The programs and projects below were supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
Project Stream Grantees
These grants support arts events happening all around our region, hosted by artists, community groups, nonprofit organizations and more. Anyone can apply to run an art project in their community.
Aliquippa Players
$1,054 - To support the Aliquippa Players "Rising Stars Theatre Camp" summer program for youth
Alison Zapata
$992 - To produce 10 hands-on, art-making workshops focused on the importance of preserving urban forests
Anime' BOP!
$1,417 - To produce a music and dance collaborative performance with Mid-Atlantic Contemporary Ballet, including a free performance and demonstration for students
$1,822 - To produce "Art All Night", a multi-disciplinary exhibit and performance event that invites anyone to showcase one artistic creation in an all-night show staged in an enormous, vacant warehouse
ArtUp (Artists Upstairs)
$1,417 - To produce "EGYPT and US", an outreach program of The Firefly Tunnel Project that extends the exhibit beyond the art museum to work directly with the community
Associated Artists of Butler
$1,230 - To support 10 monthly art exhibits at The Art Center offered free to the public
Balafon Pittsburgh
$1,214 - To support a dance program for teenage girls predominantly of African descent that will culminate in a live recital and stage performance with the company
Balmoral School of Piping
$1,619 - To support the fifth annual "Balmoral Classic Festival" by bringing the Scottish ensemble Breabach to perform at the festival
Blaine Siegel
$1,417 - To present a pop up gallery, housed in a 20-foot moving truck, to different neighborhoods throughout Pittsburgh
Bloomfield Garfield Corporation
$1,417 - To present "M3: Media Materials and Me", a series of art workshops for Garfield-based children
Bodiography Contemporary Ballet
$1,154 - For "Multiplicity", a local artist showcase that will feature original choreography by Bodiography Contemporary Ballet dancers in collaboration with Autumn House Press poets
Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation
$877 - To produce "Music on the Mon", a series of four free summer concerts in historic Brownsville
Butler Arts Council
$1,054 - To support the "Ring in the Arts!" New Year's Eve performances
Carlos Feliciano
$1,619 - To promote Spanish and Latin American culture in Pittsburgh through the "Huellas Latinas Concert Series"
Carnegie Mellon University, Center for the Arts in Society
$1,403 - For the Arts Greenhouse, a Pittsburgh-based hip-hop education and community outreach program
Conn-Area Catholic School Performing Arts Club
$511 - For the production of two free performances of family-oriented musical theater performed by children
Doma Productions, Inc.
$1,230 - To workshop, rehearse, and perform an original script with the students of Hope Christian Academy and Aliquippa High School
Fayette County Cultural Trust
$1,315 - To host the fifth annual "Art on the Yough Festival", which showcases local artists and musicians
Greater Uniontown Chorale
$500 - To produce a series of seasonal concerts in the fall and spring
Guiding Star Dance Foundation
$1,619 - To produce "Where is the Culture?", an Indian musical scripted in English that addresses common racial and religious divides
Heather Mallak
$1,077 - To produce "DigitalSalad", an edible art project that involves growers, creatives, and technology to generate an artful community learning experience
Jadran Junior Tamburitzans
$1,405 - To support an annual concert of traditional European folk songs and dances for students in Beaver, Allegheny, and Washington counties
Jon Rubin
$1,214 - To support four regional artists for the research, production, and presentation of innovative, interactive progamming at the Waffle Shop
Jozart Center for the Arts
$1,315 - To produce the second annual "Youth Talent Revue" featuring visual and performing arts
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center
$1,405 - To provide the area's aspiring jazz musicians with the opportunity to study jazz music while networking with professional musicians at the "Lincoln Park Jazz Festival"
Mary Lipple
$1,417 - To perform an original show titled "Blackbird Pie" about a young mother dying of cancer
Melissa Catanese
$1,619 - To produce "Spaces Corners", a pop-up artist bookshop, exhibition space, and project room dedicated to building awareness of photography as contemporary art
Merrick Art Gallery Associates
$1,230 - To support "Confluence: The New Merrick Masters" regional art exhibition
Nathanael Greene Historical Foundation
$1,023 - To produce the sixth annual "Art Blast on the Mon" arts festival, including art sales and interactive art creation activities
Neighborhood Legal Services Association
$1,214 - For international artist Roxane Permar to engage and film the public in participatory arts events that explore social justice
New Castle Music Club Chorus
$360 - To present our 71st annual performance of Handel's "Messiah"
New Visions for New Castle
$1,405 - To support the "New Castle Riverwalk Art Festival", a Memorial Day weekend celebration featuring an artist's market, children's area, and live entertainment
Off the Wall Productions
