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City Council seeks to bolster arts funding, bypassing the Philadelphia Cultural Fund

A transfer of $1.3 million from city council's recession relief fund would go toward grants for artists and arts groups.

Council member Isaiah Thomas, seen here in an October, 2020, file photo, and council member Katherine Gilmore Richardson have proposed that $1.3 million from the council's recession relief fund go toward grants to support artists and arts groups.
Council member Isaiah Thomas, seen here in an October, 2020, file photo, and council member Katherine Gilmore Richardson have proposed that $1.3 million from the council's recession relief fund go toward grants to support artists and arts groups.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer