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Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Association, Inc.

Formation	1949, independent 1997
Headquarters	22 Laurelgate Place Millersville, PA 17551
Region served	Delaware Valley
President	Karen Kappe Nugent
Website	http://www.artistsequity.org

Philadelphia Artists Equity, more formally known as Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Association, Inc., became an independent organization in 1997, but was originally founded as a chapter of a national organization of professional fine artists in 1949. Artists Equity has always worked for the protection of artists’ rights and improved working and economic conditions for fine artists.

Artists Equity worked behind the scenes for the establishment of a Philadelphia City ordinance, entitled “Aesthetic Ornamentation of City Structures,” which was sponsored by Councilman Henry Sawyer, III, and adopted on his last day as a member of City Council in the final months of 1959. This ordinance established a requirement for one percent for art for city building projects.