Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) is a partnership between local organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA).  Now operating in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania, PPA re-grants funds to support a wide variety of local and community arts activities.  Since its creation in 1996, PPA has demonstrated enormous success in achieving the PCA's mission and goals. The

PPA Project Stream is a funding opportunity of the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), a regionalized funding program of the PCA. The Project Stream provides grants up to $3,000 to eligible organizations or individuals to conduct arts projects.

PPA Objectives:

·      Expanding constituent access to the arts by (a) making arts programs available to communities that may have been underserved in the past by state arts funding, and by (b) supporting a wide variety of arts activities in the community, developed in a variety of settings;

·      Encouraging and supporting local decision-making in the re-granting of state arts dollars;

·      Increasing awareness of and advocacy for government support and funding of the arts at the local and state levels; and

·      Enabling the PCA staff to provide increased assistance to its broad constituency throughout the state.

 Benefits of Applying to PPA:

·         Local applications are shorter and simpler.

·         Local grants carry the same state arts funding credibility.

·         Local panelists provide important insight into the cultural needs of the community, which inform the local decision-making process.

For general information and program/eligibility guidelines, please visit PA Council on the Arts Project Stream

Receiving grants for the 2010-2011 funding year:

Berks:
Berks Community Television, $1,248; Clay on Main, $1,070; Hamburg Area Arts Alliance, $980; Kutztown Folk Music Society, $490; NAP Connection, $490; Reading High School Dance Team, $980; Shillington Park Concert Series, $1,248; Studio B, $1,337 and The Vagabond Acting Troupe, $1,337.

Lancaster:
ArtSmart, $1,035; Camp Will, $817; City of Lancaster Public Art Program, $980; Ephrata Performing Arts Center, $1,426; Franklin & Marshall, $980; OperaLancaster, $1,159; Lancaster Parking Authority, $1,212; Millersville Four Corners Summer Festival, $1,248; Musser Park Civic Association, $357; Pennsylvania Arts Experience, $1,070 and Threshold Foundation, $1,248.

Lebanon:
Lebanon Community Concert Band, $1,102; Lebanon County Choral Society, $980; Lebanon County Community Concert Association, $1,248; Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts, $1,070; Pennsylvania Hands, $1,070 and Voices of Palmyra, $980.

Schuylkill:
Anthracite Philharmonic, $980; Block of Art, $1,248; Foggy Notion, $1,070; Schuylkill Express Chorus, $1,248 and Stone Hedge Garden, $666.

For additional information, contact:
Karen Haver-PPA Coordinator
Berks Arts Council
P.O. Box 854
Reading, PA 19603-0854
Phone: 610.898.1930
Fax: 610.898.1932
email: karen@berksarts.org

Last revised on: 4/12/11