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The Walt Whitman Arts Center
2nd & Cooper Streets
Camden, New Jersey 08102

Charles W. Bechtel
executive director

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Events Present & Past

The Annual Spirit of Camden Celebration!

Ten Fridays of Fun ARE fun!
Click to purchase tickets for the Sept 27, 2008 at 7:30pm

Coming September 27!
Jim Lauderdale
Grammy winner for
" Bluegrass Diaries
"!

2008 Camden County Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Medal

Congratulations!

To Mrs. Francesca Perks
WWAC Board president
for being honored with the
2008 Camden County
Martin Luther King Jr.
Freedom Medal

 
  • Our Mission
  • Staff
  • Board of Directors
  • Why Volunteer
  • Funding Partners
  • Associates & Friends

Walt Whitman Arts Center’s mission is to use world class arts programs
to contribute to the revitalization of Camden.

Our programs range from innovative mainstage theater, music and dance presentations to neighborhood-based public arts projects and classes in diverse mediums serving pre-schoolers through senior-citizens

Anchoring this work for the next generation is a comprehensive arts education program that provides multi-cultural, multi-ethnic live assemblies, in-school hands-on workshops, after-school training and free summer children’s theater

Last year, WWAC programs serviced nearly 32,000 people from across Camden, southern New Jersey and beyond

"Best of South Jersey Magazine" award for the Best Place for Poetry & Literature

Citation of Excellence Award Winner — New Jersey State Council on the Arts

“An oasis of arts and culture,” — Philadelphia Inquirer

“The center of Camden’s artistic present and future….” — Courier-Post

“We just love this place!” — Pre-school Teacher

 

All Staff may be reached by calling

856-964-8300

and pressing the extension numbers when prompted, or
by e-mail, by clicking on the hyperlinked e-mail address.

Charles W. Bechtel
Executive Director

extension 106
cbechtel@waltwhitmancenter.org
Liz Spencer
Director of Programs
extension 108
lspencer@waltwhitmancenter.org
Tom Carroll
Director, Delaware Valley Folk Life Center
extension 107
tcarroll@waltwhitmancenter.org
Anthony Mohamed
Creative Consultant
extension 110
amohamed@waltwhitmancenter.org

 

Executive Board  

Francesca Perks
Kevin Friel
Thomas Corcoran
Margaret Henry - Parker
Daniel Montes

President
Vice President
Immediate Past President
Treasurer
Secretary

Board Members
 
Jennifer Barton
Monsignor Michael Doyle
Phillip Freeman, Sr.
Martha Wilson

Every non-profit depends on volunteer assistance to get things done.

The Walt Whitman Arts Center uses volunteers to build projects, distribute marketing materials, keep an eye on children during our larger children's functions, maintain our records by entering data, et cetera.

We're looking for specific volunteers, however, to help us develop a Key Volunteer Circle.

As a Key Volunteer, you will give us access to people in your community. The WWAC will call on Key Volunteers to contact others in the community who may want to know what's happening. It's putting Word-of-Mouth to its best use.

So, if you want to volunteer to accept perhaps marketing materials or simple messages for distribution to schools, stores, agencies, transportation centers and the like in your area, please let us know.

We could really use your help.

To send us an email, click here. Otherwise, call Charles at 1-856-964-8300 ext. 106