The Pocono Arts Council is pleased to announce the 2019 PA Partners in the Arts (PPA) Grants. The PPA program is a partnership initiative between local arts organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency. PPA is administered in the northeastern PA region by the Pocono Arts Council and is available to non-profit organizations and individual artists conducting arts programming in the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Wayne. Since beginning the program in 1997, over $2,225,627 has been granted in the five- county region. This year 36 PPA Project Stream applications received grants totaling $46,867. In addition, 25 PPA Program Stream grants will also be awarded $72,428 in early 2020.
These Awards will be presented on Thursday, November 21, in 701 Main St., Suite 402, STROUDSBURG at 5:30 PM. An Artists’ Reception for Celebrate Monroe Exhibition will begin at 4PM. PPA Project Stream and Program Stream Awards will also be recognized in Scranton as part of the Lackawanna County Arts & Culture’s recognition of grant awards, date TBA. The 2019 PPA recipients are:
Lackawanna County
PPA Project Stream Grants:
Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces Associates; Camp Create; First Friday Scranton; Hexagon Project; Ihor Shablovsky; Justin Goreschak; Lexington Entertainment; Scranton Fringe Festival; The Waverly Community House, Inc (NEPA Film Festival); Women to Women THRIVE.
PPA Program Stream Grants:
Arcadia Chorale; Artists for Art Gallery; Arts at First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit; Catholic Choral Society of Scranton; The Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania; Lackawanna Historical Society; The Lyric Consort; Marywood University Art Galleries; Mostly Opera; Scranton Civic Ballet Company; Scranton Jazz Festival; Scranton Music Association; Scranton Shakespeare Festival; University of Scranton – Hope Horn Gallery.
Luzerne County
PPA Project Stream Grants:
Hanover Area School District; Hazleton Art League; King’s College, Poetry in Transit; Misericordia University; Northeastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society; Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia University.
PPA Program Stream Grants:
Greater Hazleton Concert Series; King’s College; Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre; Wilkes University – Sordoni Gallery.
Monroe County
PPA Project Stream Grants:
Art + Design Department, East Stroudsburg University; Borough of Stroudsburg; Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts; Minnie Ospa (Theater Studio); Pocono Concert Chorale; Pocono Heritage Land Trust ; Pocono Watercolor Associates; Pocono Youth Orchestra; Presbyterian Church of the Mountain; Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm; The Shawnee Institute (The Shawnee Playhouse Original Playwrights Series).
PPA Program Stream Grants:
Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society
Pike County
PPA Project Stream Grants:
Barryville Area Arts Association; Delaware Dancers; Delaware Valley Choral Society; Milford Music Festival; Pike Artworks, Inc dba Milford Readers & Writers Festival; Pike County Area Agency on Aging.
PPA Program Stream Grants:
Black Bear Film Festival; Kindred Spirits Music & Arts Program
Wayne County
PPA Project Stream Grants:
Farm Arts Collective; Grace Episcopal Church; Tim Farrell.
PPA Program Stream Grants:
The Cooperage Project; Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival Inc.; Ritz Company Playhouse (Company Players, Inc.); Wayne County Arts Alliance
For further information on the PPA program, visit http://poconoarts.org/programs/grants/ or e-mail gro.s1621111170traon1621111170ocop@1621111170yssat1621111170. You can learn more about PA Council on the Arts and the PPA program at www.arts.pa.gov.
The Pocono Arts Council is a local arts service organization serving Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. The mission of the council is to build the community artistically and culturally by providing leadership, service and education – “Culture Builds Community.”
