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Vox Populi, Collective Visioning Screenprinting Workshop, 2021. Photo courtesy of Vox Populi.
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Teaching at the End of Times

WXPN’s Black Opry Residency Showcase featuring (l to r) Grace Givertz, Denitia, Kentucky Gentlemen’s Brandon and Derek Campbell, Tylar Bryant, and Samantha Rise. Photo by Senia Lopez for WXPN.
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Black Opry Residency

Left: Pew Fellow-in-Residence Raven Chacon, photo by Neal Santos. Right: Pew Fellow Jacob Cooper, photo by Ryan Collerd. 
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellows Chat: Experimental Composers Raven Chacon and Jacob Cooper on Their Evolving Musical Practices

Interview
TOWN, 2022, Theatre Horizon, Norristown, PA. Photo by John C. Hawthorne.
Questions of Practice

Building a Sense of Belonging through Community-Centered Theater

Essay
William Edmondson, untitled (Adam and Eve or Egyptian Couple), 1940. Photo courtesy of The Museum of Everything.

10 World Premieres and New Exhibitions to See This Summer

Pew Fellow Jesse Krimes, Apokaluptein:16389067, 2010–13; prison bed sheets, transferred newsprint, color pencil, graphite, gouache; 480" x 180". Photo by Karsten Moran.

Pew Fellows News: Five Artists in The New York Times, and Major Prizes for Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Sonia Sanchez, and CAConrad

Pig Iron Theatre Company, promotional image for The Path of Pins or The Path of Needles, 2022. Pictured: performers Jessica Almasy (L) and Courtney Henry (R). Photo by Jaŭhien Sasnoŭ. 

9 Must-See Arts & Culture Events in Philly This Fall

Mark Thomas Gibson, 2021 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.

Pew Fellows News: Mark Thomas Gibson Wins Guggenheim, James Ijames and Raven Chacon Win Pulitzers, and Roberto Lugo and Kukuli Velarde Works in the Smithsonian

Shrouding of the LOVE sculpture in John F. Kennedy Plaza, Philadelphia, World AIDS Day / Day Without Art, 1992. Photo by Office of the City Representative, City of Philadelphia, courtesy of the John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center. 

William Way’s Remembrance Takes Pride in Memorializing Philadelphians Affected by HIV/AIDS Crisis

Recent grantee publications. Photo courtesy of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

Summer Syllabus: 15 Documentaries, Books, and Other Artistic Works to Watch and Read

Pew Fellows News: Four Artists in Whitney and Venice Biennials, Major Awards for Sonia Sanchez, and Imani Perry’s Latest Book

Bill T. Jones, creator, director, and choreographer of Deep Blue Sea, accompanied by a group of community dancers during a performance in New York. Photo by Maria Baranova. 

Spring Forward with 11 Arts and Culture Events in Philadelphia

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Black History in the Making: Five Artists and Culture Workers on the Art that Inspires Them

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Words to Envision a New Year

Left: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, 2019 Pew Fellow. Photo by Charles Ludvig.Right: Tina Satter, 2019 Pew Fellow. Photo by Michael De Angelis.

Welcoming Our First Pew Fellows-in-Residence

Sun & Sea (Marina), opera-performance by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, and Lina Lapelytė, La Biennale di Venezia, 2019. Photography by Andrej Vasilenko, courtesy of the artists.

12 Exhibitions, Performances, and Arts Events in Philadelphia This Fall