$150,000 in Grants Awarded to 30 Regional Arts Organizations
Pittsburgh, PA — The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is proud to announce 30 Southwestern Pennsylvania arts organizations have been awarded a total of $150,000 as part of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Creative Sector Flex Fund program.
The grant program provides $5,000 grants to arts organizations in Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties with average annual revenues between $10,000 - $200,000.
Grantees include a studio for adult artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities, an organization celebrating traditional West African dance, a film archive and cinema preserving and exhibiting Pittsburgh’s film history, a choir affirming LGBTQIA+ voices, a space providing enrichment opportunities for emerging comedians, and more.
“The Creative Sector Flex Fund provides crucial support for small arts and culture organizations,” says Mona Wiley, program specialist at the Arts Council. “The flexibility also allows the grantees to use the awarded funding in ways that ensure the most significant impact for their organizations and communities.”
The 2023-2024 Creative Sector Flex Fund grantees include:
- Autumn House Press
- Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
- Balafon West African Dance Ensemble
- Belle Voci
- Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh
- Confluence Ballet Company
- Corningworks
- Creative Citizen Studios
- East Winds Symphonic Band Association
- Handmade Arcade
- Mon River Arts
- Mon Valley Academy for the Arts
- Nandanik Dance Troupe
- NAT 28
- Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
- Pittsburgh Public Media
- Pittsburgh Sound and Image
- RealTime Interventions
- Renaissance City Choir
- Renaissance City Wind Music Society
- Resonance Works
- Shana Simmons Dance
- South Hills Children’s Choir
- South Hills Chorale
- South Park Theatre
- Stage 62
- Steel City Arts Foundation
- The Genesis Collective
- The Sonny Pugar Memorial
- Washington Symphonic Orchestra
The Creative Sector Flex Fund is a new grant program funded statewide by the PCA, a state agency under the Office of the Governor, and administered regionally by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, PCA's statewide network of re-granting partners. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is the PPA Partner for Allegheny, Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties. For more information on Greater Pittsburgh Art Council grant programs, please visit pittsburghartscouncil.org/programs/grants.
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