2025 marks an extraordinary milestone for the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council: 20 years of fostering and championing the arts in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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This Week in Pittsburgh
This week’s event recommendations feature art exhibits, concerts, performances, films, literary events, and more!
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How to Support Artists
20 practical ways that individuals and organizations can take action to support visual, performing, and literary artists in our region.
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Now Hiring
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is hiring three positions that are integral to the advancement of our strategic plan.
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Grant Opening
The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator grant program opens soon to applicants in Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties.
2025 Events Will Be Announced Soon!
There are currently no upcoming events
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Developing and Strengthening the Arts Ecosystem
From networking opportunities to equitable avenues to support arts-related accessibility and legal obstacles, the Arts Council provides a range of services and programming that nurtures creativity and sustains artistic careers.
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Framing and Guiding Cultural Investment and Action
By combining in-depth research with advocacy-based government relations and community engagement, the Arts Council champions the economic, cultural, and social impacts of the region's arts and culture sector while driving changemakers to expand equitable access and increase arts funding.
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Grantmaking in the Arts
As the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts' Local Arts Agency serving Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Arts Council provides a range of funding opportunities for artists and arts organizations in need of financial support in Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties.
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Facilitating Community Connections
The Arts Council bridges the gap between arts facilitators and arts patrons through relationship building and resource sharing, ensuring that arts and culture are incorporated into every aspect of the community we serve.
Supporters
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is supported in part thanks to funding from the following organizations
Give to the Arts
Please consider supporting our work with a donation. Your gift goes directly towards helping us support Western Pennsylvania's diverse and vibrant arts and culture community.
Thanks to the Arts Council's thorough newsletter and monthly jobs round-up, I applied for the August Wilson Archive Artist-Scholar Award and won! This means so much in my feeling of belonging in Pittsburgh.
From mounting my first exhibition in Pittsburgh to crucial funding support, legal advice, and connections, the Arts Council’s support has been a game changer for my career, and they are a crucial resource for our region.
The Arts Council connected my organization to a lawyer who was willing to work with us on a volunteer basis to get our non-profit status. They were courteous, responsive, and committed to get us connected to the right person. Great working with them!
The financial support I received from the CEA grant offered by the Arts Council played a pivotal role in my artistic journey. The grant not only alleviated financial pressures but also opened doors for me to showcase my work on a national stage.
The arts have an immeasurable impact on society. The Arts Council recognizes this and actively works to document and thoughtfully communicate these impacts to ensure our effective leaders support the valuable labor of artists and cultural workers.
The Arts Council guided me in completing my first grant application, hosted a class on American Sign Language for the Arts, and graciously attended the opening for my sign language series of paintings, funded by their Allegheny Arts Revival Grant.
The Arts Council plays a crucial role in the local arts and culture sector by making the efforts to champion underrepresented artists and fostering community engagement within the arts.
As a full-time artist, I highly value the networks and opportunities the Arts Council provides. From receiving grants to being on grant panels, the Arts Council has strengthened my connections to Pittsburgh's arts communities to advance my art career.
A very important part of being an artist is inclusion with the greater arts community. Arts Council events have given me the chance to meet and work with many other artists. It's engaged me as a member of a community that supports and uplifts each other.
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is an invaluable arts connection that convenes and embraces arts and artists in a celebration of collaboration and diversity.
As a small arts space, having the Arts Council amplify our offerings by visiting, reposting, and blogging has been huge for us. The new visitors and connections are invaluable. The whole team is helping lift up local art and artists.
Testimonials from our Community
Jocelyn Ibarra
Founder, showrunner, and design lead, The Time Travel Agency
Mikael Owunna
Multimedia artist and the Cofounder and Executive Director of Rainbow Serpent
Carolina Loyola-Garcia
Director & Instructor, Flamenco Pittsburgh
Rona Chang
Founder and CEO, Otto Finn
Joseph Hall
Executive Director, Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Kathy Mazur
Visual Artist
Ashanté Josey
Visual Artist
Max Gonzales
Muralist, Arts Educator
Dan O'Donnell aka Faj
Visual Artist
Tess Dally
Physically Integrated Dancer, member of the Arts Council's Disabled Artists Creative Cohort
Nanci Goldberg
Owner, Ketchup City Creative