GRANTS & GRANTEES

Steve Rowland

1997 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1997
Media Arts

References

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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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Dinita Clark

Through her work as a choreographer, performer, and teacher, Clark engages the vocabularies of hip-hop culture and street dance and centers women within the dance form.

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Ryan Eckes

Eckes' poetry documents the voices and histories of urban life through narrative-driven, investigative, and experimental texts that draw from sources such as news archives, personal accounts, and corporate correspondence.

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Kirsten Kaschock

Informed by her training as a dancer, Kaschock addresses the intersections between language and the body in poetry that displays a choreographer’s sense of rhythm and timing.

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David Ellsworth

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

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Edgar J. Shockley III

Edgar J. Shockley III (Pew Fellow, 2008) sees his unique contribution to the world as reconciling African and European theatrical aesthetics, making us all more aware of what it means to be human.

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Questions of Practice

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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News

Fellows Friday News: Jennifer Kidwell Wins Obie Award; James Ijames Debuts New Play; Pepón Osorio Opens Site-Specific Installation

This month’s Pew Fellows news sees an award recognizing excellence in off-Broadway theater, grants from Leeway Foundation for projects addressing art and social change, and a large-scale installation that tells the story of a local matriarch.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

jumatatu m. poe

A young choreographer who has already produced provocative, experimental dance works, Poe (Pew Fellow, 2011) is the founder of dance/theater company idiosynCrazy productions.

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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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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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Major Jackson

Major Jackson is a poet, professor, and author.

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Melanie Bilenker

Melanie Bilenker (Pew Fellow, 2010) translates the historic art of Victorian hair jewelry into work that reflects upon the contemporary era.

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Dan Blacksberg

Spanning avant-garde jazz, modern classical music, improvised music, and klezmer, 2012 Pew Fellow Dan Blacksberg pushes at the technical and textural extremes of his instrument, the trombone.

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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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News

Pew Fellows News: Pepón Osorio Named a 2018 USA Fellow, Kukuli Velarde’s First West Coast Exhibition, Afaa Michael Weaver’s Work Featured in New Book

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Frank Sherlock

Frank Sherlock (Pew Fellow, 2013) views poetry as a call to action and a tool for encouraging interactions and conversations within public spaces.

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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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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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Shatara Michelle Ford

Ford’s films convey the separate yet intersected experiences of being both Black and a woman in America. Experimenting with narrative structure and uses of music and color, their work examines class, power, identity, and memory through characters that defy dominant stereotypes.

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