Announcing the 2022 PA Poetry Out Loud State Champion
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Meet Our Folk & Traditional Arts Partners!
Announcing the 2021 PA Poetry Out Loud State Champion!
Art Sparks Student-Created Artwork - Virtual Unveiling at Hickory Run Service Plaza
August Wilson's 1990 Governor's Award Acceptance Speech
In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re thrilled to share this footage of playwright #AugustWilson's acceptance speech, upon receiving a Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts from Governor Robert P. Casey, on May 1, 1990 in the rotunda of the state capitol building. Take a moment to watch! Wilson's remarks are as lyrical and thought provoking as the plays for which he is so well known.
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This footage was featured during the ceremony of the 2019 PA Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Pittsburgh, last September, during which Governor Tom Wolf presented the awards at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh. This was the first time the gubernatorial event was held in a facility named for a past honoree.
As Gov. Casey presented the award, he noted that Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” had opened on Broadway only a few weeks prior.
Special thanks to PA Historical and Museum Commission's State Archives for this rare and cherished footage. #pagovartsawards
--- Archival Footage (edited): Record Group 10, Office of the Governor, Governor Robert P. Casey, Proclamations (series #10.c), courtesy of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives. ---
Artist Vignette: Joe Negri, 2019 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Governor's Award Recipient
Today's video spotlight features Joe Negri, who is one of our two 2019 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Governor's Award recipients. Negri is known as a wonderful musician and educator, but also for his many appearances as Handyman Negri on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In this video, he talks about his love of music and the foundations of improvisation. #pagovartsawards
This is the final video of four that we shared this week. Each featured a profile of one our four Pittsburgh-based 2019 Governor's Award recipients. These videos were created by Emmai Alaquiva and his amazing team at Ya Momz House, Inc. for the 2019 Governor's Awards for the Arts ceremony, which took place Friday, September 27 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh.
Artist Vignette: Roger Humphries, Sr., 2019 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Governor's Award Recipient
Today's video spotlight is on Roger Humphries, Sr., who is one of our two 2019 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Governor's Award recipients. