IN REVIEW
FISCAL YEAR 2017
MISSION:
SUPPORT AND PROMOTE Arts, culture, and the creative industries.
ENSURE culture and creativity are part of the City’s strategies.
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LINK Philadelphians to cultural resources and opportunities.
Creative Philadelphia
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FY17: WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Econo my (OACCE) spent FY17 ensuring that Philadelphia, its residents, and its neighborhoods had opportunities to experience and celebrate creativity.
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With 35 exhibits and special projects, OACCE showcased Exhibits + artists of all ages and skill Special Projects levels throughout City Hall.
OACCE’ launched the Arts Access Calendar in April 2017 and offered 315 free cultural events from OACCE or other organizations.
315 Free Events
The Percent for Art Program completed 3 commissions that responded specifically to the spaces and their communities.
3 Completed commissions
OACCE activated neighborhood public spaces with 55 free quality performances across the city.
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Performances
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OACCE released a calendar of 215 performances, films, & more Philly Celebrates Jazz Events to observe Jazz Appreciation Month in April.
OACCE maintains the country’s largest and oldest public art collection and completed 18 collection management projects.
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Projects
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From dance instruction to performances, OACCE’s Programmed activities took place in every Council Districts Council District.
Clockwise, starting top left: Small Sculpture exhibit, Shakespeare in Clark Park’s Two Kings of Verona, Conservation of William Penn (Alexander Calder, 1863), Philadelphia Orchestra’s Sound All Around, Mayor Kenney with Benny Golson Awardee Jon Batiste, Three Views of a River (Stacy Levy, 2016) at the Philadelphia International Airport, Ballet X.
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1,622 Students
Arts Ed Programs Highlighted
FY17: WHO WE SERVED
454
Percent for Art Applications
Our work celebrates and supports the city’s artists. We create opportunities for children and adults to participate in arts -infused programs and experiences throughout the city’s neighborhoods. Our citywide Arts Education Fair introduced teachers, librarians, and neighborhood organizations to arts education programs and helped 53 arts organizations extend their reach.
109K Attendees
All OACCE activities — performances, fairs and festivals, and art exhibits — were free and in neighborhoods throughout the city. More than 109,000 Philadelphians had access to quality arts experiences and resources.
Through OACC’ES exhibitions, the Philly Youth Theatre Festival, Make Art Philly, and other programs, OACCE connected 1,622 students to opportunities for arts enrichment.
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Artists
Philadelphia’s vibrancy is from the artists that call the city home. OACCE supported and promoted 836 visual and performing artists through the Percent for Art program, exhibits, neighborhood activities, and more.
Partners
OACCE worked with over 100 City offices, arts organizations, community groups, and others to extend the reach and impact of the Office’s initiatives. OACCE’s arts education and neighborhood activities and exhibits would not have succeeded without these partners.
The Percent for Art Program received responses from 454 local and national artists interested in creating enduring site-specific work for the City’s public art collection.
$700K In Artist Support
OACCE supported artists with $700,000 in direct support, making Philadelphia a welcoming home for creative businesses and individual artists. This support comes from both City and other public and private sources.
Clockwise, starting top left: 2016 Arts Education Fair, Childhoodslost at the Philly Youth Theatre Festival, Percent for Art Artist Matthew Price being interview by PHL1,7Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, Rough Cut Productions student, Daud El Bakara Collective, Jazz on the Green at Fisher Park audience members.
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THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND The Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF) is a non-profit corporation established by the City to support and enhance the city’s cultural life and vitality. PCF is funded in whole by the City of Philadelphia through OACCE. The Fund awarded more than $3 million in general operating and project grants to local arts organizations and programs.
Through its grants, the Fund generated $5.8M in direct expenditures .
$5.8M Direct Expenditures
164, or 54.3% of this year’s grantees serve the city’s Pre-K and school-aged children.
$3M In grants
54% Grantees Serving Youth
The Fund awarded a record number of organizations this year, with 302 arts and culture grantees.
PCF grantees provided 4.7M free quality arts and cultural experiences—an average of 3 per Philadelphian.
302 Grantees
4.7M Free Experiences
Grantees worked with 237 schools to provide in school and out of school programs.
Grantees serve more than 439,000 children through in school and out of school programs.
237 Schools
439K Youth Served
Clockwise, starting top left: Usiloquy Dance Designs, Kulu Mele Dance and Drum Ensemble, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture with students from Moffet Elementary, Fleisher Art Memorial, Spiral Q Peoplehood Parade, Rock to the Future, 1812 Productions.
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