Briefing to the City Council Committee on Global Opportunities And Creative Innovative Economy PRESENTED BY Kelly Lee Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia Executive Director, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy May 19, 2020
ARTS & CULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA The arts in Philadelphia generate: • $3.4B economic impact • $157M tax revenue Performances in Public Spaces , Shakespeare in Creative Avenues , Feria del Barrio Festival by Taller Clark Park Puertorriqueño • $930M household income • 1,700+ organizations • 37,590 jobs Percent for Art Program , MVP at Smith Playground Barnes Foundation Galleries 2
ARTS & CULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA Neighborhood arts access impacts: • Safety, correlating to fewer homicides and fewer incidents of ethnic and racial harassment. • Health, resulting in lower rates of chronic illness and reductions in poverty without displacement. Percent for Art Program , Unveiling of Read: A Performances in Public Spaces , Philly POPS Pathway to Hope at Logan Library • Education, by improving students’ problem-solving and critical thinking skills and makes them 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement. • Wellbeing, by strengthening residents’ connections with one another and fosters pride of place Philly Celebrates Jazz , Sistahs Attune at the Spruce Street Harbor Park Performances Northeast Older Adult Center 3
THE ROLE OF OACCE OACCE: • Supports and promotes the arts and works to to ensure that the arts are part of the City's economic, education, and community development strategies. • Closes the gap in access to the arts Performances in Public Spaces , Theatre in the X at Creative Avenues , Philadelphia United Jazz Festival Malcom X Park for all Philadelphians by providing free neighborhood cultural programming and connecting Philadelphians to free quality cultural experiences • Preserves the City’s public art assets Make Art Philly Culture in the Courtyard , Ever Ensemble 4
THE ROLE OF OACCE $798,442 OACCE staff, supplies, and programming OACCE original FY21 $3,140,000 proposed Philadelphia Cultural Fund grants and operations budget $4,169,130 $230,688 African American Museum in Philadelphia general operating support 5
OACCE STAFF • 9 Staff Members • Demographics: 67% women and 67% Tu Huynh Lindsay So Jacque Liu Margot Berg Percent for Art Public Art Director City Hall Exhibitions Assistant Director minority Program Manager Manager • Languages : Spanish, Kelly Lee Vietnamese, Chief Cultural Officer German, Chinese Carrie Leibrand Dan Gasiewski Gwen Redmond Stephanie Fuentes Communications Community Arts Executive Assistant to Exhibits and Specialist Coordinator the Chief Cultural Programs Assistant Officer 6
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PROGRAMMING Between January 2016-March 2020, OACCE: • Presented 226 free cultural activities • Activated 140 neighborhood sites Performances in Public Spaces , Shakespeare in Performances in Public Spaces Clark Park (e.g. parks, recreation centers, and libraries, schools) • Supported 3,761 dance, theater, and music performers and art makers Philly Celebrates Jazz , V. Shayne Frederick at the Blanche A. Nixon/Cobbs Creek Library 7
CITY HALL COMMUNITY EXHIBITIONS Between January 2016-March 2020, OACCE: • Presented 109 exhibitions in City Hall Art in City Hall, NAP City Employee Exhibit and Art in City Hall , NOW!, WCA Philly, 2018 Contest, 2019 • Exhibited 2,169 visual artists • Collaborated with 350+ community partners Art in City Hall, Transforming Jazz Artists at the 2018 Philly Celebrates Jazz Kickoff 8
PUBLIC ART Philadelphia’s public art collection reflects the city’s history and its communities. Between January 2016-March 2020, OACCE: • Managed 1,100+ works in City's Percent for Art Program , Ben Volta, Coordinates Conservation and Collection Management , of Play (2014), Pleasant Playground Pegasus (1863( by Vincenz Pilz at Memorial Hall public art collection • Completed 67 public art conservation projects • Commissioned 16 Percent for Art projects; developed based on community input Conservation and Collection Management , El Gran Teatro de la Luna (1982) by Rafael Ferrer at Fairhill Square Park 9
ARTS ACCESS Between January 2016-March 2020, OACCE: • E-Newsletter and Free This Week campaign had 5.5M views • Earned 3.5M Impressions on Twitter with Arts Access Calendar Free This Week Campaign 16.5K followers • Promoted 6,700 free creative events offered by Philadelphia’s cultural organizations • Received 16.8K visits to its Arts Access Calendar • Distributed 6.5K postcards and posters Philly Celebrates Jazz Community School Series 10
