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I N S I D E T H E How We're Seeing 2020

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) have adjusted their activity period for the PA Partners in the Arts' (PPA) Project Stream. Starting with the 2020-21 state fiscal year, the program will shift to a calendar year (Jan. 1–Dec. 31). This adjustment is being made in order to better support the PPA Partners by aligning the funding cycle with typical fund distribution from the PCA.

With the timeline being changed for PPA Project Stream, administrative activities within the program have also been revised. Now, applications are due annually on October 20th. Panel meetings will take place during the first few weeks of December. Free information sessions to be held during the Summer and early Fall.

Adjusted Outlook

Plan Ahead With Us

1/15 PPA Program Stream Grant Application Deadline

2/11 Incentive Grants for Greater Inclusion Workshop

3/14 Young at Art Expo

3/15 Incentive Grants for Greater Inclusion Application Deadline

Apr. Audio Description Training for the Visual Arts

5/2-3 Audio Description Training for the Performing Arts

May- Sept.

PPA Project Stream Information Sessions

7/21 Champions of Inclusion Trade Fair

9/1 Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP) Study Begins

10/20 PPA Project Stream Grant Application Deadline

We have set a bold coarse for 2020, a year to promote the value of the arts through the lens of advocacy and inclusion. This issue gives you an overview of what’s coming and also highlights the Arts Council’s priorities moving forward. The Arts & Access Always program plays a significant role in advocating and creating opportunities to engage persons with disabilities, the fastest growing minority in the region. The AEP 6 Study provides numerical evidence that cultural nonprofits generate jobs, taxes and audiences.

Additionally, there are grant opportunities, professional development seminars, and public forums—all intended to attract more voices and broaden the conversation.

—› For more details on these events, visit www.LVArtsCouncil.org.

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L E H I G H V A L L E Y A R T S C O U N C I L

—› Apply for up to $2,500 in grant funding

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Arts Grant: PPA Project Stream

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Cultural Accessibility Invites CommunityAccess Grants WorkshopIncentive Grants for Greater Inclusion is a matching grants program that encourages cultural nonprofits to produce disability friendly events. There are three distinct grant categories for consideration:

1) Offering an accommodation2) Contracting an artist with a disability3) Conducting an artist residency for persons with a disability.

A free workshop to explain the guidelines and eligibility requirements will be held on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 from 4:00-5:30pm, at the Center for Vision Loss, 845 West Wyoming Street, Allentown. It is mandatory for applicants to attend the workshop or submit a letter of intent by February 10th. Deadline for grant submission: March 15, 2020

Profesional Development: Audio Description

Champions ReturnsThe Champions of Inclusion trade fair showcases “best practices” and local, state and federal resources that can help an organization better serve persons with disabilities. Micah D. Fowler, an American actor with cerebral palsy, will deliver the keynote address. Fowler is most known for his roles in Labor Day and as JJ DiMeo in the television series Speechless. Join us in celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and ensuring that more artists with disabilities appear on our stages and in our galleries. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 21st at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, from 1:00 to 4:30pm.

This eighteen-month study will begin on September 1, 2020. Organized every five years by Americans for the Arts, the Arts Council will once again gather data from the Lehigh Valley in order to measure the economic impact of our local nonprofit arts industry. The study will also identify trends in the sector—notably, attendance figures.

Research Fuels Advocacy and Growth

—› Matching grants of $350, $500 and $1,500

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Data Collection: Arts & Economic Prosperity 6—› The 2015 study

reported a 1.4 million drop in attendance

Performing Arts – Learn how to describe the live action on stage to patrons using a headset.

Visual Arts – Discover how to choose language that captures the elements and energy of the artwork

Both trainings feature practical experience working with persons with vision impairments. Two-day Workshop fees: $25/Members; $40/Nonmembers

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Promoting the Value & Impact of the Arts Champions ($2,500+)Air Products FoundationAnonymousB. BraunCharles H. Hoch FoundationCounty of LehighCrayola LLCWm. Beall FowlerHarry C. Trexler TrustJulius & Katheryn Hommer

FoundationPennsylvania Council on the Arts

Ambassadors ($1,000+)Brown Daub Foundation Embassy BankRandall & Johanna ForteJust Born IncKeystone Savings FoundationKraft Hillman Family Fund,

a donor advised charitable fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation.

Thomas & Joanne StathosEdwin & Karen Yeakel

Advocates ($500+)Christmas City PrintingJohn & Ann A. LalikDawn LennonBruce & Pamela LochBob & Sandy LovettElizabeth MassaPeoples Security Bank & Trust PNC BankTodd & Nancy WatkinsWells Fargo Philanthropy Fund

Patrons ($250+)Lee & Delores Butz In memory of Linda

ChmielewskiKenneth & Susan BerkenstockSam Cohen & Cindi

BodermanCharles & Joan ColeBob & Susan GadomskiElizabeth KeptnerDanielle & William KulnisStephen R. La PierreEllen Larmer & Daniel F. KainzBlake & Marilyn MarlesJamie MusselmanMark & Deena ScoblionkoGeorge & MaryLou ShortessJohn & Sandra SolerPeggy Whitney Hobbs

Sponsors ($100+)AnonymousAdobe SystemsLeonard AbramsHank & Joanne BarnetteMary Bongiorno

