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Odili Donald Odita, 2022 Pew Fellow. Photo by Neal Santos.
Front & Center

Discover New Books, Music, and Art from Pew Fellows Imani Perry, Chad Taylor, Odili Donald Odita, and more

Orchestra 2001 at Cherry Street Pier. Photo by Bill DiCecca.
Organization

Orchestra 2001

ENGOMA ENTEERA: Classical Music from Uganda performed at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Photo by Adam Lesnick.
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ENGOMA ENTEERA: Classical Music from Uganda

Digital composite of Eastern State Penitentiary’s Hidden Lives, Illuminated, 2017. Photo courtesy of Greenhouse Media.
Organization

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site

Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, directed by Blanka Zizka, The Wilma Theater, 2012. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
Organization

Wilma Theater

Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium work in progress. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Michelle Lopez: Pandemonium

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Beyond Glass Cases

Three large sculptures shaped like clay vessels that have adult-sized walk-ways cut through them. The sculptures are covered in colorful designs reminiscent of graffiti.
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We Here

Pew Fellow Zoe Strauss, color photographs, 2000-2009, on view at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Courtesy of the artist and Bruce Silverstein Gallery.

Careers

Credit Guidelines

King Britt. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Contributor, Pew Fellow

King Britt

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

Pew Fellow Michelle Lopez on Collaboration, Technology, and Creating Pandemonium

Interview
Polly Apfelbaum: For the Love of Una Hale, installation view, 2022, Spruance Gallery, Arcadia University. Photo by Sam Fritch.

About the Center

Artist Carmen Mardonez showing an example of her work in the Zagar family dining room during her residency at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. A 2025 Center grant supports two site-specific installations by Mardonez at Magic Gardens Museum and its newly-opened studio space. Photo by Emily Smith.
Newsroom

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces $8.6 Million in Grants; Appoints New Executive Director

Christina Vassallo. Photo by Tasha Pinelo, Game Day Communications.
Newsroom

Christina Vassallo Appointed Executive Director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

Adrian Matejka
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Adrian Matejka

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Romi Crawford

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Kate Kraczon

Ali Rosa-Salas
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Ali Rosa-Salas

C. Spencer Yeh
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C. Spencer Yeh

The Shape of Time: Korean Art After 1989, Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Chad E. Taylor, 2024 Pew Fellow. Photo by David Evan McDowell.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow Chad E. Taylor on Sacrifice, Success, and His Musical Roots

Interview