Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA): Difference between revisions

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A performance at the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, or PIFA, is a citywide celebration of international arts in Philadelphia curated by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

The festival, first launched in 2011, occurs every two years to tout Philadelphia as a premier destination for highly compelling performing arts experiences. The festival features a spectacular line-up of collaborative and innovative artistic acts.

For more than a week, Philadelphia stages and places will host dozens of dance, theater and visual arts performances, amounting to one huge international celebration of the phenomenal arts and arts community in Philly.

Note: The above description came from the event's Visit Philadelphia page.

In The News

Kimmel Center Sponsors 'Philadelphia International Festival Of The Arts' Street Fair, CBS-3, June 9, 2018.
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts Convenes, Huffington Post, April 20, 2016.

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+'''Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts''', or PIFA, is '''a citywide celebration of international arts''' in Philadelphia curated by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.
+The festival, first launched in 2011, occurs every two years to tout Philadelphia as a premier destination for highly compelling performing arts experiences. The festival features a spectacular line-up of collaborative and innovative artistic acts.
+For more than a week, Philadelphia stages and places will host dozens of dance, theater and visual arts performances, amounting to one huge international celebration of the phenomenal arts and arts community in Philly.
+''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above description came from the event's [http://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/events/philadelphia-international-festival-of-the-arts/ Visit Philadelphia] page.
-The '''Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts''' gives the following descriptive information:<blockquote>The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts announces the return of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), taking place across the venues of the Kimmel Center’s campus, as well as select locations throughout the city, from April 8 through April 23, 2016. A 15-day celebration of art and community, PIFA showcases innovation and a breadth of local and international performances and installations, all curated by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. With more than 60 events across genres and art forms, PIFA is bookended by Article 13 – a grand-scale fire and sand installation that tells the story of immigrants around the world – which serves as the grand opening of the Festival and culminates with the celebrated PIFA Street Fair.<br><br>In this third installment of PIFA, the curatorial vision illustrates the concept “We Are What We Make.” The Festival will explore how our humanity is shaped, changed, inspired, and challenged by the world we create, all displayed through a variety of performing and visual arts. A massive installation by Mimi Lien – recipient of a 2015 MacArthur Genius Award – will consume the lobby of the Kimmel Center, bringing this vision to life and will be on display throughout the Festival.<br><br>“We are thrilled to once again produce PIFA, the perfect manifestation of The Kimmel Center’s mission to introduce broad and diverse audiences to world-class, ground-breaking programming,” said Kimmel Center President and CEO, Anne Ewers. “To see our local arts organizations coming together in collaboration with one another, as well as with the renowned international artists joining us from around the world, is sure to be an extraordinary experience for the hundreds of thousands touched by PIFA.</blockquote>
 ==In The News==
-*[http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20160121_Multimedia_tales_of_migration_to_have_U_S__premiere_in_Phila_.html Multimedia tales of migration to have U.S. premiere in Phila.], Philadelphia Inquirer, January 21, 2016.<br><br><br>[[Category:Issue-The_Arts]][[Category:Is-Recurring_Event]][[Category:Is-Annual_Event]][[Category:Frequency-Annual]][[Category:Issue-Performing_Arts]]
+*[http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/06/09/kimmel-center-philadelphia-international-festival-arts-street-fair/ Kimmel Center Sponsors 'Philadelphia International Festival Of The Arts' Street Fair], CBS-3, June 9, 2018.
+*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lew-whittington/pifas-we-are-what-we-make_b_9721346.html Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts Convenes], Huffington Post, April 20, 2016.
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