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Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative May 2012 Press Release

Press Releases | Exhibitions
May 7, 2012

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2012 Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative Grant Recipients
Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has awarded $1,108,700 through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative (PEI) to seven visual arts and culture organizations in the Philadelphia area. This year’s grants include five exhibition and two planning projects. Two of the recipients are first-time grantees. The 2012 funded projects, several of which will completely transform the galleries in which they are presented, promise audiences a dynamic range of visual arts experiences.

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Heritage Philadelphia Program April 2012 Press Release

Press Releases | Heritage
April 23, 2012

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2012 Heritage Philadelphia Program Grant Recipients
Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has awarded $766,325 through the Heritage Philadelphia Program (HPP) to six local organizations, including two first-time grantees. The 2012 funded projects investigate topical issues such as women's history, disability rights, science and environmentalism, and Muslim heritage. They push beyond conventional boundaries of historic interpretation and preservation, and place a strong emphasis on imaginative outreach to a broad range of audiences.

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Philadelphia Music Project April 2012 Press Release

Press Releases | Music
April 4, 2012

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2012 Philadelphia Music Project Grant Recipients
Philadelphia, PA—The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage has awarded $858,430 through the Philadelphia Music Project to nine music organizations in the Philadelphia area. Three of these organizations are first-time grantees as well as first-time applicants to the program. Through PMP’s grants, internationally renowned artists representing a broad range of musical forms and styles will visit the region over the next two seasons to participate in music programs that promise to attract and inspire a wide spectrum of audiences. Some of these upcoming concerts, festivals, and staged productions revisit and draw inspiration from seminal works of the past, while many invigorate long-standing musical traditions by crossing genres or looking to new models of presentation and performance.

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