Vision

The Hub For Arts And Culture wants to make a vibrant contribution to the cultural life of Chester County. We will help build pathways for the exchange of arts and culture between towns and among our citizens. We will give our arts and cultural communities the support they need to grow and thrive.


Helping by:

  • Expanding partnerships

  • Creating a county wide hub

  • Designing initiatives that support diversity

  • Mitigating risk by leveraging funding



Giving by:

  • Taking a page from Genesis (The United Kingdom Foundation)

  • Borrowing from Lewis Center (Princeton, NJ)

  • Copying Drayton Entertainment (Ontario, Canada)

  • Duplicating the success of Uptown (West Chester, PA)




A Deeper Look - Concepts That Support The Vision


Funding a county-wide hub for Arts & Culture.

  • Underlying Model: Public / private funding innovations. Deploy investment dollars (and provide returns) in an ESG style model to help local/regional arts / culture and related businesses thrive. (Production, venues, services, training, real estate, etc.)

  • Long Term Regional Benefit: A sustainable county-wide Arts & Culture Community that can Mitigate risks by creating collaborative practices to leverage funding, share assets, provide access to successful business practices and service providers.

  • Long Term Community Benefit: support and strengthen regional stability by creating safe spaces across the county for all members of our community to come together.

  • Long Term Economic Benefit: Support and employ creative and skilled workers.


Building Teams of Collaborators

Gather a collective of arts enthusiasts across the creative, business, government and non profit sectors to actively support:


1. Expanding the use of Public/Private partnerships to raise funds for startup of new and expansion/enhancement of existing organizations.


2. Creating a county wide Hub (Patrons, Philanthropy, Businesses, Creative) to support Visionaries, Implementors and Creative Talent.


3. Designing Arts, Music, Theater & Cultural initiatives that support:

  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, (especially anti-racist and gender equality)

  • Communities in Economic Hardship Zones (especially Coatesville, PA)

Other Models as Inspiration:

Primary Model:

Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center, West Chester, PA

A public/private funding model in West Chester, PA that includes the Uptown Entertainment Alliance (501c3) and the privately funded venture capital group Uptown! Bravo Theater LLC.


Secondary Models:

Genesis Foundation, London, United Kingdom

Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ

Drayton Entertainment, Ontario, Canada

Arts + Business Council For Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA