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In the News: The Citizen Recommends What Now

July 9, 2026

Philly's nonprofit news outlet previewed ArtPhilly's inaugural festival.

The Philadelphia Citizen previewed several projects and interviewed ArtPhilly's Bill Adair and Kathy Sachs in advance of the What Now: 2026 Festival:

“Our goal is to demonstrate the power of a citywide, multidisciplinary arts festival in ’26 — and then repeat it every two or three years,” said Bill Adair, the festival’s creative and executive director. Rather than asking artists to illustrate history, the festival invites them to interpret the present. “It’s about marking the moment,” Adair says. “All of our projects are linked to something fundamentally soulful about Philly.”

Read the whole feature HERE.