The Pocono Arts Council is pleased to announce the 2015 PA Partners in the Arts (PPA) Grants. The PPA program is a partnership initiative between local arts organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency. PPA is administered in the northeastern PA region by the Pocono Arts Council and is available to non-profit organizations and individual artists conducting arts programming in the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Wayne. Since beginning the program in 1997, over $1,744,304 has been granted in the 5 county region. This year 40 PPA Project Stream applications received grants totaling $39,003. In addition, 27 PPA Program Stream grants will also be awarded in early 2016.
These Awards will be presented on Friday, December 4th, in the ARTSPACE Gallery at the PoconoArts Cultural Center, 18 North Seventh Street, STROUDSBURG at 6 PM. PPA Project Stream and Program Stream Awards will also be recognized in Scranton as part of the Lackawanna County Arts & Culture’s recognition of grant awards, date TBA.
The 2015 PPA recipients are:
LACKAWANNA COUNTY:
PA PARTNERS IN THE ARTS (PPA) PROJECT STREAM GRANTS:
Anthracite Heritage Museum; Margo Azzarelli; Classical Guitar Society of Northeastern PA; Heather Evans; Ghostlight Productions/Jonathan Strayer; Rosemary Hay; Lexington Entertainment; PocoNotes/ Dolores R. Hippler; Scranton Shakespeare Festival; Ihor Shablovsky; The Pop Up Studio; United Neighborhood Centers of NEPA; Waverly Community House
PPA PROGRAM STREAM GRANTS:
Arcadia Chorale; American Federation of Musicians Local #120; Artists for Art; Ballet Theatre of Scranton; Catholic Choral Society; Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania; City of Scranton Parks & Recreation; Community Concerts at Lackawanna College; First Night Scranton; First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit; Lackawanna Historical Society; Lyric Consort; Galleries at Marywood University; Mostly Opera; Scranton Civic Ballet Company; PA Jazz Alliance; Hope Horn Gallery at University of Scranton
LUZERNE COUNTY:
PA PARTNERS IN THE ARTS (PPA) PROJECT STREAM GRANTS:
Mischelle Anthony/Wilkes University; Concerned Parents of the Hazleton Area; Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progres; Hazleton Integration Project; Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School; Wyoming Valley Art League
PPA PROGRAM STREAM GRANTS:
Ballet Northeast; Greater Hazleton Concert Series; King’s College; Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre; Misericordia University
MONROE COUNTY:
PA PARTNERS IN THE ARTS (PPA) PROJECT STREAM GRANTS:
East Stroudsburg High School South Musical; East Stroudsburg University Foundation; East Stroudsburg Universy Art & Design Department; Pocono Watercolor Associates; Pocono Youth Orchestra; Presbyterian Church of the Mountain; Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm; Shawnee Playhouse/Worthington Players; Stroudsburg High School Musical
PPA PROGRAM STREAM GRANTS:
Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society;
PIKE COUNTY:
PA PARTNERS IN THE ARTS (PPA) PROJECT STREAM GRANTS:
Delaware Valley Choral Society; Grey Towers Heritage Association; Kindred Spirits Arts Programs, Inc.; Milford Borough Parks and Recreation Committee; Milford Music Festival
PPA PROGRAM STREAM GRANTS:
Black Bear Film Festival
WAYNE COUNTY:
PA PARTNERS IN THE ARTS (PPA) PROJECT STREAM GRANTS:
Damascus Manor United Methodist Church; Tim Farrell; Hawley Public Library; Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation; Saint John’s Episocopal Church; Summer Arts Academy; The Cooperage Project
PPA PROGRAM STREAM GRANTS:
Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival Inc.; Ritz Company Playhouse; Wayne County
Arts Alliance
For further information on the program, or to be placed on a mailing list for next year’s grant application, please call the PoconoArts office, 570-476-4460 or e-mail tassy@poconoarts.org.
The Pocono Arts Council is a local arts service organization serving Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. The mission of the council is to build the community artistically and culturally by providing leadership, service and education – “Culture Builds Community.” Further information can be found by visiting its website, www.poconoarts.org.
