PA Partners in the Arts Grantees

PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERS IN THE ARTS 2007-08 GRANTS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY
$283,931 AWARDED TO 81 GRANTEES  
Program Grants

African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh
Program: To preserve, disseminate and promote the history, accomplishments and talents of the African American jazz experience, including related genres such as Blues and Gospel.
  $4,883
 
     
Afro-American Music Institute
Program: To provide systematic specialized instrumental and vocal training in all styles of the African-American music tradition, and to provide a forum both in performing and recording opportunities for otherwise undiscovered talent in the community.
$7,609
  
 
Rep. Joe Preston with Dr. James Johnson, Afro-American Music Institute
   

American Jewish Museum
Program: To contribute to contemporary Jewish identity formation, values and tradition by presenting the best of contemporary art from throughout the country, exceptional traveling exhibitions from world-class museums, and progressive regional artists.
$6,465
  
     
Rep. Dan Frankel with David Stanger, American Jewish Museum
   
Artists Image Resource
Program: To support the artist-run print and imaging organization whose mission is to integrate the creation of fine prints with educational programs that explore the creative process.
$6,349
  
     
Paul Svoboda for Sen. Jim Ferlo, with Howard Booth, Artist Image Resource
   
Autumn House Press
Program: To support a non-profit, independent press whose mission is to publish and promote poetry and other fine literature.
$2,504
  
   
Rep. Chelsa Wagner with Michael Simms, Autumn House Press
 
 
Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
Program: To cultivate in our community a joy and passion for excellence in choral music.
$5,230
  
     
Rep. Paul Costa with Wrenn White, Bach Choir of Pittsburgh

 
 

Brew House Association
Program: To produce the Black Sheep Puppet Festival in an environment that encourages community participation and creates educational opportunities in the creative arts for artists and non-artists.
$2,100
  
   
Rep. Harry Readshaw with Tom Sarver, Brew House Association
     
Bulgarian Macedonian Nat'l Edu. & Cultural Ctr.
Program: To embrace, preserve and perpetuate the cultural values and rich traditions of the Bulgarian and Macedonian people.
$5,388
  
   
Rep. Harry Readshaw with Pat French, Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational & Cultural Center
 
 
Carnegie Mellon University Press
Program: To publish and promote the most highly accomplished contemporary poets available, and to maintain the publication of poetry in our culture.
$4,311
  
     
Rep. Dan Frankel with Gerald Costanzo, Carnegie Mellon University Press

 
 
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama
Program: To prepare the theatre artists of tomorrow to become the collaborators, innovators, and leaders of our profession, with particular focus towards the enrichment of diverse communities.
$3,143
  
     
City of Asylum - Pittsburgh
Program: To provide sanctuary to literary writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries.
$3,625
  
     
Paul Svoboda for Sen. Jim Ferlo, with Henry Reese, City of Asylum - Pittsburgh
     
Creative Nonfiction
Program:To pursue educational and publishing initiatives in the genre of literary nonfiction, in order to provide a venue for quality nonfiction prose; to define the ethics and parameters of the field; and to broaden the genre's impact in the literary arena.
$7,202
  
     
Edgewood Symphony Orchestra
Program: To establish important links among professional musicians, amateur musicians, high school musicians, and the community at large through a performance series, community outreach and educational programs.
$1,643
  
     
Rep. Paul Costa with Lana Buehner, Edgewood Symphony Orchestra
     
Focus on Renewal
Program: For programming to inspire, empower and encourage innovative exploration in the arts and foster a sense of accomplishment and hope by developing the spirit, mind and body of students and the entire McKees Rocks community through creative expression.
$2,126
  
   
Ryan Douglas for Rep. Thomas Petrone, with Pat Moran, Focus on Renewal
 
 
Guitar Society of Fine Arts
Program: To support and promote music, the guitar and young artists through performance, education and community outreach programs.
$3,045
  
 
 
Sen. Wayne Fontana with Michael Chapman, Guitar Society of Fine Arts
     
Hope Academy of Music and the Arts
Program: To provide quality, affordable arts education to children and youth in an underserved community in order to give them opportunities to discover hidden skills and talents, and build self-esteem in a supportive, caring environment.
$5,950
  

 
Charlene Jezik for Rep. Frank Dermony, with Linda Addlesperger, Hope Academy of Music and the Arts
   
Jazz Workshop Incorporated
Program: To provide a music education program that teaches Jazz and other forms of music to under-served students and other populations so as to promote and preserve Jazz as an art form, build multi-cultural understanding and encourage self-esteem and self expression through music.
$8,065
  
 
Rep. Joe Preston with Harold Young, Jazz Workshop Incorporated
 
Laboratory Company Dance (LABCO)
Program: To support the company of professional dancers and choreographers focusing on professional development for artists, community outreach and performance.
$2,989
  
     
Rep. Harry Readshaw with Gwen Ritchie, Laboratory Company Dance (LABCO)
     
Latin American Literary Review Press
Program: 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.
$17,732
  
