PPA Grants:
The Berks Arts Council awarded over $50,000 in grant funds to 39 re-grant recipients in October 2009, thanks to an annual grant received from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. These re-grants, provided by state tax dollars, fund a variety of dance, theatre, music and visual arts projects within Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon and Schuylkill counties. The BAC is one of 17 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) organizations (overseen by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts) that annually evaluate grant requests for arts projects, individual artists and ongoing programs within the four-county region.
The Berks Arts Council’s service area includes Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon and Schuylkill counties.
Receiving grants for the 2009-2010 funding year:
Berks:
African-American Coalition of Reading, $1,493; Albright College Concert Series, $1,629; Berks Community Television, $1,765; Building a Better Boyertown, $1,493; Clay on Main, $1,086; Community School of Arts and Music, $1,222; Eckhaus, $1,493; Hamburg Area Arts Alliance, $1,222; Kutztown Folk Music Society, $747; Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association, 1,493; Muhlenberg Township Arts Board, $1,086; Olivet Boys & Girls Club, $1,901; Reading Community Players, $1,493; Reading Pops Orchestra, $597; RIZE Program, $1,765; Vagabond Acting Troupe, $1,629; West Reading Borough, $1,249; and West Reading Elm Street, $1,765.
Lancaster:
Allegro: The Chamber Orchestra of Lancaster, $1,765; Ephrata Performing Arts Center, $1,222; heART of Friendship, $1,086; Dr. Amanda Kemp, $1,086; Lancaster General Women & Babies Hospital, $1,144; Millersville Four Corners Summer Festival, $1,493; PA Arts Experience, $1,765; and Phillips Museum of Art, $1,271.
Lebanon:
Historic Schaefferstown, $796; Lebanon Community Concert Band, $1,059; Lebanon County Concert Association, $1,765; Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts, $1,493; PA German Studies Program, $1,145; PA Historic Dramas, $905; and Voices of Palmyra, $1,086.
Schuylkill:
Black Diamond Writers' Network, $498; Nuremberg Community Players, $1,222; Pine Grove Community Band, $181; Schuylkill Express Chorus, $1,493; Sovereign Majestic Theater, $1,629; and Stonehedge Gardens, $1,530.
The awards ceremony for Berks & Schuylkill counties was held Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington St., Room 238, Reading. The awards ceremony for Lebanon and Lancaster counties was held Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts, 734 Willow St., Lebanon.
For additional information, contact:
Berks Arts Council
P.O. Box 854
Reading, PA 19603-0854
Phone: 610.898.1930
Fax: 610.898.1932
email: info@berksarts.org
Last revised on: 6/29/10