$1,534 - To stage a production of "The House of Yes", written by Wendy MacLeod and directed by Robyne Parrish
Penn State Fayette
$1,534 - For the fourth annual "Coal and Coke Heritage Music Festival"
Pittsburgh Banjo Club
$775 - To provide free weekly rehearsals open to the public
Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival
$ 708 - To support a performance, visual arts, and hands-on demonstration festival that showcases Asian culture in the Greater Pittsburgh area
Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival
$1,417 - To support an annual concert series devoted to improving cultural life for Pittsburgh's Jewish and artistic communities
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks
$1,619 - To support a free production of 'Merry Wives of Windsor' in city parks during the weekends of September
Polish Hill Civic Association
$607 - For the "Polish Hill Arts Festival", a neighborhood event that welcomes all Polish Hill residents and others with music, art and craft vendors, art-making activities, and music
Poor Yoricks Players
$729 - To produce 'As You Like It' at the Tall Trees Amphitheater in Monroeville
Sembene - The Film and Arts Festival
$500 - To produce "Sembene", a film and art festival, as well as a season of film screenings
Seneca Valley Band Foundation Inc
$1,054 - For an educational event and public performance of the Capitol Quartet
Sherrie Flick
$1,417 - To debut the Borough of Braddock's first "Into the Furnace" writer-in-residence as part of "Word-Fired Words", a public reading, music, and art event
Slippery Rock University
$878 - To present a public concert by Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary, including a presentation to educators
Susan Englert
$1,214 - To produce "al Fresco", a curated exhibition of original site-specific art installations by eight Pittsburgh artists on the walls of the decommissioned Leslie Park Pool in Lawrenceville
Uniontown Art Club
$877 - For the fifth "Regional Juried Exhibition" to showcase regional artists and mentor youth
Uniontown Downtown Business District Authority
$1,096 - To support a multi-disciplinary youth art training center and gallery
Walter Young
$612 - To produce chamber music concerts in an intimate setting that acquaint new audiences with the power of live music
Program Stream Grantees
These grants provide unrestricted support to nonprofit arts organizations in our region, so that they can create or present arts programs. This stream is by invitation only, for applicants who develop a solid history of funding in Project Stream (see above).
African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh
$1,665 - To preserve, disseminate, and promote the history, accomplishments, and talents of the African American jazz experience, including related genres such as Blues and Gospel
Afrika Yetu
$3,433 - To serve as a cultural hub, building bridges between African immigrants and the American community
Afro-American Music Institute
$5,286 - To provide systematic, specialized instrumental and vocal training in all styles of the African-American music tradition, and to provide performing and recording opportunities for undiscovered talent
American Jewish Museum
$3,639 - To contribute to contemporary Jewish identity formation, values, and tradition by presenting the best of contemporary art from throughout the country and region
Artists Image Resource
$4,284 - To provide artist-run print and imaging programs that integrate the creation of fine prints and education about the creative process
Autumn House Press
$3,064 - To publish and promote poetry and other fine literature as a non-profit, independent press
Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
$2,801 - To cultivate in our community a joy and passion for excellence in choral music
Brew House Association
For the "Distillery Program", an artist residency and gallery show
Bulgarian Macedonian Nat'l Edu. & Cultural Ctr.
$3,458 - To embrace, preserve, and perpetuate the cultural values and rich traditions of the Bulgarian and Macedonian people
City of Asylum - Pittsburgh
$4,362 - To provide sanctuary to literary writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries
Creative Nonfiction
$4,974 - To pursue educational and publishing initiatives in the genre of literary nonfiction, in order to provide a venue for quality nonfiction prose
Dreams of Hope
$2,092 - To produce original shows by LGBT youth that premier in Pittsburgh and tour to non-traditional venues throughout Allegheny County
Edgewood Symphony Orchestra
$925 - To establish important links among professional, amateur, and high school musicians and the community at large through a performance series, community outreach, and educational programs
Jazz Workshop Incorporated
$4,540 - To provide jazz instruction and live events to the residents of Homewood, Wilkinsburg, and surrounding communities
Kaleidoscope Arts Festival
$1,689 - To bring free or low cost, quality arts programming to an underserved area and to be the premier arts presenter in the region
Latin American Literary Review Press
$5,998 - To promote cross-cultural understanding and appreciation by making available much-needed translations of outstanding Latin American authors who, though they are well known in their native countries, remain little known in the U.S.
