Arts Education

Drexel, DN have a collective Art Attack

Philadelphia Daily News

October 28, 2011

 The parternship includes weekly, student-written previews of some of the best arts events the city has to offer. Starting next Friday, a Drexel-affiliated writer will take a broader look at the Philadelphia arts scene on a regular basis. You can find the first Art Attack on Page 53 of the Daily News.

"It's more about providing context for the arts in Philadelphia rather than just a thumbs-up-and-down review," said Jason Wilson, who submitted the proposal to the Knight Foundation. Wilson is an editor of the Smart Set, Drexel's online cultural magazine (thesmartset.com), a Drexel writing professor and a Daily News food writer. He described the scope of Art Attack as "not just the big shows at the big institutions but art in many different ways in the city.

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Public access PhillyCAM readies new operation

Newsworks.org

Peter Crimmins
October 18, 2011
Philadelphia's public access TV station is moving into its new home. PhillyCAM will soon begin training people to make their own TV programs in a large building near Independence Mall. Read full story

Creative Connectors celebrates the spirit of 76 arts leaders

Newsworks.org

Peter Crimmins
September 30, 2011
Philadelphia's creative movers and shakers have been outed. The community organization Leadership Philadelphia identified 76 Creative Connectors through an online nomination and voting process. Read full story

Penn gets $2.5 million to promote the arts

Philly.com

Jeff Gammage
October 11, 2011
The University of Pennsylvania has received a $2.5 million donation to support faculty and programs in its School of Design. The money will be used to raise the impact of the visual arts around Penn and the Philadelphia region, the school announced Monday. Read full story

Pig Iron Theatre raises curtain on new school

Newsworks.org

Peter Crimmins
October 10, 2011
One of Philadelphia's most successful experimental theater companies has just become an institution. On Monday, Pig Iron Theatre will open the Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training. Read full story

Suite Spot

Philadelphia Citypaper

Peter Burwasser
October 6, 2011
The Opera Company of Philadelphia has gained international acclaim for its random acts of culture, including outbursts of Verdi in Macy's and Reading Terminal Market, to the delight and astonishment of unsuspecting shoppers. On Friday night, OCP pulled something on an even grander scale, their first simulcast of a live Academy of Music production, on the lawn at Independence Mall. Read full story

A Piece of Brooklyn in Philadelphia: 3rd Ward Collective Branches Out

The New York Times

Melena Ryzik
September 29, 2011
3rd Ward, the five-year-old Brooklyn arts and design collective, is expanding to Philadelphia, the organization announced on its blog. A lease has been signed on a 27,000-square foot space –- a historic church and two adjoining warehouses — in the Northern Liberties/Old Kensington neighborhood in north Philadelphia, where 3rd Ward will offer classes in woodworking, jewelry-making, screen-printing, graphic design and other disciplines, as it does in Brooklyn. Read full story

Adding art to educational basics can be scientific approach

Newsworks.org

Peter Crimmins
September 19, 2011
Representatives of the National Science Foundation were in Philadelphia Monday to present a report on how to more successfully teach math and science to schoolchildren. A local initiative aims to throw art in that mix Read full story

Breakfast Club: 2011 Portfolio - Oct. 12

Presented by: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Whether you work in marketing, programming, development, or education…whether you're an executive director or an emerging leader…there's something for you at our next Breakfast Club.  We'll be reading and discussing the Cultural Alliance’s newest publication; the 2011 Portfolio.

There’s something in it for everybody, whether you saw our presentation at the Annual Meeting or are looking at the material for the first time.

With 405 organizations included, 2011 Portfolio is one of the most in-depth studies of its kind. The report interprets a wide range of data including revenue, employment, attendance, fundraising and expenses. This publication also, for the first time, examines the impact of the recession on the region’s cultural sector, examining trend data from FY07 through FY09 from 276 organizations.

Join us as we delve deeper into the 2011 Portfolio and take a closer look at the data beyond the key findings, its implications and resulting action steps.


The 2011 Portfolio was made possible by the Pew Charitable Trusts, PNC, and the William Penn Foundation.  Additional support was provided by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.

Breakfast Clubs are supported by The Wallace Foundation and The Philadelphia Foundation and are a program of the Cultural Alliance's research and marketing initiative Engage 2020. Engage 2020 is sponsored by a lead grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts, with additional support from The Wallace Foundation and The Philadelphia Foundation.

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