Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces Fall 2011 PennPAT Grants for Touring Engagements
Monday, December 19, 2011
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Posted by: Amy Seasholtz
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces
Fall 2011 PennPAT Grants for Touring Engagements
44 Touring Engagements Funded
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announced today that it has awarded $184,830 for 44 engagements with 31 different PennPAT Roster Artists through the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT) program. A detailed list of grant awards is available by clicking here.
The purpose of PennPAT is increase opportunities for professional performing artists to obtain successful touring engagements. PennPAT generates earned revenue for its Roster Artists by awarding grants on a competitive basis to performing arts presenting organizations in the nine states and jurisdictions of the mid-Atlantic region (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and West Virginia), as well as Ohio.
Requests were submitted at the October 17, 2011 deadline. Applications were reviewed by a panel of peers from across the mid-Atlantic region who considered the quality of the engagement and the presenting skills of the applicant organization. Panelists included:
- Tina Betz, Director of Cultural Affairs and Fund Development, City of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE
- Jack McLarnan, Program Manager, Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, Chicago, IL
- Michael Murray, Executive Director, Music At Gretna, Elizabethtown, PA
- Charlotte Sommers, Executive Director, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
Grant awards ranged from $300 to $25,000. Funded engagements include performances and residencies at performing arts centers, colleges, festivals, arts councils, and cultural and community centers. Two grants were awarded for New Directions projects, involving long term residencies that allow the artist to explore creative endeavors and develop new connections with the presenter and the community.
The next deadline for PennPAT Presenter Fee Support and New Directions Grants is February 15, 2012, for projects scheduled between June 1, 2012 and May 31, 2014. The guidelines, application and the roster of eligible artists are available online.
About Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation develops partnerships and programs that reinforce artists' capacity to create and present work, advance access to and participation in the arts, and promote a more sustainable arts ecology. The Foundation was created in 1979 and is a private non-profit organization that is closely allied with the region's state arts councils and the National Endowment for the Arts. It combines funding from state and federal resources with private support from corporations, foundations, and individuals to address needs in the arts from a regional perspective. The region includes nine states and jurisdictions: The District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia and West Virginia.
About Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour
PennPAT, a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, was developed and is funded by a unique public-private partnership including The Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Additional funding is provided by foundations, corporations, and government agencies. Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour
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