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Full List of Pew Fellows

Michelle Lopez, 2024 Pew Fellow. Photo by David Evan McDowell.
Michelle Lopez, 2024 Pew Fellow. Photo by David Evan McDowell.

Pew Fellowships have been awarded to exceptional artists in the Philadelphia region since 1992. As of September 2024, there are 412 Pew Fellows in total.

2006

  • David Brick, Andrew Simonet & Amy Smith, choreographers
  • Nava EtShalom, poet
  • Nadia Hironaka, visual artist
  • Jena Osman, poet
  • Pepón Osorio, visual artist
  • Bob Perelman, poet
  • Scott Rigby, visual artist
  • Tobin Rothlein, visual artist
  • Robert Smythe, theater artist
  • Geoff Sobelle, theater artist
  • Lamont B. Steptoe, poet
  • Elaine Terranova, poet

2005

  • Barbara Attie & Janet Goldwater, filmmakers
  • Astrid Bowlby, visual artist
  • Pablo Colapinto, media artist
  • Gerald Cyrus, Jr., visual artist
  • Cheryl Hess, filmmaker
  • M. Ho, visual artist
  • Beth Kephart, writer
  • Jay Kirk, writer
  • Shawn McBride, writer
  • Filmon Mebrahtu, filmmaker
  • Joshua Mosley, visual artist
  • Zoe Strauss, visual artist

2004

  • Robert Crowder*, folk and traditional artist
  • Francis Di Fronzo, visual artist
  • Mufulu Kingambo Gilonda, folk and traditional artist
  • Tanya Hamilton, filmmaker
  • Hipolito “Tito” Rubio, folk and traditional artist
  • Rebecca Rutstein, visual artist
  • Losang Samten, folk and traditional artist
  • Wu Peter Tang, folk and traditional artist
  • Jackie Tileston, visual artist
  • Nicholas Wardigo, playwright
  • Rebecca Westcott*, visual artist
  • Justin Witte, visual artist

2003

  • Kim Arrow, choreographer
  • Tyrone Brown, musician and composer
  • Uri Caine, musician and composer
  • Andrea Cooper, visual artist
  • Linda Cordell, visual artist
  • Jim Hinz, visual artist
  • Roko Kawai, choreographer
  • Michael Olszewski, visual artist
  • Toby Twining, composer
  • Kukuli Velarde, visual artist
  • Anna Weesner, composer
  • Jan Yager, visual artist

2002

  • Muhsana Ali, visual artist
  • Gabriel Quinn Bauriedel, Dan Rothenberg & Dito van Reigersberg, theater artists
  • Candy Coated, visual artist
  • Rachel Blau DuPlessis, poet
  • Lonnie Graham, visual artist
  • Mytili Jagannathan, poet
  • Teresa Leo, poet
  • Whit MacLaughlin, theater artist
  • Caden Manson, theater artist
  • Trapeta B. Mayson, poet
  • Thaddeus Phillips, theater artist
  • Mark Shetabi, visual artist

2001

  • Tanya M. Barrientos, writer
  • Yane Calovski, visual artist
  • Justin Cronin, writer
  • Vincent D. Feldman, visual artist
  • William Larson*, visual artist
  • Enid Mark*, visual artist
  • Gabriel Martinez, visual artist
  • María Teresa Rodriguez, filmmaker
  • Laurence Salzmann, visual artist
  • William Smith, visual artist
  • Ron Tarver, visual artist
  • Shanti Thakur, filmmaker

2000

  • Frito Bastien, folk and traditional artist
  • Pablo Batista, folk and traditional artist
  • Frank Bramblett*, visual artist
  • Emily Brown, visual artist
  • Terrence Cameron, folk and traditional artist
  • Sheryl Robin David, folk and traditional artist
  • Greg “Peache” Jarman*, folk and traditional artist
  • Babette Martino*, visual artist
  • Mick Moloney*, folk and traditional artist
  • Alice Oh, visual artist
  • Elaine Hoffman Watts*, folk and traditional artist
  • Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon, playwright

1999

  • Carol Antrom, composer
  • David Ellsworth, visual artist
  • Jennifer Higdon, composer
  • Michael Hurwitz, visual artist
  • Teresa Jaynes, visual artist
  • Kevin Kautenberger, visual artist
  • Nicholas Kripal*, visual artist
  • Robert Maggio, composer
  • Mogauwane Mahloele, composer
  • Rebecca Medel, visual artist
  • Benjamin Schachter, composer
  • Eric Schoefer, choreographer

