September 2024
Cultural Alliance Member Taller Puertorriqueño is celebrating 50 incredible years of artistry, education, and community impact. Founded in 1974 and known as “El Corazón Cultural del Barrio,” Taller has worked to preserve, develop, and promote Puerto Rican arts and culture. As they mark this golden milestone, Taller Puertorriqueño is offering a lineup of 50th anniversary programming for 2024. Learn more. Pictured: artwork by José Ortiz-Pagán, a new permanent installation on their building’s facade. Photo by Gustavo Garcia from Colibri Workshop.
Arts and Culture In the News
- Opera Philadelphia will offer all tickets for $11 all season long, reports WHYY. “When it doesn’t cost $150 to have a prime seat at the opera — in fact, every ticket, from box to balcony from front row to last row, costs $11 or pick your price — that changes how we relate to opera,” said general director, Anthony Roth Costanzo. “Who sits in those seats? That changes the stories we can tell.” Read more.
- “Should Philly be more like … Detroit?” Reporter, Diana Lind, poses the question in The Philadelphia Citizen. “The midwestern city has gone from bankrupt to transformational growth by embracing innovation and bling.” Read more.
- William Penn Foundation awards $24 million to Philly projects in arts and culture, public spaces. Read more in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Updates from the Cultural Alliance
Join us as we shine the spotlight on the region’s Creative Economy and the countless individuals who are our city’s visionary heartbeat at the 2024 Annual Meeting & Arts Party on Tuesday, October 15. This year, we are proud to honor Omar Tate with the Changemaker Award, Rachel Zimmerman with the Collaborator Award, and REC with the Next Award. Get your tickets now or learn more about becoming a sponsor.
Coming soon: the Philadelphia Arts & Culture Social Impact Database. Thanks to support provided by AARP, the Cultural Alliance will survey arts and culture organizations across Philadelphia to develop a digital database of social impact programming offered by cultural organizations, sortable by topic and City Council District. The database will highlight programs happening in the calendar year 2024. To thank organizations for participating, the Cultural Alliance is offering the first 75 organizations to participate in the survey a $50 gift card. The survey will launch on Tuesday, September 10. Learn more.
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is proud to host Cultural Dynamics: Co-Creating a Vision for Philadelphia, a groundbreaking convening featuring Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, Chair, National Endowment for the Arts on November 19. Cultural Dynamics will unite artists, nonprofit leaders, funders, and elected officials to explore strategies that integrate arts and culture into transformative civic decision-making. We invite the public to join us for a livestream of this important conversation and a series of community-based meetings that will follow. Register for the livestream.
Please note: due to the presidential debate scheduled to take place in Philadelphia on September 10, we have made the careful decision to reschedule Cultural Dynamics to November 19, 2024.
PA CultureCheck is a study that identifies key trends in Pennsylvania’s cultural, arts, and humanities organizations like post-pandemic recovery and regrowth, operations, attendance, and the ways organizations are engaging with their communities. PA CultureCheck is a collaboration by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, PA Humanities, and the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Learn more and complete the survey by September 13.
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Arts & Culture by the Numbers
The latest Arts, Culture & Economic Prosperity study reports that the jobs created by the arts and culture industry in Greater Philadelphia returns $1.4 billion to our communities as household income. While a good amount of this income is generated where arts and culture institutions are located and where their audiences spend money, this income ends up in the bank accounts of residents across the region. Read the full report on our website.
Job Bank
The Cultural Alliance’s Job Bank is Greater Philadelphia’s top resource for job opportunities in arts and culture. You’ll find positions at all professional levels in museums, theaters, historic sites, art galleries, dance studios, community centers, and much more. Keep reading for the most recent listings from Member organizations.
- Administrative Assistant at NBS Classical Music Institute in Haverford, PA
- Manager of Leadership Annual Giving, Associates at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA
- Systems Manager at The Library Company of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA
- Kaleidoscope Preschool Arts Enrichment Program Assistant Teacher at Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, PA
- PlayLoud AfterSchool Teacher (Theater, Music, Dance, Visual Arts) at PlayArts in Philadelphia, PA
- Seasonal Visitor Services Frontline Staff at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. in Philadelphia, PA
- Museum Store Associate at Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, PA
Applications are open now through September 13 for Creative Philadelphia’s $1.5 million Illuminate The Arts Grant! Individual artists, small and mid-size nonprofit arts organizations, and small creative enterprises in Philadelphia County are eligible for funding. Learn more.
All Cultural Alliance members are invited to join the Committee of Seventy’s WeVote Program, an opportunity to drive voter participation and civic engagement, and provide information to ensure every eligible individual is prepared to vote in November’s election and for years to come. As a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that has promoted, supported and facilitated government ethics and election integrity for more than a century, Committee of Seventy resources and educational programs support the diverse needs of Arts and Culture organizations. Learn more.
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