To premier 'GPS Intersect/Open Air,' a project by internationally renowned new media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer that will transform the Philadelphia night sky into an array of lights through searchlight voice activation via mobile devices
To build audiences for classical programming by providing a new 'Cross-Over Classical' series presenting world-renowned pops and contemporary artists with orchestra for The Mann's 2011-13 summer seasons
To launch Philadelphia's cultural season with a live, high-definition simulcast of the Opera Company of Philadelphia's Opening Night performance of Bizet's Carmen on Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall
To open the Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training, a two-year professional training program for actors and directors scheduled to open in fall 2011
To expand Tune Up Philly, an intensive after-school music program that offers young students daily music instruction with the region's most talented teaching artists
To launch iNotes, a smart phone application that provides real-time and in-depth program notes developed to increase an audience's knowledge of and appreciation for classical music
To bring Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (Haas & Hahn), known as the Favela Painters, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia to produce their first permanent art projects in North America
To install a high-definition video system at Philadelphia's World Cafe Live to provide underserved populations with low-cost or free access to innovative, high-quality arts programming developed by LiveConnections.org
To feature the Philly Theatre Casting Couch as the core component of an ongoing audience engagement initiative intended to increase recognition of Greater Philadelphia as a world-class theater city
To present PTC@PLAY, a ground-breaking and community-enriching annual new play festival, and to fuel its potential to achieve local and national recognition