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Pew Fellowships in the Arts

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2011 Pew Fellowships in the Arts Recipients

An elegant and commanding dancer who fuses European, African, and Caribbean influences in her choreography; an architect whose designs couple concerns about environmental cost and sustainability; and a poet whose unique form of writing invites readers to participate in the deeply embodied experiences portrayed in his poems. These are three of 12 exceptional artists from the Philadelphia area who will each receive a $60,000 award this year from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Pew Fellowships in the Arts (PFA).  

The 2011 Pew Fellows are:

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 Phillips
Architect

Tim Portlock
Visual artist

Matthew Suib
Visual artist

Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Free-jazz bassist, composer, and bandleader

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Pew Fellowships in the Arts

Pew Fellowships in the Arts (PFA) was established by The Pew Charitable Trusts in 1991, and annually awards up to 12 fellowships of $60,000 to artists of exemplary talent in the five-county Philadelphia area. The goal of PFA is to assist the region's most talented artists in furthering and innovating their work by awarding substantial financial support accompanied by a set of customized, focused professional- and career-development resources. Through such support, PFA aims to elevate the quality and raise the profile of individual artistic work in the region, create a strong community of Pew Fellows, and help them achieve their artistic and career goals by connecting them to additional resources in the region and in the field. The program aims to support artists who are poised to take full advantage of what the fellowship has to offer to significantly impact and advance their work. Fellowships may be awarded to artists at any stage of their career development and to artists working in a wide range of aesthetics and traditions.

 

Image: Painting by Joy Feasley

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