Several Leeway Grantees Among 2018 Pew Fellows Cohort

On June 18, the Pew Center for the Arts & Humanities announced the recipients of their 2018 Fellowships. Pew provides awards of $75,000 to individual artists from all disciplines, including music, visual art, film, poetry, dance, and theater. Of this year's 12 grantees, six are past Leeway grantees. Please join us as we congratulate these amazing and talented individuals:

Ursula Rucker (ACG ’08, LTA ’08)

Zaye Tete (LTA ’15, ACG ’10)

Rachel Zolf (ACG ’16)

Leah Stein (ACG ’17, WOO ’02, ’99)

Michelle Angela Ortiz (WOO ’17, ACG ’13, ’12, ’05, LTA ’08)

Diane Monroe (ACG ’16)

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