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We are First Person Arts, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization that celebrates the power of the personal. Our storytelling, social impact, and festival programs reinforce our mission: everyone has a story to tell, and sharing these stories connects us with each other and the world.
Whether you consider yourself an artist or observer, you have a story. And we have a way for you to share it, at a StorySlam, through a memoir writing class, or at the annual First Person Arts Festival.
We love bringing voices from across the nation to Philadelphia in order to share true personal stories that cross many genres of entertainment, and we look forward to doing that in the future. However, our love for you, our fans, friends, and family way more, and your safety is paramount.
The First Person Arts Festival will return in 2021 and we have some surprises up our sleeve. Please be sure to sign up for our email list to be the first to know about how things are looking for our 20th Anniversary in 2021!
Please be safe and be kind to one another.
First Person Arts
For 19 years, First Person Arts has produced the only festival of its kind that features true personal stories. Our annual audience reach is over 1 million audience members through the page, stage, online and on-air.
Overall, the Annual First Person Arts Festival attracts a young, ethnically diverse, and well-educated primarily female audience.
Source: Paper surveys distributed at 2018 Festival Events.
FPA engages a non-traditional arts audience. Our patrons are younger than those typically served by the region's arts and culture centers.
52% ages 18-34 48% ages 36-69
FPA serves an increasing ethnically diverse audience.
48% Caucasian 8% Black/African Descent 8% Jewish 4% Hispanic/Latino 3% Asian
FPA audiences are highly educated.
41%college-educated 51% completed post-grad coursework or hold a post-grad degree
I was 18 or 19, and I went to a First Person Arts Festival production. There was this woman, by herself, on a stage with a microphone, telling us stories from her life. As a young theatre student, it hadn't really dawned on me until then that I could blend theatre with some kind of performance memoir, and from then on I had this quiet fantasy of someday performing in the First Person Arts Festival. I thought about that night after I was approached about producing Witness. It was pretty incredible to have a dream I'd had as a young artist become a reality 15 years later.
Krya Baker "Witness" 2019 First Person Arts Festival
"On behalf of Chloe and I, and everyone at The Sachs Program, congrats. You guys are amazing! What a packed house and a great event. Chloe and I were saying last night, Marion was one of the first meetings we had after we launched. It was so exciting to see all your hardwork and planning pay off on such a successful night. Woot woot! Shout out to First Person Arts too and everyone involved."
John McInerney Executive Director (The Sachs Program) First Person Arts Applied Storytelling Workshop
FPA has created more than an arts org. More than a community. It’s a family.
SM Shrake Founder of Washington DC’s Story League
I especially loved all the diversity, and points of views — the difference in ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientations. Thanks so much First Person Arts!
Paul Lyons Event Attendee