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Programs at the Center

The Center presents a lively range of activities and programs derived from our experience as cultural grantmakers. Discover diverse perspectives on evolving cultural practice and learn about our visiting scholar and artist programs, Pew Fellow artist residencies, and more.

Linda Earle, 2021 Visiting Scholar. Photo by Stephanie Price Photography.
Linda Earle and the Visiting Scholar Program

Nationally recognized educator, administrator, funder, and curator Linda Earle was the Center’s 2021 Visiting Scholar.

Dr. Suse Anderson, 2018 Visiting Technologist, photo by Dave Tavani.
Dr. Suse Anderson and the Visiting Technologist Program

Dr. Suse Anderson served as the Center's 2018-19 Visiting Technologist to lead an examination of forward-thinking technology work in the arts and culture field.

MacDowell Library at night. Joanna Eldredge Morrissey photo, courtesy of MacDowell.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s Pew Fellow Artist Residencies

Since 2011, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has provided Pew Fellows with opportunities for residencies intended to push their artistic practice and broaden their horizons.

Ain Gordon in a 2017 performance of Radicals In Miniature, with Ed Fitzgerald and Josh Quillen. Photo by Paula Court.
Ain Gordon, 2018-19 Visiting Artist

Award-winning writer, director, and actor Ain Gordon returned to The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage for a seven-month term as a Visiting Artist.

Visiting scholar Kristy Edmunds in conversation with Limor Tomer at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage on May 28, 2014.
Kristy Edmunds and the Visiting Scholar Program

In January 2014, the Center established the Visiting Scholar Program, inviting Kristy Edmunds, executive and artistic director of the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, to act as a “catalyst in residence.”