BNY Mellon Audience Development Fund - 2008-2009 Grantees

The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council congratulates the following grant recipients, who applied at the October 13, 2009 deadline. These projects are made possible by the generous support of the Bank of New York Mellon.
 
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American Jewish Museum - $5,000
To launch an online version of its primary publication with enhanced features, conduct an audience survey of expectations and needs, and hire a web development consultant to analyze survey results and make improvements
   
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Autumn House Press - $5,000
To enhance its its organizational website and on-line poetry journal, Coalhillreview.com, and to build connections with a younger, digitally-oriented national audience through interactive web mechanisms that can respond to rapid changes in the publishing industry
 
   
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Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh - $3,875
To prepare guild members and the extended local art commyunity for the eminent switch to digital imaging and web marketing through educational outreach workshops
 
   
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Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival - $5,000
To enhance and diversify its audience by creating the "Jewcy Film Series" for young adults (21-31) and the "Young Adult Advisory Committee," whose members will choose the films and plan the four events that make up the series each year
 
   
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Artists Image Resource - $5,000
To produce four videos that document its production and outreach activities, for inclusion in its newly-designed website.
 
   
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Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society - $5,000
To mail a Calliope School advertisement/response card to prospective students before each semester in the 2009, based on households identified in its recently completed market research and marketing plan.
 
   
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Renaissance City Choirs - $5,000
To develop performance audio/video content, and to upgrade its website with capabilities for streaming media, online credit card processing and ticket sales.
 
   
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Kelly-Strayhorn Theater - $3,475
To design collateral material to promote its new "Kelly Strayhorn Presents" programming series in 2009.
 
   
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Squonk Opera - $5,000
To plan, produce and strategically distribute materials from their new, free festival show "Astrorama," including a trip to NYC in January 2009 for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference to showcase those materials.
   
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Dance Alloy Theater - $5,000
For an advertising campaign specifically targeted to grow participation and awareness of its programming with young, urban professionals in the greater Pittsburgh region.
 
 

 
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Mattress Factory Museum of Art - $5,000
To explore mobile technology as an audience development tool, in partnership with DeepLocal, an interdisciplinary software design, development and strategy studio.

 
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Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre - $5,000
To create new audience development tools focused on enhanced group sales, to be implemented during the 2009 season
 
 
 
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SLB Radio Productions, Inc. - $3,900
To expand its Birthday Club by creating a kiosk that Children's Museum visitors can use to submit on-air birthday announcements, and to publicize student performance opportunities in its "Youth Expression Hour," through direct outreach to teachers and classroom posters.
 
 
 
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Attack Theatre - $3,750
To design and create web and print materials that market its menu of dance-based performance and audience engagement programs to local, national and international museums and galleries.
 
 
 
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Opera Theater of Pittsburgh - $5,000
To implement an extensive outreach program around the opera "Porgy & Bess," partnering with local community organizations to hold promotional events and open rehearsals at the Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum with the goal to increase local attendance at the opera.
 
 
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Stage 62 - $5,000
To expand its younger audience via a marketing campaign and targeted Children's Show, designed to infuse children at an early age with a love for theater.
 
     
2009-2010 Grantees
For more information, contact David Seals, Programs Manager, at 412.391.2060 x227

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