Philadelphia Contemporary

Founded in 2016, Philadelphia Contemporary is a contemporary art organization whose mission is to connect the people and places of Philadelphia through art and partnership. Currently nomadic, Philadelphia Contemporary presents visual art, performance art, and spoken word across the city, with ambitions to establish a freestanding, globally oriented, and locally aware non-collecting arts institution.

Re-imagining the 21st century arts organization, PC has presented forward-thinking, world-class
contemporary visual and performance art all over the city, harnessing the energy of local and
international artists to bring a broad cross section of Philadelphians together in the city’s singular
heritage spaces. PC’s foundational goal was to create an art organization whose audience reflected the diversity of Philadelphia.

Working in partnership with other community and arts organizations, over the last eight years PC has presented site-specific dance performances, spoken word and musical mashups, immersive painting installations, festivals and block parties, billboard poetry, and sculptural installations in wildly different spaces and places acrossPhiladelphia.