GRANTS & GRANTEES

Steven Beyer

1992 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1992
Visual Arts

GRANTS & GRANTEES

Annabeth Rosen

Annabeth Rosen is a visual artist and ceramicist who creates elaborate sculptures that are “volcanic, beastly, catastrophic, and unnervingly funny,” as described by writer and critic Nancy Princenthal.

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News

Making History: Celebrating the Groundbreaking Work of Women Artists

In recognition of Women’s History Month, we take a look back and a look forward to Center-supported projects celebrating the brilliant and groundbreaking work of women artists and their important contributions to art and cultural history.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Anthony Smyrski

Anthony Smyrski works with Dan Murphy as the artist duo Megawords. They are well known throughout Philadelphia for installations that are equal parts gathering space, artist studio, and storefront.

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Alice Oh

Alice Oh is a visual artist and a 2000 Pew Fellow.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

John Collins

John Collins is founder and artistic director of Elevator Repair Service (ERS), a theater ensemble based in New York City.

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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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J. Louise Makary

J. Louise Makary (Pew Fellow, 2013) approaches film as a platform to explore, critique, and dissect narratives and their uses.

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Matt Saunders

Matt Saunders (Pew Fellow, 2014) is a multidisciplinary theater artist whose practice is rooted in set design.

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Paul Swenbeck

Pew Fellow Paul Swenback developed a fascination with the macabre and occult at an early age, which has filtered into his idiosyncratic sculptures, paintings, photographs, and installations.

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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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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview With Visual Artist Quentin Morris

For more than 50 years, visual artist Quentin Morris has been creating monochromatic paintings and works on paper that explore the possibilities of the color black. He talks about the early moments that shaped his career, starting with trips to the Philadelphia Museum of Art with his father, and how Philadelphia has transformed in his time as an artist.

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Frances Negrón-Muntaner

Frances Negrón-Muntaner is a filmmaker and a 1994 Pew Fellow.

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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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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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Charles Cohen

Charles Cohen (Pew Fellow, 2011) has been characterized as a "special and singular musician" with a highly developed and refined voice.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Karyn Olivier Pens Washington Post Op-Ed, Marshall Allen Leads New Sun Ra Album, and New Essays from Imani Perry

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition and interviews.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Julie Carr

Julie Carr is the author of several books of poetry and a 2011 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.

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Mara Isaacs

Mara Isaacs is the founder and director of Octopus Theatricals LLC, a company dedicated to producing and consulting in the performing arts.

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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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