McKeesport Symphony Pops
$2,156 - To present orchestral concerts and other musical events of professional quality in the Mon-Yough Valley
Miller Gallery at CMU
$3,500 - To nurture contemprary art by promoting work that is stimulating and courageous, supporting artists, creating an environment open to thought-provoking ideas, and actively embracing the arts as an open-ended process
New Horizon Theater, Inc.
$6,041 - To bring consistent, high-quality cultural events reflecting African-American points of view to the Pittsburgh area, and to provide an ongoing venue for ethnic performers to further their professional development
Northland Public Library
$1,135 - To support the "Three Rivers Storytelling Festival", whose mission is to expand the community's understanding and love of storytelling, develop literacy skills, and expose the audiences to different cultures
Pittsburgh Camerata
$1,510 - To provide professional chamber choir performances distinguished by imaginative programming in unique settings
Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
$2,570 - To present a three-program season of varied music, including a holiday program in December, a major classical work with soloists and professional orchestra in March, and a pops program with prominent local artists in May
Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival
$2,590 - To promote Jewish and Israeli culture by presenting current and classic films from the United States and abroad
Pittsburgh Lesbian & Gay Film Society
$1,100 - To celebrate LGBT culture and foster appreciation and visibility through film media
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
$7,628 - To return immediacy and relevance to the live concert community through the commissioning of living composers and other creators for world-class performances
Pittsburgh Philharmonic
$1,882 - To present classical and contemporary music concerts and educational activities to families and seniors
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company
$2,055 - To connect cultures by providing emerging playwrights, theatre companies, directors, actors, and other artists a comfortable and professional space in which to produce plays, perform, and display their art
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet Company
$4,255 - To train, inspire, and nuture young dancers towards artistic excellence, to perform works by both choreographic masters and emerging choreographers, and to bring the art of dance to new multigenerational audiences
Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
$2,519 - To educate, train, and develop students to excel in music as a career or a lifelong avocation
Prime Stage Theatre
$3,896 - To serve as the region's bridge between children's and adult theatre through productions of live theatre adaptations of classic and contemporary literature works
Renaissance & Baroque Society
$4,707 - To foster the understanding and appreciation of music, arts and culture of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque time periods and to present historically-informed performances of music from the Medieval through the early Classical Periods
Renaissance City Choirs
$2,573 - To build bridges within the GLBT community and with the greater community through music
Renaissance City Wind Music Society
$2,518 - To promote the best in wind chamber music, with an emphasis on American music, through concerts, educational programs, recordings, commission of new works, and collaborations with other artists
Shakespeare in the Schools
$2,841 - To educate and engage students and teachers throughout the tri-state region with Shakespeare and other classic works through a touring show, artist residencies, field trip matinees, and teacher workshops
Silk Screen Asian Arts
$5,785 - To celebrate diversity and multicultural appreciation of the Asian and Asian American experience through cultural events
SLB Radio Productions, Inc.
$3,464 - For the "Youth Expression Showcase", which features live music, poetry, essays, and spoken word by young artists grades 5-12
South Arts
$1,027 - To coordinate, promote, and assist in the development and advancement of cultural activities of the arts in the South Hills through the collaborative efforts of the individuals and organization
South Park Theatre
$2,719 - To produce five children's theatre shows, in which 65 local children participate for nearly 9,000 attendees
Squonk Opera
$5,761 - To create new work that is interdisciplinary, transformative, and accessible to young and old, to acknowledge and embrace cultural traditions of our home and of the world, and to empower our audiences by inspiring them to explore new and different avenues
The Washington Community Arts and Cultural Center
$3,544 - To provide free, high quality instruction for children and adults in art, music, theater, and literature, and to host regular, innovative cultural events for the community
Three Rivers Young People's Orchestras
$3,919 - To provide musically talented young people of the tri-state area an opportunity for artistic development, music education, and social growth
Tickets for Kids Charities
$6,771 - To include often-forgotten children and families in quality community, educational, and entertainment events and activities
Tuesday Musical Club
$1,011 - To provide free, daytime public concerts of classical and contemporary music, scholarships for music students, and performance opportunities for the community
UMOJA African Arts Ensemble
$3,095 - To increase appreciation and preservation of African culture through educational and artistic presentation of African arts
Unseam'd Shakespeare Co.
$2,097 - To rediscover, reinvent, and present classic and classically-inspired plays for modern audiences
Washington Symphonic Orchestra
$1,876 - To entertain, educate, and inspire the community through excellent musical performances
WYEP-FM
$6,192 - To give voice to quality music and provocative ideas, and to foster an increasingly more vibrant, artistic, diverse, and caring community
Young Men & Women's African Heritage Association
$5,629 - To provide the best quality services possible for children and their families, with particular focus on the needs of children of African Heritage and their families
