EVERYDAY PLACES ARTIST PARTNERSHIPS

Barnes West, a collaboration between ​People’s Emergency Center CDC​ and the ​Barnes Foundation​, is connecting West-Philly based social impact artists to residents in West Philadelphia at everyday, neighborhood places like grocery stores, restaurants, corner stores, and parks.  
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The goal of these opportunities is to provide West Philadelphia residents with spaces to engage in artistic projects that promote ​hope and healing.​ The arts have the power to effect social change by promoting understanding and dialogue about important social issues. ​Social impact artists​ are drivers of change within communities who develop artwork that engages with audiences and invites people to participate with various, relevant themes. Social impact artists demonstrate a history of, and commitment to, working with audiences as active participants in their work. 

Barnes West ​ has identified neighborhood sites that have volunteered to host a social impact artist for three to six months. Each neighborhood site will feature a placed-based art project at the close of the partnership program.  

Barnes West is supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation.

Business/Organizational Partners

Business	Location
The Center for ​Carceral Communities	​4020 Market Street
IMpact Services Corp ​(Haven Women)	​4108 Baltimore Avenue
​Imperial Caribbean and Seafood	​725 North 42nd Street
Friends of ​Clara Muhammad Square	​4700 Lancaster Avenue
The Silk Tent	​3860 Lancaster Avenue
New Angle Lounge	​3901 Lancaster Avenue
MAPE PRINTING	4147 Lancaster Avenue
Kanvas Event Center	​3870 Lancaster Avenue
​La Pearl Beauty Emporium Inc	3857 Lancaster Avenue
Mantua United	Miles Mack Playground ​732 North 36th Street #66

Display from The Bank 3750 Lancaster Avenue in 2017. Chanel Cheri. Beyond Progress, 2017. Mixed Media.