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News: Pew Fellows, new Art Alliance director, Lancaster Ave. storefront opportunity and more!
News 2011 Pew Fellows announced-Congratulations! The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage has announced its Pew Fellowships in the Arts recipients for 2011: Charles Cohen (electronic musician and composer) CAConrad (poet) Jorge Cousineau (set designer) Joy Feasley (visual artist) Chris Forsyth (guitarist and composer) Jane Irish (visual artist) Tania Isaac (choreographer) Pattie McCarthy (poet) Brian Philips (architect) Tim Portlock (visual artist) Matthew Suib (visual artist) Jamaaladeen Tacuma (visual artist free-jazz bassist, composer, and band leader)
No Way In–Richard Harrod at Marginal Utility
Richard Harrod’s latest installation A Larger Refrigerator (Marginal Utility, 1 April-28 May 2011) puts a chill on familiar interior views. The artist’s depictions of mundane spaces use a variety of tricks thwart our entry and monkey with the norms of representation. A well-known figure in the Philadelphia art scene and a widely-exhibited artist, Harrod was a recipient of the Pew Fellowship (1997) and has shown internationally. Previous work by the artist presented cobbled-together worlds in similarly disconcerting fashion.
Pews announced; visual art takes a beating
We are sorry to be the bringers of bad tidings. The Pew Fellowships in the Arts were announced this week, and boy oh boy, this was not good news for people in Philadelphia in the cutting edge visual arts scene. Rather, the new selection process rewarded people working in other disciplines like architecture and jazz or in traditional art areas like clay and jewelry –all are disciplines that have a strong financial model and that need this support less than non-traditional visual art.
Pew goes MacArthur on us
After 18 years of handing out the biggest regional prize in the arts, Pew Fellowships in the Arts has changed its m-o. Well, they’re still handing out prizes– the coveted 12 grants of $60,000. But the process is changing in 2010 in two significant ways. First, and probably most importantly, Pew has switched from an open call for applications to a MacArthur genius grant secret nominating process. Second, there’s no longer a 4-year rotation of categories with painting one year, sculpture another, etc. etc. Now, it’s open season for all categories every year. This came as a surprise to us ... More » »
Pew fellowships for 2009 announced
Just in this morning, although percolating through the grapevine all weekend, the Pew Fellowships in the Arts has announced the 2009 fellows — an outstanding list of works on paper artists, media artists and fiction and creative non-fiction writers! Congratulations to the fellows (many of them well-loved here on artblog) and to Pew Fellowships, 18-years old this year and one of the champion givers to the arts. This year brings the total number of awards to 232 fellowships (including 3 collaborative teams) totaling $11,840,000. The grant amount, by the way, is $60,000 per fellow (raised from $50,000 in 2008). Marc Brodzik ... More » »
Some people we love got Pews!
Charles Burwell, Red Bio, 36×37 inches; We love the way the drips create a wavy edge at the bottom that then creates a ridged shadow. Last week, Pew announced its 2008 Fellows, recipients of the coveted $60,000 awards for artists in the 5-county Philadelphia area. These are the largest grants in the country that individual artists can apply for, according to Pew. This year 323 applied and 12 received the awards including 4 in painting and the three who we know who’ve been working in Philadelphia a long time we’re really excited about. Matthew Cox is a new name to ... More » »
Pew computes for painters
Dear painters who yearn for that $60,000 Pew Fellowship in the Arts. This year, to apply you must fire up your computer. Even the images are to be sent with the applications online. What a relief from copying, pasting and mailing! Turns out this is a first step for Pew. “It is kind of a test run. we thought we would just start with the painters so we could determine any problems, eliminate as many moving pieces as possible,” said Melissa Franklin, director of the fellowships. In the course of converting to digital technology, Pew last year allowed Crafts to ... More » »
More money from Pew
William Kentridge (left) and Michael Taylor, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art earlier this year, in front of a projection of selection from Kentridge’s portfolio of etchings, Ubu Tells the Truth, 1996-7 The visual arts for this region just got a shot in the arm–money, the vitamin that the local art scene needs more of. The increases are part of $9.5 million Pew announced would go to the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage and its programs, including Dance Advance, the Heritage Philadelphia Program, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, Philadelphia Music Project and the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative. ... More » »
New Pew Fellows!
photo from SchmidtDean Gallery And the winners of the 12 $50,000 Pew fellowships to Philly-area artists are: Charles Anderson choreography King Britt music compositionNicole Cousineau choreographyFritz Dietel craftEd Bing Lee craftGerald Levinson music compositionAdelaide Paul craftPeter Paulsen music compositionJamey Robinson music compositionKate Watson-Wallace choreographyDorothy Wilkie choreographyJulie York craft Ed Bing Lee, Scarlet, Tangerine, Royal, Citron, Olive, 2004. knotted linen. Photo from Snyderman Gallery Five of the recipients were first-time applicants. The winners were selected from nearly 200 artists working in the areas of choreography, craft, and music composition. The 2007 fellowships mark the 16th year of the Pew Fellowships in ... More » »