1998

  • Phoebe Adams, visual artist
  • Steven Donegan, visual artist
  • Daisy Fried, poet
  • Michael Grothusen, visual artist
  • Jahmae Harris, writer
  • Mei-ling Hom, visual artist
  • Homer Jackson*, visual artist
  • James Mills, visual artist
  • Karen E. Outen, writer
  • Ron Silliman, poet
  • Jeanne Murray Walker, poet
  • Afaa Michael Weaver, poet

1997

  • Robert Asman, visual artist
  • Barbara Bullock, visual artist
  • Paul Fierlinger, animator
  • Thomas Gibbons, playwright
  • Richard Harrod, visual artist
  • Glenn Holsten, filmmaker
  • Alex Kanevsky, visual artist
  • Peter Rose, filmmaker
  • Steve Rowland, radio artist
  • Sheila M. Sofian, animator
  • William Williams, visual artist
  • Marian X, playwright

1996

  • Yvonne Bobrowicz*, visual artist
  • Dave Burrell, musician and composer
  • Joseph Cashore, puppeteer
  • Rennie Harris, choreographer
  • Jan Krzywicki, composer
  • Bruce Metcalf, visual artist
  • Todd Noe, visual artist
  • James Primosch*, composer
  • Pang Xiong Sirirathasuk Sikoun*, folk and traditional artist
  • Rudolf Staffel*, visual artist
  • Kariamu Welsh*, choreographer
  • Bobby Zankel, musician and composer

1995

  • Christopher Bursk*, poet
  • Donald Camp, visual artist
  • Lorene Cary, writer
  • Woon-Ping Chin, poet and performance artist
  • Thomas Dan, visual artist
  • Mark Goodwin, visual artist
  • Neysa Grassi, visual artist
  • Hilary Harp, visual artist
  • Major Jackson, poet
  • Tristin Lowe, visual artist
  • Virgil Marti, visual artist
  • Stuart Netsky, visual artist
  • Molly Russakoff, poet
  • Susan Stewart, poet and critic
  • Denyse Thomasos*, visual artist
  • Isaiah Zagar, visual artist

1994

  • Charlotte Blake Alston, storyteller
  • Charles Burns, visual artist and graphic novelist
  • Francis Davis*, writer and critic
  • AP Gorny, visual artist
  • Emmet Gowin, visual artist
  • Louis Massiah, filmmaker
  • Kate Moran, visual artist
  • Eileen Neff, visual artist
  • Frances Negrón-Muntaner, filmmaker
  • Michael O’Reilly, filmmaker
  • Alice Schell, writer
  • Carol Shloss, writer
  • Judith E. Stein, writer and critic
  • Margie Strosser, filmmaker
  • Richard Torchia, visual artist
  • Glen Weldon, writer

1993

  • Nathalie Anderson, poet
  • Bo Bartlett, visual artist
  • Stephen Berg*, poet
  • Becky Birtha, poet
  • Charles Burnette, designer
  • Lisa Coffman, poet
  • Linh Dinh, visual artist and poet
  • W.D. Ehrhart, poet
  • Rafael Ferrer, visual artist
  • Bruce Graham, playwright
  • Essex Hemphill*, poet
  • Iain Low, architect
  • Sarah McEneaney, visual artist
  • Christian Michel, visual artist
  • Honor Molloy, playwright
  • Sonia Sanchez, poet

1992

  • Greg “Hodari” Banks, choreographer
  • Steven Beyer, visual artist
  • Sandra Brownlee, visual artist
  • Syd Carpenter, visual artist
  • Peter d’Agostino, visual artist
  • Tina Davidson, composer
  • Kent De Spain, choreographer
  • Hellmut Gottschild, choreographer
  • Steve Krieckhaus, choreographer
  • Stacy Levy, visual artist
  • Winifred Lutz, visual artist
  • Odean Pope, musician and composer
  • LaVaughn Robinson*, choreographer
  • Annabeth Rosen, visual artist
  • Judith Schaechter, visual artist
  • Lily Yeh, visual artist

 

Pew Fellows with the * symbol are deceased.