Pocono Arts Council Highlights & Fact Sheet
- One of the original Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), a decentralization program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Through PPA, PoconoArts has granted $1,845,234 in state money to local organizations in a five county region of NEPA since 1997.
- Monthly newsletter featuring a calendar of events, opportunities, and articles on arts-related programs and services. Monthly distribution is 1900.
- Website and Fdacebook page with up to date arts information.
- Membership open to all residents and visitors interested in being part of the local art community – you DO NOT need to be an artist to belong to PoconoArts.
- Studio course program that reaches out to children and adults throughout the community with quality art instruction
- Programs for students including a Student Juried Art exhibition in March and two scholarships for graduating seniors – one in visual arts and one in music – that will continue their studies at the college level. These Suzanne Anderson Scholarships are awarded annually at Spring for the Arts.
- Art Hall of Fame Awards recognizing visual and performing artists who have actively participated in the local art community.
- National and Regional Juried Art Exhibitions. The Earth Speaks III, A Juried Exhibition on the Environmental Crisis, is scheduled for April 2017.
- ARTSPACE Gallery, the oldest professional gallery in the region highlighting local and regional artists in monthly themed exhibits.
- On-going sponsorship of ten public gallery spaces throughout the community to exhibit members’ work
- Co-sponsorship of the Pocono State Craft Festival and the Festival of Wood.
- Annual Members’ Exhibition open to all member artists – at all levels.
- Co-operative programs with local organization such as Grey Towers National Historic Site, Pocono Chapter – PA Guild of Craftsmen, St’ART Stroudsburg, Brodhead Watershed Association, Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center, Downtown Stroudsburg Business Association, Northampton Community College – Monroe Campus, and East Stroudsburg University, to name a few.
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