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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. Take a look at the past decade of events and save the date for the 2024 Annual Meeting and Arts Party on Tuesday, October 15 at the Bok Building in South Philadelphia.
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
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.
2021 Annual Meeting
Held virtually on Monday, November 8
2020 Annual Meeting
Held virtually on Tuesday, September 22
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.
2018 Annual Meeting
Monday, September 24 at the National Museum of American Jewish History
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.