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Know the Facts Since the fall of 2006 the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance has produced three reports that provide some of those facts: Arts and Culture in the Metropolis: Strategies for Sustainability |
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Know Your Community Where do you fit in the region? It’s important to understand how your community compares to the rest of your county and the region. The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance regularly looks as these kinds of statistics to create benchmarks for municipalities. Benchmarks:
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Create a Vision The Cultural Alliance works with communities and neighborhoods across the region. Take a look at their profiles to give you ideas about community vision (files are in PDF format): Chester – Community cultural center springs from partnership between local arts groups and public housing Kennett Square – Local residents and business put off plans to build a cultural center and focus on strengthening their arts sector by creating a local arts council Kensington – Community Development Corporation aims to spur redevelopment by promoting the neighborhood as an arts community– created artists’ housing, creating an arts center Lansdale – Borough buys former Masonic temple, leverages borough funds to attract county and state funding for performing arts center Lansdowne – Community’s annual arts festival spurs further ABCD effort Media – Local artists and businesses partner with borough government to create a local arts council that sponsors Second Saturdays and public art New Hope – Innovative collaboration between developer and local arts group provides opportunity to create a mixed-use cultural facility Newtown – Main Street Manager works to make community the cultural seat of the county Phoenixville – Community Partners Calendar adds to the rebirth of downtown Pottstown – Planned performing arts center, new community arts center and private development of condos and artists studios working together to revitalize downtown Upper Merion – Theater groups use facts and figures to convince municipal council to support plans for a community performing arts center |
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Connect with Legislators Identify your community’s stakeholders. Who can make decisions to invest in arts, culture, creative projects? Know your local elected officials! Municipal government: Philadelphia City, County, and Pennsylvania State Legislators |
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Cultural Alliance Gatherings & Listservs Culture As Catalyst The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance hosted Culture As Catalyst on March 6, 2006 in Lansdale, Montgomery County. The meeting was a gathering of cultural and community leaders and government officials from throughout the Philadelphia region. Culture As Catalyst was convened to foster discussion of the most effective ways to use arts and culture in community and economic development. Presentations were given by two speakers: Ann Galligan, co-director, Cultural & Arts Policy Research Institute, Northeastern University of Boston, Massachusetts and Herbert Weiss, Economic and Cultural Development Officer, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Galligan’s presentation was entitled “What’s in Your Toolbox?” and reviewed some of the mechanisms that communities can use to open “policy windows” – opportunities where all components of successful arts based revitalization come together and change can occur. Weiss discussed the importance of having a cultural ambassador in a community – someone who helps artists and arts groups integrate into the life of the community. Both presentations can be downloaded from the Cultural Alliance’s website:
Participants also engaged in a breakout session where individuals from the communities represented had an opportunity to share stories and ask questions. There were approximately 60 attendees from communities including Abington, Chester, Kennett Square, Lansdale, Lansdowne, Media, New Hope, Newtown, Norristown, Philadelphia, Phoenixville, and Pottstown. Click here for a list of participants. 1st 2nd 3rd – A Gathering of Communities that Host Monthly Arts Events What do Elmer, NJ and the Main Line have in common? All are communities that produce First Fridays, Second Saturdays and other similarly alliteratively-named monthly arts events. Artists, business owners and government officials from these communities, as well as representatives of other communities that are interested in creating such events, gathered on June 21st, 2007 at the Christ Church for a ½ day meeting sponsored by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Benjamin Krevolin, the Executive Director of the Dutchess County Arts Council (DCAC) was the featured speaker for the event. Benjamin talked about arts-based revitalization efforts in four communities – Beacon, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, and Newburgh. He also described the innovative Four Cities, Four Saturdays collaborative marketing program that DCAC coordinates for the communities. Participants then broke into small groups for two breakout sessions. The first session focused on marketing, the second on sustainability issues. The breakouts were moderated by five experienced marketing and fundraising professionals; Nancy Dunleavy (CEO, Dunleavy & Associates), Kim Stever (President, Eastwick Marketing), Roy Wilbur (Project Manager, PCMI’s Marketing Innovation Program) as well as the Cultural Alliance’s own Chuck Finch (Corporate Sponsorship Manager) and John McInerney (Director of Marketing & Communications).
Community Arts Centers Listserv 1st 2nd 3rd Listserv To subscribe to either listserv, please contact Nancy DeLucia.
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Cultural Economic Development around the Country States, counties, and communities across the country have enacted legislation and developed strategies to encourage arts based community development in their communities: Learn more here! |
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Further Reading Delanney, Neeta, 2004, Cultural Economic Development - A Practical Guide for Communities, Office of Governor Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Fulton, William and Norris Newman, 2002, The Arts and Smart Growth: A Translation Paper, Grantmakers in the Arts Issue Brief, 2001, The Role of Arts in Economic Development, National Governor’s Association – Center for Best Practices Schussman, Alan and Healy Kieran, June 2002, Culture, Creativity and the Economy: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Sources, University of Arizona |
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