From the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance…
In February, Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell presented his proposed budget. The allocation for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Grants for the Arts (the line item that includes familiar programs such as AOAP, Preserving Diverse Cultures, Program Stream, and Project Stream) has been proposed at an 8% cut for fiscal [...]
The nation’s 100,000 nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences generate $166.2 billion annually in U.S. economic activity. They support 5.7 million jobs and provide nearly $30 billion in government revenue.
We applaud the arts community in Philadelphia for speaking up, writing letters and making their voices heard in Washington as the final version of the stimulus [...]
As we enter in to 2009, this is a time of uncertainty but it is also a time for creativity, innovation, and renewal. More than ever, we have the opportunity to position the arts as vital to our social, economic, and educational growth as well as prosperity. The arts create jobs and makes us competitive [...]
It is that time of year again, when productions of the Nutcracker abound. It has become a family tradition and one in which every child can get lost in their own imagination, identifying with the ballet’s heroine and her images of happiness. An incredible score written by Tchaikovsky, great costumes and beautiful dancers offer the [...]
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