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Rebecca Kanach, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by David Evan McDowell.
Pew Fellow

Rebecca Kanach

Helen Molesworth.
Contributor

Helen Molesworth

Carlos Basualdo, the Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Contemporary Art, stands before Jasper Johns' painting According to What (1964) in Dancing around the Bride. Photo by Constance Mensh, courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Contributor, Panelist

Carlos Basualdo

Ain Gordon during a 2017 performance of Radicals In Miniature. Photo by Paula Court
Contributor

Ain Gordon

Benjamin Filene.
Contributor

Benjamin Filene

Nina Simon.
Contributor

Nina Simon

Kathleen McLean. Image courtesy of Discursive Space.
Contributor, Panelist

Kathleen McLean

Fred Wilson. Photo by Kerry R. McFate, courtesy of Pace Wildenstein.
Contributor, Panelist

Fred Wilson

Deborah Schwartz.
Contributor, LOI Panelist, Panelist

Deborah Schwartz

Paola Antonelli. Photo courtesy of the Association of Art Museum Curators.
Contributor

Paola Antonelli

Ralph Rugoff. Photo by Mark Blower.
Contributor

Ralph Rugoff

Paul Schimmel.
Contributor, Panelist

Paul Schimmel

Jens Hoffman. Photo by Robert Adler.
Contributor, Visitor

Jens Hoffmann

Robert Storr.
Contributor

Robert Storr

Rebecca Wright, 2024 Pew Fellow. Photo by David Evan McDowell.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow and Theater Artist Rebecca Wright on Plays as “Communication Acts”

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A Photograph of Don Buchla with an assortment of his creations from across his career. Photo courtesy of BuchlaUSA.
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Alba Martínez, creator of La Guagua 47: An American Musical, standing on the SEPTA 47 bus. Photo courtesy of Alba Martínez. 
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La Guagua 47: An American Musical

A Black woman in a black and white patterened shirt stands in front of film posters.
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New Writing, Music, and Installations from Pew Fellows Jos Duncan-Asé, King Britt, Maia Chao, and more

Artist El Anatsui signing prints made with Brandywine Workshop and Archives staff and affiliated master printer Alexis Nutini. Brandywine’s PrintLab supports eight artists in a creative residency to explore emerging printmaking techniques and technologies. Photo by Gustavo Garcia.
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Nichole Canuso in Midway Avenue. Photo by Peggy Woolsey.
Organization

Nichole Canuso | Branching Paths

Charles Cohen, 2011 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Pew Fellow

Charles Cohen

An on-set reenactment of William Penn working at a desk, shot at the Colonial Preservation Farmstead at the Ridley Creek State Park on September 25, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Kohl, courtesy of History Making Productions. 
Grant

In Pursuit: Philadelphia and the Making of America 

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