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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.
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$3,421
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K.
Chase Patterson on behalf of U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle with Chuck Austin
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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 greater Pittsburgh community.
The Institute conveys the heritage of African-Americans through the
medium of music so others will continue to appreciate the Black contribution
to world culture.
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$6,819
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Rep.
Joseph Preston, Jr. with James Johnson
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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.
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$5,794
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Sen.
Jay Costa with Melissa Hiller
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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.
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$5,689
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Stephanie
Meyer on behalf of Sen. Jim Ferlo with Howard Booth
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Autumn
House Press
Program: To support a non-profit, independent press whose mission
is to publish and promote poetry and other fine literature.
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$3,660
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Rep.
Chelsea Wagner with Richard St. John
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Bach
Choir of Pittsburgh
Program: To cultivate in our community a joy and passion for
excellence in choral music. |
$3,639
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Tim
Caulfield on behalf of Rep. Paul Costa with Wrenn White
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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.
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$3,083
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Sen.
Wayne Fontana with Monica Gaydos
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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.
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$4,829
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Sen.
Jay Costa with Patricia French
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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.
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$3,863
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Sen.
Jay Costa with Gerald Costanzo
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City
of Asylum - Pittsburgh
Program: To provide sanctuary to literary writers exiled under
threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries.
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$5,139
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Stephanie
Meyer on behalf of Sen. Jim Ferlo with Henry Reese
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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.
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$6,454
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Sen.
Jay Costa with Steve Knezovich
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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. |
$1,472
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Tim
Caulfield on behalf of Rep. Paul Costa with Mayda Roth
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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.
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$1,905
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Ryan
Douglas on behalf of Rep. Thomas Petrone with Christine Crytzer
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Guitar
Society of Fine Arts
Program: To support and promote music, the guitar and young
artists through performance, education and community outreach programs. |
$4,317
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Sen.
Wayne Fontana with Linda Addlesperger
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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.
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$5,332
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Stephanie
Meyer on behalf of Sen. Jim Ferlo with Linda Addlesperger
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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.
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$7,228
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Rep.
Joseph Preston, Jr. with Harold Young
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Laboratory
Company Dance (LABCO)
Program: To support the company of professional dancers and
choreographers focusing on professional development for artists, community
outreach and performance.
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$2,678
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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.
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$12,392
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Sen.
Jay Costa with Yvette Miller
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McKeesport
Symphony Orchestra
Program: To present orchestral concerts and other musical events
of professional quality in the Mon-Yough Valley. |
$1,791
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K.
Chase Patterson on behalf of U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle with Craig Johnson
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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.
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$9,620
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Stephanie
Meyer on behalf of Sen. Jim Ferlo with Joyce Megerson-Moore
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North
Suburban Symphonic Band
Program: To contribute to the musical enjoyment and education
of the residents of the North Hills through concerts and outreach.
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$797
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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.
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$3,064
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Stephanie
Meyer on behalf of Sen. Jim Ferlo with David Maslow
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Pittsburgh
Camerata
Program: For support a professional chamber choir dedicated
to performances distinguished by imaginative programming in unique
settings.
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$2,293
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Rep.
Dan Frankel with Gail Luley
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Pittsburgh
Jewish-Israeli Film Festival
Program: To promote Jewish and Israeli culture by presenting
current and classic films from the United States and abroad.
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$2,960
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Pittsburgh
Lesbian & Gay Film Society
Program: To celebrate LGBT culture and foster appreciation
and visibility through film media.
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$1,752
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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.
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$12,147
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Rep.
Dan Frankel with Christopher McGlumphy
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Pittsburgh
Philharmonic
Program: For a civic orchestra that presents classical and
contemporary music and educational activities to families and seniors.
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$1,882
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Ryan
Douglas on behalf of Rep. Thomas Petrone with Valerie Golik
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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. |
$2,072
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K.
Chase Patterson on behalf of U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle with Elizabeth
Reiss
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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. |
$5,753
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Pittsburgh
Youth Pops Orchestra
Program: To educate, train and develop students to excel in
music as a career or a lifelong avocation. |
$1,635
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Rep.
Nick Kotik with Carol Slopek
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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. |
$5,612
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Sen.
Wayne Fontana with Wayne Brinda and Joanne Obuzor |
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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. |
$5,572
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Rep.
Dan Frankel with Astria Suparak
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Renaissance
& Baroque
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. |
$7,494
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Stephanie
Meyer on behalf of Sen. Jim Ferlo with Elizabeth Etter
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Renaissance
City Choirs
Program: To build bridges within the GLBT community and with
the greater community through music. |
$4,097
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Stephanie
Meyer on behalf of Sen. Jim Ferlo with Andres Cladera
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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. |
$4,008
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K.
Chase Patterson on behalf of U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle with Jim Whipple
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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. |
$3,833
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Rep.
Dan Frankel with Tamara Goldbogen
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Silk
Screen - Asian American Festival
Program: To celebrate diversity and multi-cultural appreciation
of the Asian and Asian American experience through cultural events. |
$4,838
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K.
Chase Patterson on behalf of U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle with Katie Jones
and Rachel Shepherd
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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. |
$1,636
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Rep.
Chelsea Wagner with Karen Hartman
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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. |
$7,650
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Three
Rivers Storytelling Festival
Program: 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.
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$1,459
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Mike
Hritz on behalf of Rep. Mike Turzai with Mary Morgan Smith
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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. |
$6,240
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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. |
$5,139
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Rep.
Joseph Preston, Jr. with Ann Mason
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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. |
$1,385
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Rep.
Dan Frankel with Terri Denmon
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UMOJA
African Arts Ensemble
Program: To increase appreciation and preservation of African
culture through educational and artistic presentation of African arts. |
$5,737
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Unseam'd
Shakespeare Co.
Program: For a professional theatre company dedicated to rediscovering,
reinventing and presenting classic and classically-inspired plays
for modern audiences. |
$3,339
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WYEP-FM
Program: Independent and innovated, listener-supported public
media organization that gives voice to quality music and provacative
ideas, fostering an increasingly more vibrant, artistic, diverse and
caring community.
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$9,857
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Sen.
Wayne Fontana with Lee Ferraro |
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Young
Men & Women's African Heritage Association
Program: To provide the best quality services possible for
children and their families with particular foucs on the needs of
children of African Heritage and their families.
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$8,961
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Sen.
Wayne Fontana with Stacey Gibson |
