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WHEN: Thursday, June 2, 9:30am
WHO: James R. Matthews, Chairman, Montgomery County Commissioners
Peggy Amsterdam, President, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Laura Burnham, Exec. Director, Abington Art Center, Cultural Alliance Board
Julie Hawkins, Director of Policy and Government Relations, Cultural Alliance
WHERE : One Montgomery Plaza, 8th Floor
Commissioners Board Room
Norristown
Commissioners’ Office Phone # - 610-278-3020
(The building is directly across from the Courthouse on Swede St. between Penn St and Airy St.)
WHAT : Check Presentation
The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners is pleased to announce a $10,000 appropriation to the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance to support the 5-County Arts Fund , which provides seed capital for innovative, community-based arts projects in southeastern Pennsylvania. Montgomery County Commissioner James R. Matthews will present the check to Cultural Alliance President Peggy Amsterdam at the County Commissioners Board Public Meeting on Thursday, June 2 at 9:30am.
”We call out to artists and cultural organizations from around the region to take advantage of this program. With the generous support of Montgomery County, the 5-County Arts Fund helps ensure that a broad diversity of cultural offerings is available for everyone to enjoy.”
Peggy Amsterdam, President, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
The 5-County Arts Fund, managed by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, has invested $219,000 in 74 projects in Montgomery County in the last four years. The $10,000 appropriation from Montgomery County will be disbursed to 5-CAF grantees in designated revitalization areas in the county, ensuring that these dollars go to the neediest communities. The 5-County Arts Fund supports arts projects that enhance the quality of life for County residents and stimulate economic development.
Groups in Montgomery County that received 5-Caf grants in 2004 were :
Ambler Theater, Inc.
Artist-in-Residence, Penn Wynne Elementary Home & School Assoc.
Carmel Presbyterian Church/ Concerts at Carmel
Cheltenham Township
Community Music School of Collegeville
Fiddlekicks
Friends of Graeme Park
Iron Age Theater
Jenkintown Day Nursery
Lower Merion High School
Metropolitan Ballet Company
Pennsylvania Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development Education Foundation
Perkiomen Valley School District
Philadelphia Revels
Pottstown School District
Schuylkill Valley Regional Dance Company
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Soto, Merian
Valley Forge Children's Theatre
Women's Development Institute International (WDI)
This project is made possible through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. It is funded by the citizens of Pennsylvania through an annual legislative appropriation, and administered locally by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Additional support is provided by PECO, An Exelon Company. Some Montgomery County projects are also funded, in part, by an appropriation from Montgomery County.
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is a leadership organization of over 300 nonprofit arts and cultural institutions located primarily in the five counties of southeastern Pennsylvania. Its mission is to lead the effort to expand awareness of, participation in and support for arts and culture in the region.
For more information about the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance or the Cultural Alliance’s marketing initiatives, call John McInerney at (215) 557-7811, x15.
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