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Composer Evan Williams. Photo by Amurica Photo.
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Recomposing the Past: An African American Perspective

Artist jackie sumell working in the Solitary Gardens on Andry Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Maiwenn Raoult. sumell will plant and tend a new Solitary Garden as part of the Michener Museum's Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration.
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Behind These Walls: Reckoning with Incarceration

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Four Pew Fellows Receive 2025 Artist Residencies to Develop Creative Work

Koyo Kouoh. Photo courtesy of the Venice Biennale. 
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Koyo Kouoh

Yolanda Wisher, 2022 Philadelphia's Cultural Treasures fellow and 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Mark Palacio.
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Four Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures Fellows on Care and Community Impact

Carl Cheng/John Doe Co., Erosion Machine No. 4, 1969; plexiglass, metal racks and fittings, plastic, water pump, LED lights, black light, pebbles, erosion rocks, wood base; 15" x 25" x 9". Photo by Jeff McClane, courtesy of Carl Cheng and Philip Martin Gallery.
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Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses

BalletX company performs choreographer Jennifer Archibald’s Maslow’s Peak, 2024. Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of BalletX. 
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Maslow’s Peak

Pew Fellow Homer Jackson. Photo by Alexis Simmons.
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In Memoriam: Homer Jackson, Interdisciplinary Artist and Pew Fellow

Sharon Hayes, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Sharon Hayes

Jennifer Kidwell, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Jennifer Kidwell

Christopher Colucci, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Christopher Colucci

Andrea Clearfield, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Andrea Clearfield

Ryan Eckes, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Ryan Eckes

Lela Aisha Jones, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Lela Aisha Jones

Pew Fellowships in the Arts
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Matthew Levy

Tiona Nekkia McClodden, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Tiona Nekkia McClodden

Jymie Merritt, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Jymie Merritt

Heidi Saman, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Heidi Saman

Tokay Tomah, 2016 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Tokay Tomah