Month-long Pop-Up Exhibition of Local Dance-In-the-Making

To raise the visibility of live dance by creating a pop-up studio in a highly visible public space where passers-by can witness the usually private rehearsal process

Opera in the City: Svadba - Wedding

To offer a more immersive opera experience by launching a series of 50-minute operas, the first of which, about a Serbian wedding, will be followed by an authentic Balkan wedding feast

Operation Food for Thought

To create connections between neighborhood restaurateurs and artists by commissioning dinners featuring art projects from across neighborhoods

Out of School Time is Show Time!

To offer after-school art programming for children by placing art teachers in each of the eight city districts to give instruction in singing, acting and dancing

POP Creates

To cultivate students’ music skills by coordinating a multifaceted creative initiative that will teach music production and technology, composition, jazz and more.

Philadelphia Flamenco Festival 2014

To celebrate the contributions of Flamenco dance by producing a two-week festival including an educational symposium and performances by groundbreaking Flamenco artists

Philadelphia Young Voices Monologue Festival

To help students gain a deeper understanding of how to leverage theater for social change by expanding a festival, in collaboration with InterAct Theatre Company, featuring professional productions of high school students’ monologues.

Point Bold: A Neighborhood Project

To foster a greater sense of community between two geographically close but culturally diverse neighborhoods by producing a theatrical performance written and performed by its residents

Sanctuary

To challenge musicians to turn a 100-year-old Beaux Arts sanctuary into a musical instrument using their voices and other sound experiments

Sights & Sounds: An Illadelph Experiment

To explore the connection between music and art by offering an aural experience for patrons that pairs individual works of visual art with a unique music mix

Street Performance Corridor

To bring cultural vibrancy to the South Street neighborhood by organizing a series of pop-up and street events featuring music, theater and visual arts

Technology-enhanced live concerts for improved audience engagement

To engage and develop new audiences for music with a series of live concerts enhanced with audio-driven media technologies