This event is currently full; if you are interested in attending, please contact Melissa Cooper at 215-557-7811 ext 24 or melissac@philaculture.org and we will add you to our Waiting List. We will honor these spots on a first come, first served basis. Thank you.

Cultural Alliance Special Announcement
Join your peers, colleagues, supporters of the cultural sector, and the Cultural Alliance board and staff for this special announcement and cocktail reception.

This spring, with lead funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts, and in partnership with The Wallace Foundation and The Philadelphia Foundation, the Cultural Alliance will launch Engage 2020, a new multi-project initiative that offers an innovative approach to increasing cultural participation in Greater Philadelphia.

Engage 2020 Briefing
Featuring a Keynote address by Lynne Conner
Nationally acclaimed scholar, researcher, and contributor to the recent publication Engaging Art, edited by Steve Tepper and Bill Ivey.

5:00pm     Registration

5:15pm     Special Announcement

• Welcome by Peggy Amsterdam, President, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
  
  
• Marian Godfrey, Managing Director of Culture and Civic Initiatives, The Pew Charitable Trusts
  
  
• Presentation of Engage 2020 by Tom Kaiden, Chief Operating Officer, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
  
  
• Keynote Address by Lynne Conner, "In and Out of the Dark: A Theory about Audience Behavior from Sophocles to Spoken Word."

6:15pm   Engage 2020 Celebratory Reception 

 
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