Newly Approved Creative Communities Grants
- Acting Without Boundaries to support Acting Lab, a performing arts education program that will work with students at Widener Memorial School, a Philadelphia public school serving students from the disability community. ($90,000 over 26 months)
- Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc. to complete an evaluation of current education and community programming to inform a strategic review for its education and community programming. ($110,000 over 10 months)
For any questions about the above grants, please email Hillary Murray.
ARTS PRESENTATION AND ART MAKING
- ArtPhilly (fiscally sponsored by Culture Trust Greater Philadelphia) to pilot a mini-festival and a community-engaged process for connecting audiences to arts and culture in Philadelphia neighborhoods. ($110,000 over 12 months)
- SIFTMedia 215 Collective (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas, Inc.) to support a poetry memoir workshop with Ursula Rucker and short poetry-films made in collaboration with SIFTMedia 215’s community of filmmakers. ($75,000 over 12 months)
For any questions about the above grants, please email Hillary Murray.
PUBLIC SPACE CREATION AND STEWARDSHIP
- Delaware River Waterfront Corporation to establish an impact evaluation team and build data management capacity. ($760,000 over 36 months)
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to develop a comprehensive master plan for a network of accessible, free public gardens in economically vulnerable neighborhoods across Philadelphia. ($450,000 over 24 months)
- Urban Tree Connection to host a series of convenings for public space advocates and stewards to explore issues and power-building strategies in the urban agriculture movement. ($110,000 over 12 months)
For any questions about the above grants, please email Jazmine da Costa.