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Thomas Dan

1995 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1995
Visual Arts

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Leroy Johnson

Leroy Johnson (Pew Fellow, 2014) is a mixed-media artist whose work takes the form of painting, collage, and assemblage sculpture. A native of Philadelphia, his work is reflective of his many experiences in the inner city.

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Pablo Colapinto

Pablo Colapinto is a media artist and a 2005 Pew Fellow.

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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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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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Charles Burwell

Charles Burwell (Pew Fellow, 2008) creates abstract paintings, often times on a large scale, which are formally rigorous and visually stimulating.

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News

Pew Fellows News: The Whitney Acquires Works by Jonathan Lyndon Chase and Alex da Corte, Trapeta B. Mayson Named Philly Poet Laureate, Tina Satter’s Play on NY Times “Best Of” List

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Peter Taub

Peter Taub is a curator and arts manager with over 30 years of experience in developing and producing artist-centered projects.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Composer Andrea Clearfield

Composer and Pew Fellow Andrea Clearfield on what inspired her to dedicate her first opera to the life of an 11th-century Tibetan yogi, the influence of composer Margaret Garwood on her practice, and more.

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Fritz Dietel

Fritz Dietel's (Pew Fellow, 2007) inspiration comes from observation of botanic and aquatic natural forms. His pieces, quite labor-intensive, are mainly constructed from strips and shards of band-sawed wood.

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William Daley

Self-proclaimed "mud man" and 2010 Pew Fellow William Daley has been a leading figure in the field of ceramics for close to 60 years.

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David Ellsworth

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

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Meg Foley

Foley, a 2012 Pew Fellow, explores how every movement, no matter how ordinary or seemingly inconsequential, informs a responding movement, and so on, in an ongoing creative feedback loop.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Hellmut Gottschild on a Life of Dance, with Tania Isaac

Pew Fellows Hellmut Gottschild and Tania Isaac sat down for an extended conversation about Gottschild’s artistic history and practice.

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Matthew Levy

Levy's performance practice and compositions bridge modern classical music with rhythmic and improvisatory aspects of jazz, guided by his dedication to exploring the saxophone's genre-defying capabilities.

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Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Media Artist Tayarisha Poe

Media Artist Tayarisha Poe on becoming an artist, what motivates her to tap into her internal youth, and more.

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William Smith

William Smith is a visual artist and a 2001 Pew Fellow.

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LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson (1927–2008) was a tap dancer and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet, playwright, professor, activist, and one of the foremost leaders of the Black Studies movement.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

David Lang

David Lang is one of America's most performed composers, with an extensive catalog that includes opera, orchestra, chamber, and solo works.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Jennifer Higdon Awarded Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, King Britt’s Orchestral collaboration, Plays from Jennifer Kidwell and Bruce Graham in the News, and More.

This month’s Pew Fellows news includes new exhibitions and performances from coast-to-coast, critically-acclaimed plays, and a national award in music composition.

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