PHILADELPHIA, July 20, 2021 – Affordable access to the visual and performing arts, including storytelling through the forms of theatre, dance, poetry and multicultural productions are among the plans for 40 arts organizations receiving more than $1 million in grants through PNC Arts Alive. Now celebrating 13 years of funding support for the region’s creative and cultural arts community, the latest PNC Arts Alive grant portfolio is one of the largest announced since the program’s inception.
“We’ve long recognized just how vital the arts and cultural sector is to our community. The PNC team is once again excited to support the arts and cultural organizations visual and performing arts in the Delaware Valley,” said Joe Meterchick, PNC regional president for Philadelphia, Delaware and Southern New Jersey. “Arts and culture strengthen the local economy and have the power to bring people together. As we look forward to resuming everyday activities, we invite our neighbors to join us and be a part of art.”
Arriving at a time when nearly all arts organizations are navigating a path to recovery as the pandemic environment eases, the latest PNC Arts Alive portfolio demonstrates the resiliency of the arts sector. Projects supported cover a wide range of disciplines, audiences and participatory experiences across the Greater Philadelphia, Delaware and Southern New Jersey region. Programs will feature lively community celebrations welcoming guests back to museums and arts venues, Shakespeare and opera under the stars, free or discounted theatre tickets for the region’s front-line and essential personnel, as well as an array of exhibitions and live productions that tell the story of African American, LatinX and other previously underrepresented cultural communities.
PNC Arts Alive CONNECT, an additional component introduced in 2019, continues through the current funding cycle. It once again will provide further support for smaller, community-based arts and culture organizations that typically operate outside of Center City.
Since its debut in 2009, PNC Arts Alive has provided more than $13 million in grant funding to support some 300 arts programs at 90 organizations.
PNC Arts Alive is a multi-year initiative of PNC and the PNC Foundation dedicated to supporting visual and performing arts groups with the goal of increasing arts access and engagement in new and innovative ways. The PNC Foundation, which receives its principal funding from The PNC Financial Services Group, actively supports organizations that provide services for the benefit of communities in which it has a significant presence. The foundation focuses its philanthropic mission on early childhood education and community and economic development, which includes the arts and culture. For more information, visit www.pncartsalive.com.
2021 GRANT RECIPIENTS
PNC ARTS ALIVE!
Barnes Foundation
Bay Atlantic Symphony
Brandywine River Museum of Art
Cape May Stage
Clay Studio
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Da Vinci Art Alliance
Delaware Art Museum
Delaware Shakespeare
Expressive Path, Inc.
First Person Arts
Fringe Arts
Grand Opera House Inc.
InLiquid
Kimmel Center, Inc.
Opera Philadelphia
Orchestra 2001
People’s Light & Theatre Co.
Perkins Center for the Arts
PHILADANCO! The Philadelphia Dance Company
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial
Taller Puertorriqueño
Theatre Horizon
Walnut Street Theatre Corp.
Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center
PNC ARTS ALIVE! CONNECT
Camden Waterfront South Arts & Cultural Association
cinéSPEAK
Greater South Jersey Chorus
Jazz Bridge Project, Inc.
The Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries
Market Street Music
Media Arts Council
Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts
Shakespeare in Clark Park
South Camden Theatre Company
Theatre in the X
SRUTI, The India Music & Dance Society
PNC Arts Alive Service Organizations
ArtReach, Inc.
The Arts + Business Council of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
CONTACT:
Jason Beyersdorfer
(609) 651-5617
jason.b@pnc.com
@JasonB_PNC
