Denise King

Location
West Philadelphia

Awarded Grants

2005
Art and Change Grant (ACG)

$1,600
Discipline(s)
Multidisciplinary
Social Change Intents
Cultural Preservation

To support Denise's Friday Night Jazz Series, a live, free music event that she created in her West Philadelphia neighborhood to bring people together and introduce young people in the African American community to this form of music. The series serves as a meeting place for many different types of people, brings a sense of change and growth to the neighborhood, and makes Jazz a thriving and accessible art form.

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