Tom & Diane BuchnerSylvia Butz Gardner & John Merton Gardner IIICatherine J. CapkovicCurtis DretschDries Building Supply Co.Sylvia GallopGarden Design Inc.Malcolm & Janice GrossCharles & Dale InlanderJ. R. Peters Inc.Robert & Donna KnoxDavid & Gina KormanikStephanie & Robert KricunHenry & Laura LawrenceLaurence & Linda LipkisHoward C. McGinnStephen Melnick & Trucilla SabatinoC. Steven & Rill Ann MillerDr. James K. MillerMargaret MinnemanBruce & Karen NicholsonRobert Pearce Marianne & Stephen PhillipsPremiere Placement, Inc.Guillermo & Audrey Gardner

Racines Ray SantoleriVicky & Greg SerraoCarol Shiner & Daniel WilsonKathy StaglRoxanne SnyderRonald & Joan StockerTrade Mark PrintingLoretta TryonDavid Voellinger & Lona FarrJanice WestonDavid & Monica WillardRobert WilliamsKim & Chris White

Friends ($25+)AnonymousAppalachian Fiddle &

BluegrassJames & Terri BartholomewLauren & Devon BeckRobert & Laura BlackSheryl & Rance BlockMarc BonanniWendy BookhultzLlyena Boylan & Donald SpiethMerrill & Nancy BrennerFrederic & Jennifer Ketay BrockEvelyn & John BrownGeorge & Elizabeth BrowerSally & Joseph CorvinoPercy & Anne DoughertyLynn DavisJane ErreraTerry FasanoWilliam FenzaTimothy FoleyNatalie Foster

Friends of Music of Bethlehem

Michael & Patricia FouxJohn & Joan GaydosPatricia Gennaro & Paul KellerCindy GlickMargaret GreenJay HaltzmanLisa & Richard HomaBill & Cindy HornRoberta HurleyDouglas & Susanna IhlenfeldDavid P. JohnsonSally & Dave KeehnWilliam Kreider & Pam PepperRoland & Barbara KushnerDiane LaBelle & Norman GiradotRobert LaconiDiane LachemayerDodd & Myrna LambertonBrian LandersTina LebrechtUrsla LevyNick & Jeanne Marie MaialeJanis MarshDiane MartinKathy McAuley &

Michael MuchEllen McPeakeEllen Millard-KernVanessa Moore Curtis & Marian OlsenHenry & Phyllis PerkinCynthia & Michael PhillipsRoger & Marie PhillipsMarilyn Roberts & Sue SneeringerNancy RuffnerRobert RuheKaren & John SamuelsLynn SfanoLawrence & Marion SheinbergMichael & Marie SincavageGloria SnyderMichael & Sybil StershicKurt & J Lynn SteckleyElaine & Carl StolpeMaribeth SublichRichard & Lidia ViehmanNelvin & Beverly VosWalter & Deborah WagnerKenneth & Mary WeilandArthur & Barbara WeinrachJanice WestonJohn & Betsy WetzigConstance WhiteGwen WhiteDaniel & Carol Shiner WilsonPaul & Lucille WindtStephanie WolfChristy Yerk-SmithYocco’s IncCandace Young

Arts Calendar event submission guidelines: New items must be received by the fifth of the month preceding publication.

Recent donors (as of 12/15/2019) are bolded

PRESIDENTDanielle Kulnis People’s Security Bank & TrustVICE PRESIDENTKaren Yeakel Dunne ManningTREASURER Bruce Loch Thurston Royce Gallery of Fine Art, Ltd.SECRETARYSamuel E. Cohen Gross McGinley, LLPDaniel Kainz SculptorElizabeth Keptner Penn State Lehigh ValleyGina Kormanik Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board, Inc.

Ann E. Lalik Penn State Lehigh Valley GalleryStephen R. La Pierre LTCI Ind. Eligibility Review SpecialistsElizabeth Massa Air ProductsTodd Watkins Lehigh University

Ex OfficiO

Randall Forte EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Staff Tara Henninger OPERATIONS MANAGER

Zach Kleemeyer PROGRAM & MARKETING MANAGER

BOard Of dirEctOrS

Our mission to promote the value of the arts, foster collaboration in the community, and encourage arts engagement for all people in the Lehigh Valley. Learn more about us at lvartscouncil.org.

Inside the Arts and the Arts Calendar are bimonthly publications produced by the Lehigh Valley Arts Council.

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Cultural accessibility continues to grow in the Lehigh Valley. It is estimated that nearly 600 persons with disabilities participated in arts experiences last year. Add an accompanied friend or a family member to those numbers and the totals begin to suggest a greater awareness about the challenges this community faces. A case in point, five years ago no one was offering a sensory friendly environment for kids with autism to attend a children’s play. Last year there were five theatres who offered such accommodations. As we move toward greater inclusion, I look forward to seeing more artists with disabilities on our stages and in our galleries.

One Last Thought

—› The Arts deeply nourish the soul of a community. Supporting them requires an ongoing dialogue about the value and impact of art in our lives.

Visit PPA Projects Around Town• WYCA Bethlehem -– Creative Aging, music and

visual arts experiences for seniors with limited access to the arts, Spring 2020, Bethlehem.

• JCC of the Lehigh Valley – Children and Family Fun Series, weekends in February at the Jewish Community Center, Allentown.

• Lehigh Art Alliance – A yearlong series of workshops and lectures at the Emmaus Public Library, plus installation of a professional hanging system at the library, Emmaus.

“Art makes better humans, art is necessary in understanding the world and art makes people happy. Undeniably, art is not optional.”

– Nathan Sawaya

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Be a Voice for the ArtsBy carrying my camera with me at all times I’m able to photograph those sights which will never come again. I have passed on to others how to be in the zone of appreciating what they see...

""Natalie Searl, Center Valley, PA