RIDGWAY – The Elk County Council on the Arts, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, is pleased to announce the award of $32,259 in state grants funds through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) Program.
The awarded grants will support arts activities in Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean and Potter counties taking place between Sept. 1 and Aug. 31, 2016.
The awards will be presented on Oct. 22, at the Elk County Council on the Arts, 237 Main St., Ridgway. The ceremony is a free event that will be held from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. and is open to the general public of all ages.
The following organizations will receive grants for arts projects taking place in 2015-16:
- Ashley Sweda
- Bradford Ecumenical Home, Inc.
- Cameron County Fireworks Committee
- CREATE Brookville
- DISCOVER Partnership of Cameron and Elk Counties
- Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library
- Forest Folk School
- Friends of Lyman Run/Chris Firestone
- Galeton Public Library
- Hamlin Memorial Library
- Keystone Elk Country Alliance
- PA Great Outdoors Elk Expo
- Potter County Education Council
- Potter County Visitors Association
- Prospect Park Playground
- St. Marys Area Schools/Adam Brooks
- The Dexter Trio/Jonathan Dexter
- The Pennsylvania State University, Coop. Ext., Elk and Cameron Counties
- United Way of Clarion County
- University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Arts Programming Dept. (Pitt-Bradford Arts)