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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Really interesting post from the Art in the Age blog.

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Last Friday, Space 1026 opened their doors at 6pm for people to cram themselves in every nook and cranny to get a good spot for the annual art auction. In years past, supporters, former exhibitors, ...
Lisa
Lisa
Kind of weird that they seem to blame the attendees for not knowing how auctions work or being informed enough, even after saying it's mostly repeat attendees and friends of the artists.
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The City of Philadelphia’s visual art exhibition program Art In City Hall, in collaboration with the National Arts Program Foundation, presents The 10th National Arts Program at Philadelphia, an exhibition ...
Robert

Robert Sunday December 13th at World Cafe Live
A Music and Arts Festival to Benefit the Fire!
5:00 pm doors $20 Buy Tickets

Featuring a silent auction from the work of Philly's finest artists.
Also being auctioned off: " A Day in Philadelphia" featuring breakfast at Honey's, a carriage ride tour,
tickets for The Ritz Th...eater, and a concert and dinner at World Cafe Live.

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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Our most excellent COO Tom Kaiden responded to criticism over federal stimulus money going to Philly arts groups such as the (also awesome) Pig Iron Theater Company on Fox & Friends this morning.

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Puppet shows, clown ensembles get stimulus dollars
Melissa Amster Raffel
Melissa Amster Raffel
Fantastic! Great Job!!
December 11 at 4:18pm
David
David
Well done Tom!
December 11 at 8:21pm
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance NEA webcast happening right now on the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts

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A Conversation about the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts Webcast
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Philly Chief Cultural Officer Gary Steuer shares his thoughts on Susan Stamberg's "Why Museums Matter" talk at the PMA last week.

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Periodic musings on arts, culture and creative economy issues from the Chief Cultural Officer of the City of Philadelphia.
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Philly's population is growing! Perhaps a robust arts, culture, and creative economy scene has something to do with that? :)

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Good news, Philadelphia! After decades of population loss, the city has stopped shrinking, according to revised Census Bureau estimates delivered to the city earlier this week.
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Happy Thanksgiving from the Cultural Alliance! Check out Phillyfunguide.com for fun things to do with family & friends over the long weekend!

November 26 at 8:35am
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Creative Industry Workforce Grants Public Meeting today at 3pm at City Hall!

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The creative sector is an integral component of the economy and culture of the City of Philadelphia. It includes the nonprofit arts and culture community as well as for-profit arts, entertainment and creative businesses.
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Sigh - at least it's for a good cause! We'll get 'em next year!

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As if the Phillies losing wasn't bad enough, Mayor Nutter is set to fulfill his World Series bet with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this afternoon. Nutter and Bloomberg agreed that the mayor of the losing team would participate in a service project in the winning city, wearing the victorious...
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Donate $5 to a nonprofit of your choice if you're one of the first 4,000 people to take this survey!

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“We are thrilled about this program – the first of its kind in Philadelphia – a true collaboration between city departments that exemplifies just how important the creative sector is to the economy and the future of Philadelphia,” said Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer.
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Love it or hate it - ground broken for the new Barnes this past Friday -

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Philadelphia Inquirer Stephan Salisbury (November 13, 2009) -After years of litigation, court hearings, protests and fundraising, the renowned Barnes Foundation, long of Latchs Lane in Merion, finally broke ground
Christopher
Christopher
I suspect the overwhelming majority of the people who know the facts/history of the situation support the dramatically increased public access, jobs, civic esteem, and economic development benefits which will come from the move.

The "controversy" did not represent a strong division of public opinion, it's mostly the product of a media which gives ... See Moreequal time to both "sides" even where the ratio is 100 to 1 (e.g. global warming) and a legal system which is too slow, too complicated, and too indulgent of people who really don't have a enough of a direct interest to be involved in a case (most lawyers would say yes on standing, regular people would say no). p.s. in a region of 4 million people, 20 people really doesn't rise to the level of a "protest" - it's barely a baseball team - Ghandi and Dr. King lead protests against real injustices which is why they had hundreds of thousands of followers in the streets and many millions at home - every time 2 or more people make noise and the media term it a protest/movement they're doing a bit of a disservice to real leaders, who faced real dangers, to solve real problems...
November 16 at 2:36pm
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Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Is your organization on Twitter? We're hosting a Philly Organizational Tweetup on 11/19 (next Thursday)! Find out more & RSVP at the link below!

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A chance for all the faces behind Philadelphia area organizational Twitter accounts to meet each other and discuss Twitter success, failure, & strategies!
Leigh Goldenberg
Leigh Goldenberg
What a great idea!
November 12 at 8:59am