Thirteen artists from the Philadelphia area will receive $60,000 awards this year from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Pew Fellowships in the Arts (PFA). Among them are four musicians associated with jazz: trombonist Daniel Blacksberg, Sun Ra Arkestra mainstay Marshall Allen, pianist/composer Matthew Mitchell and saxophonist/composer Greg Osby.
According to a press release, “The 2012 Pew Fellows, seven of whom are first-time applicants to the program, were chosen in recognition of their extraordinary artistic achievements and the potential to use the fellowship to advance their work. Each of these “no-strings attached” $60,000 fellowships are granted over a one- to two-year period.
The complete list of 2012 Pew Fellows in the Arts is:
· Deron Albright
filmmaker
· Marshall Allen
instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader
· Daniel Blacksberg
trombonist and composer
· Alex Da Corte
visual artist
· Meg Foley
choreographer
· Matthew Mitchell
pianist and composer
· Dan Murphy and Anthony Smyrski
visual artists
· Greg Osby
saxophonist and composer
· Jumatatu Poe
choreographer
· Catie Rosemurgy
poet
· Kevin Varrone
poet
· Lori Waselchuk
documentary photographer
For the complete list of 2012 Pew Fellows in the Arts and full artist descriptions, as well as lists of this year’s panelists and evaluators, visit Pew Fellowships.
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