About Us

Since 1972, The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance has been the leading voice for arts and culture, representing nearly 400 organizations, artists, and creative entrepreneurs across the five-county region.

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Our Mission:

Lead, strengthen and amplify the voices of the cultural community.

Our Vision:

Serve as a uniting voice for the creative sector in the Greater Philadelphia region, driving progress through research, thought leadership, and advocacy. We inspire collective action and champion policies that advance the sector and contribute to the region’s vitality, economic prosperity, and civic identity.

Discover how we lead, strengthen, and advocate for Greater Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. Explore our work—and see how we turn research, advocacy, and connection into real impact.

Meet Our Staff & board

Meet the leaders behind the work. Get to know the dedicated staff and board members guiding the Cultural Alliance and advancing arts and culture across our region.

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OUR IMPACT & Outlook

Explore the Cultural Alliance’s Strategic Plan and Annual Report to see how we’re charting the future of Greater Philadelphia’s cultural sector—and delivering measurable results along the way.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We lead, strengthen, and amplify Greater Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector. Through advocacy, research, workforce development programs, and member convenings, we advance equitable policies, deliver credible data, connect creative professionals to opportunity, and bring the sector together.

Membership is open to nonprofit institutions, for-profit creative enterprises, and creative entrepreneurs that support arts, culture, and the creative economy in the Greater Philadelphia region. This includes performing arts organizations, museums, galleries, science and horticulture institutions, heritage sites, community arts groups, and creative entrepreneurs.

We collaborate with members to set shared policy priorities, engage directly with elected officials at the city, state, and federal levels, mobilize the sector when action is needed, and issue timely advocacy alerts to keep our community informed and ready to respond.

Our research and reports are available on our website. We produce and commission rigorous, forward-thinking analysis that tracks sector health, economic impact, and trends shaping the future of arts and culture in our region.

You can join or renew your membership, attend an upcoming event, subscribe to CultureWire and Advocacy Alerts, share your voice in advocacy efforts, or support our work through sponsorship and giving. Together, we ensure arts and culture thrive across Greater Philadelphia.

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