The Lackawanna County Commissioners Patrick M. O’Malley, Jerry Notarianni and Laureen A. Cummings announced the 2016 arts & culture organizations and individuals who have received grant support for their various community projects, events and activities.
Financial assistance was awarded in two forms: program stream grants and community project grants.
The program stream grants are larger awards to arts and cultural non-profits who receive a yearly allocation from the Lackawanna County Arts and Culture Department. Their operations are reviewed every other year to gauge need, their projects and general growth.
Community project grants are one-time disbursements for a specific activity administered by an organization or individual. Applicants may reapply every October for this form of funding.
The applications for both revenue streams are reviewed and scored by a panel to help determine if the programs, projects or activities should be funded. Both grant programs are modeled after the process that The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts utilizes.
The financial resources for the grants come from the Arts, Education & Culture tax, which is assessed annually at a rate of approximately 1.0 mill.
Also at the January 27 awards ceremony, the County’s Arts and Culture Department and the Pocono Arts Council will be recognizing the Pennsylvania Arts Council’s “Partners in the Arts” Project Stream Award recipients from our region.
The amount awarded for 32 program grants this year was $211,700. The total for 23 project grants was $50,113.
Local anchor institutions – The Scranton Public Library, The Everhart Museum and The Scranton Cultural Center – received their annual education/arts & culture allocation of $240,000 each.
The 2016 program stream grant recipients are: Abington Business & Professional Association (Ice Festival) – $4,000; Actor’s Circle – $7,000; Anthracite Heritage Museum & Iron Furnaces – $7,000; Arcadia Chorale – $3,000; Artists for Art Gallery – $6,000; Ballet Theatre of Scranton – $7,000; Boys and Girls Club of NEPA – $5,000; and Broadway Theatre League – $15,000.
Also, Catholic Choral Society – $3,000; Choral Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $3,500;
City of Carbondale – Pioneer Heritage Festival – $4,000; Classical Guitar Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania – $1,200; Electric City Television – $25,000; First Friday Scranton – $5,000; La Festa Italiana – $7,000; and Lackawanna All County High School Band – $1,000.
Also, Lackawanna Historical Society – $20,000; Lackawanna River Corridor Association River Fest – $2,500; Lackawanna Heritage Valley-Heritage Explorer & Santa Train – $1,000; Lyric Consort – $3,000; Mostly Opera – $1,500; N.E.I.U. #19 – Poetry Out Loud Program – $1,000; North Pocono Cultural Society – $2,500; and Scranton Civic Ballet – $7,000.
Also, Scranton Jazz Festival – $6,000; Scranton Music Association – $3,000; Scranton Public Theatre – $3,500; Scranton Shakespeare Festival – $6,000; St. Patrick’s Day Parade Association – $6,000; St. Ubaldo Festival – $6,000; The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic – $16,000; and United Neighborhood Centers of NEPA (Project Hope & Shutter Bug Photography Program) – $23,000.
The individuals and organizations receiving 2016 community project grants are: Margo Azzarelli – $1,500; Jeffrey Boam – $2,550; Lisa A. Cassella – $2,550; Covenant Public Concerts – $2,550; Lucia Daily – $2,550; and Shirley Eagen – $1,500.
Also, Tim Farrell – $2,550; First Presbyterian Church – $2,125; Friends of the Arc Auxiliary – $3,000; Ghostlight Theatre Productions – $3,000; K.K. Gordon – $1,071; and Rosemary Hay – $2,120.
Also, Camp Create – $2,100; Pop Up Studio – $1,500; Ringgold Pops of Scranton – $1,800; Scranton Fringe Festival – $2,700; Ihor Shablovsky – $2,550; and Doug Smith – $2,100.
Also, Voluntary Action Center of NEPA – $1,785; Wally Gordon Community Singers – $1, 012; Waverly Community House – $3,000; Michelle Wheeler – $1,500; and West Scranton Hyde Park Neighborhood Watch – $3,000.
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