The three-year initiative has infused nearly $10 million of new funding into Greater Philadelphia’s cultural community, supporting Black, Latino, Asian, and Indigenous arts organizations and community-based artists.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced that it has awarded $10.2 million to 39 Philadelphia-area cultural organizations and artists, including $3.5 million to help ensure the future of several of the most prominent institutions in the city and $1 million in unrestricted fellowships to 12 local artists.
40 new grants will fund artists and public events that connect art with healing, explore cultural identity, and tell diverse and unique Philadelphia stories.
Recipients include artists and practitioners working in disciplines such as performance, film,
visual arts, literature, and community-based art forms.
42 new grants will fund local performances, exhibitions, events, and artistic practices that engage with issues of identity, representation, community, and history.
42 new grants support individual artists and assist arts sector in emerging from the effects of COVID-19 through technology and facilities upgrades, diversity initiatives, new business models.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has announced that its 2021 grant making will focus on assisting arts and history organizations in the Philadelphia region to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 39 grants totaling $8.4 million in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists.
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has announced grants of more than $8.7 million in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists.