The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
The Painted Bride Art Center
The Hollenbeck Commission
2008 Grantee
$50,000
The Painted Bride Art Center received $50,000 to commission composer, bandleader, and jazz drummer John Hollenbeck to create and perform a new work with his Large Ensemble. Hollenbeck will also generate new work in collaboration with 10 selected Philadelphia musicians in a two-week residency program.
Founded in 1969, the Painted Bride Art Center collaborates with emerging and established artists to create, produce and present innovative work that affirms the intrinsic value of all cultures and celebrates the transformative power of the arts. The Bride is a 250-seat theater and gallery located in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia serving over 20,000 people annually. Recognized nationally as a premier venue for dance, jazz, poetry, spoken word, theater, world music, and visual arts, the Bride presents an average of sixty to eighty events a year through the following series and programs: Dance with the Bride; Jazz on Vine (Philadelphia’s longest, continually running jazz series); World Music; Performance in the Present Tense; and Gallery Exhibitions. http://www.paintedbride.org/
John Hollenbeck, photo by Oskar Henn