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Spring Arts Guide: 5 Performances to See in Philadelphia This Season

Pew Fellow Francis Davis in 2009
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In Memoriam: Francis Davis, Jazz Critic, Author, and Pew Fellow

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Four Pew Fellows Receive 2025 Artist Residencies to Develop Creative Work

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies, 2017. Photo by Jeff Fusco, courtesy of Association for Public Art.
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Barnes Foundation Named as The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s New Operating Partner

Odili Donald Odita, 2022 Pew Fellow. Photo by Neal Santos.
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Discover New Books, Music, and Art from Pew Fellows Imani Perry, Chad Taylor, Odili Donald Odita, and more

Hellmut Gottschild’s performance-lecture at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin (November 11th, 2006).
Questions of Practice

Choreographer Hellmut Gottschild Reflects on Performance in “Of Touching and Being Touched”

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Moki Cherry, Title Unknown (Dragon), 1975; textile appliqué tapestry (silk, cotton, mixed fabrics). Photo courtesy of: Anders Sune Berg, Galleri Nicolai Wallner.
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Fall Arts Guide: 12 of the season's must-see performances, exhibitions, and events

Anna Deavere Smith onstage with cellist Joshua Roman. Smith's play Basil Biggs was produced during ArtPhilly's What Now: 2026 festival, with support from a Center grant. Photo by Diana Walker.
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David Lang, Symphony for a Broken Orchestra, presented by Temple Contemporary and supported by a 2016 Center project grant. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
Questions of Practice

Paula Marincola on 28 Years of Grantmaking and the Intrinsic Value of the Arts

Interview
James Ijames, 2015 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ryan Collerd.
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Pew Fellows Around the World: Where to find work from James Ijames, Adebunmi Gbadebo, Raven Chacon, Ted Passon, and more

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

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

Interview
Christina Vassallo. Photo by Tasha Pinelo, Game Day Communications.
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Christina Vassallo Appointed Executive Director of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

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

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

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Pew Fellow Zac Manuel on Filmmaking and the Ethics of AI

Interview
Christina Vassallo, Pew Center for Arts & Heritage executive director; Pew Fellow José Ortiz-Pagán; A performance at Monument Lab's Declaration House.
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Media Spotlight: Center Grantees and our New ED in the News

Death and the Powers (Dallas Opera, 2014). Photo courtesy of Tod Machover.
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Pew Center hosts online talk with Tod Machover on music and AI

Composer-pianists Suzzette Ortiz, Terry Klinefelter, Sumi Tonooka, and Kendrah Butler-Waters perform Eight Eight Time, presented by Journey Arts, April 2025. Photo by Steve Weinik.
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Applying for a 2026 Pew Center Grant: What You Need to Know

King Britt, seen from above, sits at a table filled with synthesizers, samplers, and a microphone.
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Tangible : Blacktronika Artifacts & Archives

James Ijames on a research trip to Eatonville, FL, the hometown of Zora Neale Hurston, with the Arden’s Producing Artistic Director and the artistic leadership of Orlando Shakes. Photo by Jim Helsinger / Orlando Shakes. 
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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Installation view, Vera X Diary, 2023, eight channels video, 12:25, dimensions variable. Photo by Goway Lu. 
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Joyce Ho: Coffee Protocol

A hot mid-morning lunch in school, Ashwood Plantations, South Carolina, 1939. Science History Institute’s Lunchtime examines the history and contemporary implications of the US School Lunch Program. Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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Lunchtime: The History of Science on the School Food Tray

Pepón Osorio, My Beating Heart/Mi corazón latiente, 2023, installation view, New Museum,New York. Photo by Liz Ligon, courtesy of New Museum.  
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Convalescence

Susan Kleckner, SPK Self Portrait, 1976-77, mixed media. 
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Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner