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Our Grantmaking

Art and access to it are essential to the fabric of civic life. As a multidisciplinary grantmaker dedicated to fostering a vibrant and diverse cultural ecology in the Philadelphia region, the Center annually awards grants to organizations and artists, whose imaginative programs, events, and artistic work inspire audiences and make Philadelphia a thriving hub for culture.

Coming Up

Maeng Wookjae, Secret Forest, 2019; porcelain, gold, paper, wire frame, elastic band, light, sound; 110" x 67" x 67". Photo courtesy of Korea Ceramic Foundation.

The Shape of Time: Korean Art After 1989

Philadelphia Museum of Art

An exhibition surveys 30 years of contemporary art made by artists who share an experience of South Korea by their birth, residence, or ancestry.

Happening Now

Susan Marshall & Company, Frame Dances: 2008-2010, 2011, PEAK Performances, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. Photo by Elllen Carpenter.

Rhythm Bath

Institute on Disabilities at Temple University

A suite of immersive dance performance-installations examines questions of inclusion and exclusion within contemporary performance.

Coming Up

Restoration of Works by William Grant Still

The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra recovers the less commonly known musical works of 20th-century Black composer William Grant Still through performances in concert hall, community, and virtual settings.

Happening Now

Artist Nathan Young records sounds along the Delaware River for the sound installation nkwiluntàmën at Pennsbury Manor. Photo by Ryan Strand Greenberg.

nkwiluntàmën: I long for it; I am lonesome for it (such as the sound of a drum)

Pennsbury Society

An immersive sound installation created by multidisciplinary artist and Delaware Tribe of Indians member Nathan Young invites meditation on the enduring relationship between the Delaware Tribe and its ancestral homeland Lenapehoking.

Happening Now

John Akomfrah, Vertigo Sea, 2015; three-channel HD color video installation, 7.1 sound, 48 minutes 30 seconds. Photo courtesy of the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America

African American Museum in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Two historic museums present a joint exhibition of new works by 20 artists invited to respond to the question: “Is the sun rising or setting on the experiment of American democracy?”

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