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Standing TOgether: Arts & Culture In Solidarity Letter from Leadership As we reflect on 2025, one thing is clear: Greater Philadelphia’s arts and cultural community continues to lead with strength, creativity, and heart—even in the face of immense challenges. From federal funding cuts to ongoing pandemic recovery and shifting public priorities, our sector faced serious…
Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD | Chair, National Endowment for the Arts In January 2022, Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD became the 13th chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Her appointment by President Biden is historic as she is the agency’s first African American and first Mexican American woman to serve as NEA Chair. Jackson’s…
Tuesday, November 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Drexel University 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, with opening remarks from Shawn McCaney, Executive Director of the William Penn Foundation. As we…
IMPORTANT UPDATE AS OF 11/7/25 As one of the 14 regional partners across the state, the Cultural Alliance has served as the steward of PPA grant programs for over two decades, including the Creative Sector Flex Fund (CSFF) and the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator (CEA). PA Creative Industries’ new approach calls for sunsetting the CSFF program…
Community meetings following Cultural Dynamics: Co-Creating a Vision for Philadelphia (held in November 2024) Following the Cultural Dynamics: Co-Creating a Vision for Philadelphia convening organized by the Cultural Alliance in November 2024, we’re proud to announce the accompanying Community Conversations series in partnership with PA Humanities and Creative PHL. The Community Conversations will bring together a diverse…
Bloomberg Arts Internship Intern Spotlight MARK What worksite were you paired with and what is the project that you are working on? I was paired with Glen Foerd and it is awesome up here. I have been here before the program so when I saw it on the list of worksites I knew that was where…
Bloomberg Arts Internship Intern Spotlight LENA What motivated you to apply for the Bloomberg Arts Internship?I wanted something creative to do over the summer, I get pretty stressed out during the year so having an outlet for creative expression was important to me. It was exciting to have the opportunity to meet new people, as…
Bloomberg Arts Internship Intern Spotlight KADDY What motivated you to apply for the Bloomberg Arts Internship?I heard about this internship through my art teacher at school, and it sounded like a great opportunity because it pays well, it’s all summer, and I was pretty familiar with a lot of the worksites so I thought it…