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John E. Dowell Jr., 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Devin Fitchwell.
Pew Fellow

John E. Dowell Jr.

Emma Copley Eisenberg, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Kenzi Crash.
Pew Fellow

Emma Copley Eisenberg

Pew Fellow Jos Duncan Asé (right) and cinematographer Marie Hinson behind the scenes on set of Queen Mother: Falaka Fattah & The House of Umoja film shoot. Photo by Tezarah Wilkins.
Front & Center

Video: Our Grantees on Their Creative Visions and Dreaming Big

Philadelphia Fife and Drum. Photo by James Winston.
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A More Perfect Union: Musical Reflections on Six Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Pew Fellow Jonathan González, De La Preference Du Corps (Body Preferences), 2024. Performance view, David Zwirner, New York, NY, August 29, 2024. Duet Performer, Alexis De La Rosa. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.
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Jonathan González

Pew Fellow Rose Jarboe, The Rose Garden: Dear Mom, Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2024. Photo by Christopher Ash.
Pew Fellow

Rose Jarboe

Stewart Thorndike, 2024 Pew Fellow. Photo by David Evan McDowell.
Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow & Filmmaker Stewart Thorndike on the Emotional Heft of Horror

Interview
Nathalie Joachim, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Erin Patrice O'Brien.
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Nathalie Joachim

Rebecca Kanach, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Ashley Smith of Wide Eye Studios.
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Rebecca Kanach

Pew Fellow José Ortiz-Pagán, El Vínculo (ceremonial suit), 2020, Solitary Procession, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo by Gustavo García.
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José Ortiz-Pagán

George Rodriguez, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Robertsen Ashman.
Pew Fellow

George Rodriguez

Sosena Solomon, 2025 Pew Fellow. Photo by Argenis Apolinario.
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Sosena Solomon

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Omar Tate

Lindsay Smiling in Inua Ellams’ The Half God of Rainfall, The Wilma Theater, 2025. Photo by Johanna Austin.
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The Animal Farm Project

Devon Gilfillian, collaborator on WXPN's Declarations of Independents, in performance at the Brooklyn Bowl, Philadelphia, September 2023 . Photo by Melissa Simpson.  
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Declarations of Independents: Philly Anthems

Melanie Julian, Dane Eissler, Eric Kramer, Kristin Quinn, Ed Swidey, and Stephanie Leeann perform in EgoPo Classic Theater's Seagull, Latvian Society, February 2017. Photo by Dave Sarrafian.
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Building EgoPo’s Future: Strategic Planning for a Permanent Home Theater

The Fabric Workshop and Museum's Print Project Manager Jill Adler (at right), screenprints Mary Heilmann’s Serape yardage with Studio Assistant Andrea Arts and Senior Project Technician Allen West (at right). Photo by Carlos Avendaño.
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FWM Forward: Evolving the Fabric Workshop at 50

Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, A Feast of Carols. Photo by Torello Productions. 
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Philadelphia Choral Collective

SAADA's staff at the Archives Month Philly event at the Free Library's Parkway Central Branch. Photo courtesy of SAADA. 
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Beyond Boundaries: Expanding SAADA's Business Model for America's Immigrant Communities

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage 2025 Grantee Celebration, the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Constance Mensh.
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Celebrating Our Newest Grantees: Photos & Video

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In Memoriam: Isaiah Zagar, Mosaic Artist and Pew Fellow

Jeri Lynne Johnson conducts Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, July 25, 2025. Photo courtesy of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.  
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Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra

Spruce Street Harbor Park, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation.
Organization

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

Film series director Andrew Ferrett and key crew preparing to film copy of the Declaration of Independence printed in 1776 at American Philosophical Society; May 12, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Kohl, courtesy of History Making Productions. 
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History Making Productions