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PA
Partners in the Arts
Thanks
for your interest in PA Partners! The next deadline
for project applications is Friday, June 18, 2010.
What's
this grant all about?
1.
Every year, your legislators vote on how much money
to give to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
2. The Council then gives the money to local "partners"
like us. (That's why they call it "PA Partners".)
3. We pass the money onto local artists and/or arts
groups through an application process. It works like
this:
a.
Read the guidelines
to see if your project is eligible. Please come
to our Info
Session as well!
b. Submit an application for up to $3,000. You do
this through our online system called eGrant.
c. Once you complete the online application, you
will print and mail it to the us
by June 18, 2010.
d. A panel of arts community members will score
applications based on the guidelines
(see p. 6-7).
e. Award winners will be notified in September 2010!
About
PA Partners:
Pennsylvania
Partners in the Arts (PA Partners) is a regranting
program of the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts (PCA), administered in Allegheny
County by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Its goal
is to make arts programs available to every Commonwealth
resident, with a focus on previously underserved communities
and regions in Pennsylvania. PA Partners provides grants
of up to $3,000 for arts projects that take place in
Allegheny County. All projects must be publicized and
open to the general public, and must take place between
September 1, 2010 and August 31, 2011. The application
postmark deadline is June 19, 2009.
The
PCA's goals for PA Partners are to:
- Expand
access to the arts by (a) making programs available
to communities that may have been underserved in the
past by state arts funding, and (b) supporting a wide
variety of arts activities in the community that have
been developed in a variety of local settings
- Encourage
local decision-making in regranting of state arts
dollars
- Increase awareness of and advocacy for government
support and funding of the arts at the local and state
levels
- Enable
the PCA to provide increased assistance to its broad
constituency throughout the state
How
will your application do at panel? Score Yourself!
Sometimes
it's hard to judge how well you've done. Before you
submit your application, we highly recommend that
you give it to a friend or colleague and ask them
to score it based on the following criteria. Remember
that it's your job to make a strong case before the
panel! Here are the criteria:
Quality
of Artistic Product/Process/Service ( __ / 40 points)
- Quality
of the project goals and measurable objectives that
address the project goals. Project goals may include
an artistic product (such as a performance, exhibition
or otherpublic event) or artistic process or service
(such as classes, workshops, etc.)
- Quality
of the artist(s) and others principally responsible
for the project
- Quality
of the work represented by the work sample, support
materials, and/or venue of activities (if applicable)
Availability
of the Arts ( __/ 40 points)
- Demonstrated
knowledge of target audience
- Effective
plans to reach general public, including target
audience
Management
( __/ 20 points)
- Appropriate
budget
- Evidence
of developing other support, such as business support,
in-kind support,and shared services (if applicable)
- Ability
of staff, volunteers and/or board to manage effectively
and implement programming
| For
more information, contact David
Seals, Programs Manager, at 412.391.2060 x227. |
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Partners in the Arts also makes grants to organizations
through its Program Stream. This funding program
is by invitation only, and invitations are extended
to those organizations with a proven track record
of funding through the Project Stream grant outlined
above. For more information, contact David
Seals. |
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