Made in Philly
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
- Date Awarded
- 04/02/12
- Amount
- $25,000
- Grant Period
- 04/02/12 to 04/01/13
- Focus Area
- Fostering the Arts
- Community
- Philadelphia
- Initiative
- Knight Arts Challenge
Project Links
Grantee Contact
- Philadelphia, PA
Featured Media
To bring visual art to a wider audience by placing locally produced art in public advertising spaces in the same neighborhood where the piece was produced
Summary: To bring visual art to a wider audience, the Center for Emerging Visual Artists will place locally produced art in public advertising spaces in the same neighborhood where the piece was produced. The hyper-local visual art initiative will populate neighborhood public spaces like bus shelters, vacant storefronts and rail and subway platforms with images and public art exhibitions that are “created 100 feet from here.” For over a decade, the center’s Philadelphia Open Studio Tours have brought people to artists’ studios. This project will bring studio artwork directly to the people in their own communities.
Project Team
Knight Foundation