Eight Chesco arts groups to receive more than $12,000 in funding

WEST CHESTER >> Last month the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance announced the distribution of $12,031 in Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) Project Stream grants in Chester County.

Project Stream grants provide funding to individual artists and organizations offering innovative, community-based arts projects in southeastern Pennsylvania and are made possible through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ (PCA) Partners in the Arts program. The program enables PCA to reach a wider audience by increasing access to funds for organizations and artists across the state, thereby increasing statewide audience exposure to cultural activities. In total, the Cultural Alliance distributed $95,434 to 79 arts groups across the five-county Philadelphia region.

“The Cultural Alliance is proud to be the largest regional partner of the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts,” said Maud Lyon, Cultural Alliance president. “Project Stream allows us to help local organizations and artists fund their creative projects and empowers them to have economic, cultural and social impact in their communities.”

Project Stream provides grants of up to $2,500 to eligible organizations and individuals conducting arts projects in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. This year eight individual artists and nonprofit organizations from Chester County received funding, with an average award of $1,503.88.

The 2018 Project Stream grant award recipients in Chester County are:

• Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital ($1,826): Funding will support Art Ability, a yearround showcase and celebration featuring art and fine crafts created by artists with disabilities.

• Uptown! Entertainment Alliance ($1,667): Funding will support free or discounted community tickets for live performances at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center in downtown West Chester.

• VoxAmaDeus ($1,648): Funding will support a double presentation by the Ama Deus Ensemble of Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus.

• Linda Thies ($1,588): Funding will support the annual Student Art Exposition, featuring artwork by K-12 students within a 30-mile radius of Kennett Square.

• Shandor Hassan ($1,469): Funding will support a publication and public artist’s talk at Street Road held in conjunction with the installation The Dusta: American Matter.

• Deena Ball ($1,429): Funding will support Farm to Table Art, a cooperative project between artists, farmers markets and the Brandywine Conservancy to bring awareness through art of the natural resources and sustainable agriculture in the region.

• La Comunidad Hispana ($1,251): Funding will support a new metalwork commission by artist Lele Galer for the Women’s Health Center.

• Phoenixville Senior Adult Activity Center ($1,153): Funding will support low-cost art classes in collaboration with the Phoenix Village Arts Center.