Pike County winners of state arts grants announced
Milford. The mission of the Pocono Arts Council, which administers the grants for the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, is to build community artistically and culturally by providing leadership, service, and education.
| 19 Nov 2019 | 01:41
Pictured is a scene from the Milford Music Festival, one of nine organizations in Pike County to win a Partners in the Arts Grant. (
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The Pocono Arts Council has announced the 2019 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grants.
Pike County
In Pike County, the winners of the Project Stream Grants are:
Barryville Area Arts Association
Delaware Dancers
Delaware Valley Choral Society
Milford Music Festival
Pike Artworks Inc.
Milford Readers & Writers Festival
Pike County Area Agency on Aging.
The winners of the Program Stream Grants are:
Black Bear Film Festival
Kindred Spirits Music & Arts Program
Wayne County
In Wayne County, the Project Stream Grants winners are:
Farm Arts Collective
Grace Episcopal Church
Tim Farrell
The Program Stream Grants winners are:
The Cooperage Project
Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival
Ritz Company Playhouse (Company Players)
Wayne County Arts Alliance
About Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts
The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts is a partnership among local arts organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency administered in the northeastern region by the Pocono Arts Council. It is available to non-profit organizations and artists conducting arts programming in the counties of Pike, Wayne, Monroe, Lackawanna, and Luzerne.
Since beginning the program in 1997, more than $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.
The mission of the Pocono Arts Council is to build community artistically and culturally by providing leadership, service, and education.
For further information visit poconoarts.org or arts.pa.gov.
Other winners:
Lackawanna County 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 (NEPA Film Festival)
Women to Women THRIVE
Lackawanna County 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 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.
Luzerne County Program Stream Grants:
Greater Hazleton Concert Series
King's College; Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes University – Sordoni Gallery
Monroe County 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)
Monroe County Program Stream Grants:
Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society