The Cultural Alliance's Annual Meeting

Every year, the Cultural Alliance brings together hundreds of members of the Greater Philadelphia region's creative community for an evening of networking and shared celebration.  

2024 Annual Meeting and Arts Party

Tuesday, October 15 at the Bok Building in South Philadelphia

The 2024 celebration put the spotlight on the region's Creative Economy and the countless individuals who are our city's visionary heartbeat.

• The Changemaker Award: Omar Tate, Chef, poet, visual artist, and cofounder of Honeysuckle Projects
• The Collaborator Award: Rachel Zimmerman, artist, curator, and Founding Artistic and Executive Director of InLiquid
• The Next Award: REC, Dave Silver, Co-Founder, CEO and Will Toms, Co-Founder, Visionary 

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2023 Annual Meeting and Arts Party 

Thursday, October 12 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts 

The 2023 celebration honored Philadelphia's rich and diverse musical community. Additionally, in 2023 we added "Arts Party" to the title to signal to our community that this event is a celebration. As a highlight of this new celebration, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance debuted three awards that will honor outstanding leaders and trailblazing programs from the Philadelphia region’s arts communities:

• The Changemaker Award: Hal Real, Founder and CEO of World Cafe Live
• The Collaborator Award: Catherine Cahill, President and CEO of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts
• The Next Award: Project 440 

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2022 Annual Meeting 

Monday, October 3 at Cherry Street Pier 

The Annual Meeting returned in-person after three years of virtual celebrations due to the pandemic. 

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2021 Annual Meeting

Held virtually on Monday, November 8

Watch a recording here.

2020 Annual Meeting

Held virtually on Tuesday, September 22

Watch a recording here.

2019 Annual Meeting

Monday, September 23 at the Crystal Tea Room 

The 2019 event explored the theme of Building Equitable Communities: Allies, Advocates, and Accomplices. The program included Xavier Ramey of Justice Informed as the Keynote Speaker. 

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2018 Annual Meeting 

Monday, September 24 at the National Museum of American Jewish History

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2017 Annual Meeting

Monday, September 25 at the Penn Museum 

In 2017, the Cultural Alliance announced the latest Arts and Economic Prosperity numbers, the Pre-K Award grantees and our DEI Action Plan.

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2016 Annual Meeting

Monday, September 26 at Union Transfer

2015 Annual Meeting

Monday, October 26 at the Independence Seaport Museum 

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2014 Annual Meeting 

Monday, October 20 at the Franklin Institute 

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2013 Annual Meeting

Monday, September 30 at the Independence Seaport Museum

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