OACCE’S CUMULATIVE IMPACT Between January 2016-March 2020, OACCE: • Distributed $2.5M in artist fees • Supported 5,963 artists • Hosted 398K event attendees • Engaged 6,103 youth • Partnered with 115 schools Map of OACCE program and partnership locations FY16-FY20 11
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ARTS Sector hit early and hard during this crisis: • Closures and cancellations began March 13 • Artists hit hard because they lost day and evening jobs at the same time. 1,104 Total Survey Responses • 741 or 67.1% Individual/Independent artist • 269 or 24.4% Authorized representative of an arts and cultural organization • 94 or 8.5% Employee of an arts and cultural organization • 58.4% Organizations with budgets $250K or less Culture in the Courtyard , RFA 12
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ARTS • 60% of local arts organizations shut down entirely, 92% canceled performances and events; 63% were unable to deliver community programs or arts services; and 47% could not continue educational programs, hold rehearsals, or prepare for future programs. • The total financial impact reported by arts organizations and individual artists, from when public gathering restrictions started through April 30, 2020 , is estimated Philadanco , Conglomerate to be $48,598,349 . • Organizations reported at least 2,257 events canceled through April 30, accounting for an estimated 879,366 in lost audience members. • Responding artists and organization employees reported that they anticipated losing a total of 12,786 workdays through the end of April. Make Art Philly , Fleisher Art Memorial Color Wheels 13
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ARTS $0 Chief Cultural Officer and Public Art Director moved to Due to the MDO to oversee the public art assets City’s $650M budget shortfall: $0 Philadelphia Cultural Fund grants and operations OACCE FY21 revised budget $0 $0 African American Museum in Philadelphia general operating support 14
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ARTS Elimination means the annual loss of: • Support for over 700 dance, theater, and music performers and art makers • 90+ free neighborhood arts activities in libraries, recreation centers, parks, older adult centers, and Community Schools Philadelphia Orchestra • Opportunities for 650 artists and 80 community organizations to exhibit artwork throughout the corridors of City Hall for more than 100,000 • Resources and opportunities for arts education and skill-building for approximately 1,100 students Performances in Public Spaces , World Music with Daria at the Tacony Watershed 15
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE ARTS Elimination means the annual loss of: • Listing of 6,700 free arts and culture events across the city in one central place • Critical funding for more than 300 grants to arts and cultural organizations and projects that serve Philadelphians, including over 400,000 children, AAMP , Family Day Programs through the Philadelphia Cultural Fund • General operating support for the African American Museum in Philadelphia Performances in Public Spaces , Theatre in the X 16
PHILADELPHIA’S RECOVERY – THE ROLE OF THE ARTS The arts will be critical to the recovery of the City of Philadelphia: • There will be a decline in support from foundation, corporate, and individual giving. Public support from the government will be critical to help reinvigorate the creative economy and help the arts sector become a $3.4B industry again. Delaware River Waterfront Corporation Multicultural Series at the Great Plaza • Once Philadelphians and visitors can gather in groups again, they will – the arts organizations, large and small, will be needed to attract visitors and make Philadelphians feel normal, connect them to one another, and reignite civic pride. Creative Avenues , Old City Festival 17
PHILADELPHIA’S RECOVERY – THE ROLE OF THE ARTS • Due to rising unemployment and furloughs, Philadelphians will seek free and low-cost arts and culture activities close to home for themselves and their families. • Due to the City's major budget reductions, the City’s libraries, recreation centers, parks, and Pennsylvania Ballet Party on Stage schools will experience significant gaps in programming that the arts can fill. • Due to shrinking resources, arts organizations and artists need a centralized way to reach new audiences. Community Schools Series exhibit reception at George Washington High School 18
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