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Meet the Collector: How Katherine Sachs Became a Convener
For the ArtPhilly founder, collecting has never been about wealth-building or prestige.
We’re sitting together at Joy Cafe in the Spring Garden neighborhood with birds chirping, the condenser unit hums and bits of conversations from other diners drift by. We drink pressed juice and smoothies and talk about ArtPhilly, her organization focused on amplifying artistic voices in the city, and its latest endeavor, a biennial titled “What Now: 2026.” While the citywide multidisciplinary festival’s theme investigates the 250th anniversary of the founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, the double entendre shows Sachs pivoting to build a festival that invests in the Philadelphia arts ecosystem.
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At a very young age, she sang, which inspired in her a lifelong love of art and culture. When it was time for her to go to the University of Pennsylvania to pursue a degree, she thought she would be a music or math major, but she switched her major after encountering art history. That newly discovered passion carried her through her studies; she met her late husband, Keith L. Sachs before graduating in 1969. Post-grad, she became a guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where she would work for 20 years. When she rejoined the museum after........