Pew 2016 Grants

2016 Pew Arts Grants Announced

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has announced their 2016 grants in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. Fifty three grants totaling more than $10 million will provide funding.

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NewMusicBox Staff

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has announced their 2016 grants in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists. Fifty three grants totaling more than $10 million will provide funding for twelve new Pew Fellowships for individual artists working in a variety of disciplines; thirty six Project grants for the presentation of exceptional cultural programs offered to a wide range of audiences; and five Advancement grants to support bold organizational initiatives led by exemplary arts and culture organizations.

Grants awarded to those working in the area of new American music include:

2016 Pew Fellows

Andrea Clearfield
Christopher Colucci
Matthew Levy
Jymie Merritt

2016 Pew Project Grants

That Which Is Fundamental
BOWERBIRD
$71,000

The Anchoress
DAVID LUDWIG
$60,000

Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2016
DANIEL FISHKIN
$60,000

Philadelphia Real Book Concerts – New Music in Jazz and Blues
JAZZ BRIDGE
$60,000

Breath Beneath
PRISM QUARTET
$60,000

Symphony for a Broken Orchestra
TEMPLE CONTEMPORARY
$300,000

2016 Pew Advancement Grant

OPERA PHILADELPHIA
$1,000,000

(–From the press release. Read the full announcement here.)