The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage

08/21/2026

Philadelphia's The Fabric Workshop and Museum is an institution “committed to sharing both process and product.” As it approaches its 50th anniversary, FWM is exploring opportunities to expand artist and community access. The initiative is supported by the Center's Evolving Futures funding stream, which supports strategic and sustainable business models. https://bit.ly/4xElmGe

08/19/2026

The latest news from our Pew Fellows highlights artists who are working together across disciplines, adapting their work for major exhibitions, and receiving recognition from other respected fellowships. Read on for the latest from Carmen Maria Machado, Michelle Angela Ortiz/ Artist, Ursula Rucker, and more.

Our latest roundup of Pew Fellows news highlights artists who are working together across disciplines, adapting their work for major national exhibitions, and receiving recognition from other respected fellowships.

08/17/2026

The Philadelphia jazz community is honoring the legacy of John Coltrane, marking the iconic saxophonist and composer's 100th birthday in "the city where he found his voice." The month-long slate of events in "Coltrane 100 Philly" includes walking tours, interactive workshops, film screenings, and concerts—including performances at the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Pew Fellows The Karen Smith Drums Ensemble with Kendrah Butler-Waters (9/5, 2 p.m.) and Yolanda Wisher & The Afroeaters (9/11, 5 p.m.).

Aligning Philadelphia’s Jazz Community Around The John Coltrane Centennial John Coltrane, born on September 23, 1926, came of age in Philadelphia, the city where he found his voice, built his […]

08/14/2026

PRISM Quartet's new album "Generate Music" is out today, featuring an array of Pew Fellows collaborating with the Philadelphia saxophone quartet: drummer Tyshawn Sorey, violinist Diane Monroe, trumpeter Susan Watts, poet Ursula Rucker, and PRISM's founder and co-artistic director Matthew Levy. The album documents a world premiere live performance, supported by a Center grant, that explores the ties between Jewish and Black Americans.

11 track album

08/13/2026

Visual artist Allison Janae Hamilton's practice spans painting, sculpture, filmmaking, and photography. A new solo museum show of her work opens in spring 2027 at Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art. Here, ICA's Chief Curator Hallie Ringle tells us how the Center-supported exhibition expands Hamilton's focus from mythical southern landscapes to domestic interiors while reflecting on the environment through a Black feminist lens. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4g97lti

08/11/2026

"We want this piece to be galvanizing," says The Wilma Theater's artistic director Lindsay Smiling about "The Animal Farm Project," which comes to the Wilma stage in the spring with Center support. It adapts George Orwell's allegorical novella, pays homage to the production that put the Wilma on the map in 1979, and explores contemporary questions of power, corruption, resistance, and hope. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4wwD3XG

08/06/2026

Pew Fellow Mikel Patrick Avery is a multidisciplinary artist who makes music and sound art, and designs instruments and effects pedals. For our "Questions of Practice" series, Avery spoke with us about being both a maker of art and a maker of tools for art. He shared his reflections on artists as leaders and the things that keep him inspired creatively. 🔗: https://bit.ly/4wxTiEx

08/05/2026

What did Philadelphia's curators learn from America 250? In this article, we spoke to arts leaders about four Center-supported projects—The Print Center's "America Today," ArtPhilly's "Basil Biggs," the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History's "The First Salute," and Delaware River Waterfront's "Sail Through This To That"—to get their takeaways from the Semiquincentennial and their thoughts on the power of arts and culture work to illuminate our shared history.

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08/03/2026

The work of two Center grantees can be seen at this year's BlackStar Film Festival, happening this weekend. In Scribe Video Center's Center-funded documentary "Tenants of Lenapehocking in the Age of Magnets" (Thursday, Aug. 6), director and Pew Fellow Louis Massiah explores oral histories about the Black community of North Philadelphia in the 20th century. And in the animated short "Tell Me When You Get Home" (Saturday, Aug. 8 ), director and Pew Fellow Tshay meditates on grief, family, and love. The festival runs through Aug. 9.