     
Sen. Jay Costa with Yvette Miller, Latin American Literary Review Press
     
McKeesport Symphony Orchestra
Program: To present orchestral concerts and other musical events of professional quality in the Mon-Yough Valley.
$2,574
  
     
New Horizon Theater, Inc.
Program: 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.
$13,808
  
     
North Suburban Symphonic Band
Program: To contribute to the musical enjoyment and education of the residents of the North Hills through concerts and outreach.
$858
  
     
Maribeth Moore for Sen. Jane Clare Orie, with Kathryn Wikowski, North Suburban Symphonic Band
     
Northland Public Library Foundation
Program: To build bridges within the GLBT community and with the greater community through music.
$1,628
  
 
Open Stage Theatre
Program: To celebrate the art, artists and lovers of theatre by creating challenging projects and providing unique opportunities for them to actively engage with one another.
$3,224
  
 
 
Pittsburgh Camerata
Program: For support a professional chamber choir dedicated to performances distinguished by imaginative programming in unique settings.
$2,558
  
     
Sen. Jay Costa with Gail Luley, Pittsburgh Camerata
 
 
Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Program: To celebrate LGBT culture and foster appreciation and visibility through film media.
$1,995
  
     
Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival
Program: To promote Jewish and Israeli culture by presenting current and classic films from the United States and abroad.

$3,303
  
 
 
Sen. Wayne Fontana with Kathryn Spitz Cohen, Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival
     
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Program: To return immediacy and relevance to the live concert community through the commissioning of living composers and other creators, and through both world-class performances and dissemination efforts designed to reach the widest range and largest number of audience members possible.
$13,555
  
 
 
Pittsburgh Philharmonic
Program: For a civic orchestra that presents classical and contemporary music and educational activities to families and seniors.
$2,100
  
 
 
Ryan Douglas for Rep. Thomas Petrone, with Valerie Golik, Pittsburgh Philharmonic
     
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company
Program: 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.
$2,100
  
     
Pittsburgh Savoyards, Inc
Program: To produce and present musical productions of the light operas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
$1,294
  
     
Pittsburgh Youth Ballet
Program: 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, through outreach efforts, to new multigenerational audiences.
$6,420
  
     
Pittsburgh Youth Pops Orchestra
Program: To educate, train and develop students to excel in music as a career or a lifelong avocation.
$1,076
  
     
Prime Stage
Program: 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.
$6,263
  
 
 
Sen. Wayne Fontana with Wayne Brinda, Prime Stage Theatre
     
Regina Gouger Miller Gallery
Program: To nurture and exhibit contemprary art by promoting art that is stimulating and courageous, supporting emerging and established artists, creating an accessible environment open to thought-provoking ideas and actively embracing the arts as an open-ended proces within a pedagogical context.
$6,218
  
     
Renaissance & Baroque Society
Program: 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.
$8,363
  
     
Charlene Jezik for Rep. Frank Dermony, with Ann Mason, Renaissance and Baroque Society
 
 
Renaissance City Choirs
Program: To build bridges within the GLBT community and with the greater community through music.
$4,572
  
     
Renaissance City Wind Music Society
Program: 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.
$4,472
  
     
Jennifer Raypach for U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, with Jim Whipple, Renaissance City Winds
     
Shakespeare-in-the-Schools
Program: 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.
$4,278
  
     
Rep. Dan Frankel with Tamara Goldbogen, Shakespeare-in-the-Schools
     
Silk Screen - Asian American Festival
Program: To celebrate diversity and multi-cultural appreciation of the Asian and Asian American experience through cultural events.
$4,200
  
     
Paul Svoboda for Sen. Jim Ferlo, with Katie Jones, Maurin Scarlata, Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival
     
South Arts
Program: 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.
$1,825
  
     
Squonk Opera
Program: 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.
$8,537
  
     
Tim Joyce for Sen. Sean Logan, with Bob Steineck, Squonk Opera
     
Srishti Dances of India
Program: To disseminate the classical cultural heritage of India through performances of Indian classical dance, music and theatre, both in their traditional form and through collaborations.
$3,589
  
     
Three Rivers Young People's Orchestras
Program: To provide musically talented young people of the tri-state area an opportunity for artistic development, music education and social growth.
$6,963
  
 
 
Tickets for Kids Charities
Program: Tickets for Kids Foundation seeks to include often-forgotten children and families in quality community, educational and entertainment events and activities.
$3,625
  
     
Rep. Joe Preston with Vera Marelli, Tickets for Kids Charities
     
Tuesday Musical Club
Program: To provide free daytime public concerts of classical and contemporary music, scholarships for music students, and performance opportunities for the community.
$1,546
  
 
 
Sen. Jay Costa with Terri Denmon, Tuesday Musical Club
 
 
UMOJA African Arts Ensemble
Program: To increase appreciation and preservation of African culture through educational and artistic presentation of African arts.
$6,402
  
 
 
Sen. Wayne Fontana with Darcel Madkins, UMOJA African Arts Ensemble
 
 
Unseam'd Shakespeare Co.
Program: For a professional theatre company dedicated to rediscovering, reinventing and presenting classic and classically-inspired plays for modern audiences.
$3,726
  

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