GRANTS & GRANTEES

Stephen Berg

1993 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

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Stephen Berg.

Pew Fellow, 1993
1934–2014
Literature

References

Stephen Berg at the Poetry Foundation website

Collaborators & Colleagues

John Corbett

John Corbett is a writer, musician, radio host, teacher, record producer, concert promoter, and, with co-owner Jim Dempsey, of Corbett vs. Dempsey art gallery in Chicago.

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Jonathan Olshefski

Olshefski’s documentary films depict intimate portraits of contemporary American life, rooted in the long-term relationships he develops with his subjects.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Kate Watson-Wallace Premieres Work at LA’s REDCAT, Tayarisha Poe’s Film to be Adapted by Amazon Studios, Benjamin Volta’s Mural Honored by Americans for the Arts

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

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Electronic Musician King Britt

Electronic musician and DJ King Britt describes how his practice has evolved since receiving the Pew Fellowships ten years ago, the best advice he has ever received, and more

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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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Matthew Cox

Matthew Cox, a 2008 Pew Fellow, creates psychologically charged figurative paintings that are technically ambitious as well as visually intriguing.

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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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Event

A Billion Nights on Earth at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Thaddeus Phillips brings his family-friendly, visual theater work to the Brooklyn Academy of Music as part of the 2017 Next Wave Festival.

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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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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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News

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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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Composer and Violinist Diane Monroe

Composer and violinist Diane Monroe has been leading her own ensembles for more than 15 years. Her cross-genre work bridging European classical, American jazz, and African musical traditions has included engagements with artists and groups such as Pew Fellows Bobby Zankel, Odean Pope, and John Blake; Harlem Symphony Orchestra; and Bang on a Can All Stars.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Hellmut Gottschild

Hellmut Gottschild is a seminal figure in Philadelphia dance, and was part of the first generation of Pew Fellows in 1992.

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Rachel Zolf

Zolf’s poetry and art videos explore memory, history, ethics, and the limits of language.

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Syd Carpenter

Syd Carpenter is a sculptor and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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Dave Burrell

Dave Burrell is a pianist and a 1996 Pew Fellow.

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Christopher Colucci

Colucci's sound designs for theater are distinguished by their sense of musicality, and what he describes as a "sensitivity to the power of sound to evoke the ineffable."

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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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David Felix Sutcliffe

A documentary filmmaker, Sutcliffe creates intimate, character-driven stories about the complex experiences of Muslim American communities today.

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Russell Davis

Moments of grace or insight or good writing actually are dependent on a day-to-day process.

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