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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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. [...]

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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, [...]

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