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Save the arts in pa rally

Save the date and show your support of the arts by joining us on July 14, at 11 AM. Location: Main Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg, PA. For more information contact Jenny Hershour at 717-234-0959 or jlh@citizensfortheartsinpa.org. 

Getting beyond Breakeven

This new report, recently released by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the William Penn Foundation, reviews the capitalization needs and challenges of Philadelphia-area arts and culture organizations. Whether you are an individual artist or are associated with a small company, this educational and informative report will help you rethink the paradigm of "breaking-even."

Save Arts & Cultural Funding in Pennsylvania!

Please motivate your audiences, your students, your friends and colleagues to contact your legislators to tell them to support a funding level of $14 million for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. An email template is available here. To sign up for Arts Advocacy Alerts click here. Take action!

NEA Reports Indicate Arts Participation Declining

American audiences for the arts are getting older, and their numbers are declining, according to new research released today by the National Endowment for the Arts. Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey features top findings from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the nation's largest and most representative periodic study of adult participation in arts events and activities, conducted by the NEA in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2008 survey reveals dwindling audiences for many art forms, but it also captures new data on Internet use and other forms of arts participation. For more information visit http://www.nea.gov/research/NEA-SPPA-brochure.pdf

WORK TRADE OPTION FOR GRID PHOTO SPONSORSHIPS

Our new grid photo feature is designed to give individual artists and small companies a presence in the 2010 Philadelphia is Dancing! Wall Calendar. Short on cash? You can trade 10 volunteer hours at Dance/USA Philadelphia to work off $150 of the sponsorship, lowering your cost to $100! Work trade opportunities are limited so contact us ASAP if you are interested. Plan for your participation now! Go to philadelphiaisdancing.org.

Donors' belt-tightening squeezes grantees

Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11th, 2009. Article by Stephen Salisbury. For full article click here.

Phila. arts groups say popularity still high

Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11th, 2009. Article by Stephen Salisbury. For full article click here.

VIDEO SERVICES PROGRAM LAUNCH

Dance/USA Philadelphia has launched Phase I of the Video Services Program. Rates and requirements are posted for the following services: DVD duplication, VHS and miniDV transfers, and the creation of video work samples for grant proposals. Rates are below market value; a current DancePass is required. Future services will include equipment rental and access to the editing studio.

Free Planning Assistance Offered by Kennedy Center

To help struggling nonprofit arts organizations around the country, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced on Tuesday that it would offer free emergency planning assistance through artsincrisis.org web site. The program, called Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative, will provide counsel from the Kennedy Center’s president, Michael M. Kaiser, and members of its executive staff. Organizations can seek advice on fund-raising, budgeting, marketing and other areas. Companies that submit online requests for assistance will receive responses through e-mail, phone calls, live Web chats or in-person visits.

Dance Troupes, theaters, Get a Leg UP

Read feature story in Philadelphia Inquirer

COMMUNITY ACCESS IMAC COMPUTER

Dance/USA Philadelphia's Community Access iMac Computer is available to all 08-09 DancePass holders at no charge. The computer is loaded with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium. Up to three hours can be reserved by emailing us or calling 215-922-5970. Reservations are highly recommended as walk-ins are subject to availability and a 45-minute time limit.

THE ADVANCE PLANNING CALENDAR

Dance/USA Philadelphia Advance Planning Calendar is a tool to help us avoid, not all conflicts, but hopefully, the disastrous ones. This tool is designed for producing dance companies and presenters. List tentative dates as well as confirmed dates for future performances, anniversaries, festivals and fundraising events. The information is for internal use only; not for the general public. What do you have in the works for 2009? 2010? 2011?
To request access: email or call 215-922-5970.