               |  |
President's Letter to our Community Summer 2008
Through the very generous support of Sidney Kimmel, our dedicated board, and a group of our community's most important philanthropists and corporate entities, the Kimmel Center recently achieved two monumental goals: the elimination of our construction debt and the addition of critical endowment funds. Today, the Kimmel Center is debt free with an endowment over $72 million. This solid foundation allows us to provide state-of-the-art performing arts spaces to our world- class resident companies, while embracing our role as a presenting organization and a catalyst for creative artistic collaboration. We are more committed than ever to fulfilling our vision of being the most important and dynamic performing arts center in our region. With your support, the Kimmel Center can reach even more children, and adults alike, with the life-transformational power of art, as we will with our tuition-free Teen Summer Arts Camps continuing this summer. It is my goal to build exciting artistic collaborations with our resident companies and regional arts organizations that will make Philadelphia even more of a destination for art enthusiasts around the world. We can fulfill the dream of a Kimmel Center overflowing with activity both on its stages and in its public spaces. As the students from our recent work with Penn Praxis illustrated, we need to do more work to create the vibrant public spaces envisioned when the Kimmel Center opened. This is a challenge we gladly accept. Because of your enthusiastic support, the Kimmel Center has a bright and shinning future, but we also have a thrilling present. Our summer season offers diverse, world-renowned artists and blockbuster Broadway productions as well as our long-standing summer tradition, Summer Solstice Celebration. This year, our Solstice party includes performances from each of our remarkable resident companies—a “first” of which we are all extremely proud. I am deeply grateful for your dedication and commitment to the Kimmel Center and to the arts in Philadelphia, and I am delighted to celebrate this summer with you.
Best wishes, Privacy Policy | Ticket Policy | Site Map
KIMMEL CENTER, INC.
|
|
|
