The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Publications & Research
The following case study chronicles FATEBOOK, a 2009 production by New Paradise Laboratories. FATEBOOK was innovative in form, creative process and content: a show developed and experienced partly online and partly live. PTI commissioned arts journalist Charlotte Stoudt to research and follow the show in the hope that theatre professionals around the country might find the methodology behind FATEBOOK useful in their own work. (Photos by Jacques-Jean Tiziou/www.jjtiziou.net)
Artist Profiles (Pew Fellowships)
A selection of films and interviews that provide glimpses of some of the Pew Fellows’ individual creative processes and the ways in which they transform their inspirations and ideas into works of art.
Document(s) comprises a library of commentary on people and issues in the dance field. This repository of interviews and editorials by writers and thinkers on dance includes writing commissioned by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance.
Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative and Moore College of Art & Design Present: Curatorial Conversations (Exhibitions Initiative)
Curatorial Conversations
Curating and Activism: An International Panel
Through a series of paired conversations with an international roster of distinguished panelists including artists, curators, educators, scholars and arts administrators, these Curatorial Conversations, co-organized by The Galleries and Moore’s BFA in Curatorial Studies major, discuss the creative nexus between curating and a variety of other societal mandates such as education and activism.
The entire symposium is archived and can be found here. >
PMP Magazine goes online (Music Project)
New PMP Magazine post:
A Conversation with Tim Berne and Matt Mitchell. Read more: http://pmpmagazine.wordpress.com/
Welcome to the first article in PMP’s new online magazine:
‘What is Latin Jazz?’ by John Santos
John Santos—outstanding California-based musician, composer, educator, and historian—introduces the artists featured in Montgomery County Community College’s Sabor Latino series (funded by PMP), and examines the cultural history of Latin jazz.
Read more
Next Sabor Latino series performance: Spanish Harlem Orchestra: Friday, November 20, 2009. 8 PM. (Salsa party at 7 PM). Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell Campus. 340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422
New essays, articles, and interviews will appear in PMP throughout the season. Please check back for updates or bookmark pmpmagazine.wordpress.com
Research Into Action (Cultural Management Initiative)
PCMI collaborated on the research for this 2009 study by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. It lays out in 10 clear points a surprising set of conclusions and strategies for building artistic engagement in the region. For more information on the study, go to GPCA’s site.
Demographic Study (Cultural Management Initiative)
As part of the GPCA’s Engage 2020 program, PCMI commissioned a set of demographic trends and forecasts for the region from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. A summary of its findings can be found here.
Panel Discussion on Touring (Theatre Initiative)
The transcript below comes from a panel discussion on touring hosted by the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative (PTI) at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage on February 23, 2009. The panelists included Bruce Allardice of Ping Chong & Company, Barbara Hogue of ARTWork, and Kim Whitener of HERE Arts Center. PTI’s Director, Fran Kumin, served as moderator. Among the topics covered were the following:
- Showcasing
- Building relationships with presenters
- Touring contracts and contract riders
- Booking agents and management companies
- Budgeting for tours
- The value of a DVD.
Transcript of Touring Panel (PDF)
Showcasing Opportunities (PDF)
Robert Prosky Discusses his Career as a Theatre and Film Actor (Theatre Initiative)
Theatre and film actor Robert Prosky spoke to members of Philadelphia’s professional theatre community while in town to perform Arthur Miller’s THE PRICE in March 2008. Mr. Prosky discussed his working-class upbringing, his decades performing at Arena Stage under Zelda Fichandler, and the film career he launched with a bull’s eye.
Philadelphia’s Professional Theatres: A Snapshot (Theatre Initiative)
This report is a project of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, with funding, guidance and support from The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative and additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The report analyzes data from theatres that participated in the Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project (PACDP) to offer details and insights in the following areas:
- Programs and Attendance
- Revenues, Expenses, Attendance Trends, Balance Sheet
- Big Picture Takeaways.
Kate Valk Talks about THE EMPEROR JONES and her Work with the Wooster Group (Theatre Initiative)
Kate Valk, one of the founding members of the Wooster Group, spoke to Philadelphia theatre professionals on September 7, 2007, about THE EMPEROR JONES and other works made by the internationally renowned ensemble. The discussion was hosted by the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative and the Pew Fellowships in the Arts. Tom Sellar, editor of THEATER magazine and an assistant professor of dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at the Yale School of Drama, interviewed the actor. In discussing her performance in the title role of THE EMPEROR JONES, as performed at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, Valk discusses O’Neill’s “operatic, expressionistic” language, the influence of Noh tradition on the production, and her choice to commit her life to a theatre of “hugeness…, pageantry” [and] emotion of gigantic proportion.”
Essay (Pew Fellowships)
2005 Catalogue Essay
by Hamza Walker
HereNowThereThen (Pew Fellowships)
2004 Catalogue Essay
by Gerard Brown
An Ecology of the Artworld (Pew Fellowships)
2003 Catalogue Essay
Ingrid Schaffner
After Words: An Introduction to the Fellows (Pew Fellowships)
2002 Catalogue Essay
by Gerard Brown