theater artist and Pew Fellow Jennifer Kidwell on how she became an artist, the role of humor in her work, Philadelphia’s arts scene, and more.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Choreographer and Movement Artist Lela Aisha Jones

Choreographer and Pew Fellow Lela Aisha Jones on the importance of “creative spirits” in her family, what motivates her to create, the Philadelphia arts scene, and more.

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Bobby Zankel

Bobby Zankel is a musician and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Sonia Sanchez Reads 10 Haikus for Max Roach

Award-winning poet, playwright, professor, and Pew Fellow Sonia Sanchez reads her poem 10 Haikus for Max Roach.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Philip Bither

Philip Bither has been the Walker Art Center's senior curator of performing arts since 1997.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Raphael Xavier’s Hip-Hop Practice in Visual Art Exhibition, James Ijames’ ‘Kill Move Paradise’ at The Wilma Theater, and Leah Stein’s Site-Specific Dance at Woodmere Art Museum

This month, Pew Fellows offer premiere performances and exhibitions with works in photography, film, theater, dance, and music.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jenn McCreary

Jenn McCreary (Pew Fellow, 2013) believes that the poem is "a dialogue and exchange between poet and reader; a breathing entity rather than a closed, coherent object."

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Fellows Friday News: A Living Legacy Award for Odean Pope; An Exhibition Honors the Late Nicholas Kripal; Tayarisha Poe Named Sundance Institute Fellow & More

This month’s Pew Fellows news sees a wide range of national and regional awards for Fellows across disciplines, an exhibition recognizing the legacy of late visual artist and educator Nicholas Kripal, and press coverage for world premiere theater works.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Michael Gordon

Composer Michael Gordon is a co-founder of Bang on a Can, an international organization dedicated to the support of experimental music since 1987.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Kara Crombie

"I see my work as representation of the first generation to grow up entirely under the umbrella of a 'read-write' culture," 2010 Pew Fellow Kara Crombie states.

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