2008 PEI GRANTEES A description and related visual material for these exhibitions are available by clicking on each institution's name. The Design Center at Philadelphia University “Lace In Translation” —$200,000 Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania “Dirt on Delight: impulses that form clay” —$250,000 Megawords (Anthony Smyrski and Dan Murphy) Megawords storefront —$20,000 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts “Peter Saul: A Retrospective” —$128, 796 Philadelphia Mural Arts Program “LOVE LETTER” —$237,535 Philadelphia Museum of Art “James Castle: A Retrospective ” —$250,000 2008 Planning Grant Recipients Arcadia University Grant Award: $25,000 Project: To support site location research in the American Southwest for a film project and other new works by Berlin-based, British artist Tacita Dean, inspired by her regard for the dystopian vision and macrocosmic time sense of British writer J.G. Ballard. The final project is anticipated to be co-presented by Arcadia University Art Gallery and Dia Center for the Arts, New York City, in 2011, at both sites. The Clay Studio Grant Award: $25,000 Project: The Clay Studio will build a curatorial team, with expertise in crafts, fine arts, and design, to define and develop a small series of exhibitions that expand the possibilities for ceramics. They will be presented during the 2010 National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference in Philadelphia. The planning team includes Barbara Bloemink, Jody Clowes, Jo Lauria, John Perreault, and Judith Tannenbaum. Rosenbach Museum & Library Grant Award: $24,900 Project: To develop a thoughtful and creative plan for the programming of newly-created changing exhibition spaces at the museum that will be used to present contemporary projects. The Rosenbach will bring in five different groups of expert consultants—such as Andy Warhol Museum archivist Matt Wrbican, artist and director of Printed Matter AA Bronson, and Peter Nesbitt and Shelly Bancroft from Triple Candie—to assist the curatorial and education staff in the development of this plan. Screening (Nadia Hironaka and Matt Suib) Grant Award: $5,000 Project: First-time PEI grant recipients independent curators Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib will develop plans to commission and exhibit a new project by renowned experimental filmmaker Pat O’Neill, who lives in Los Angeles. They will also plan for a simultaneous presentation of early films by O’Neill and other experimental filmmakers at International House, Philadelphia.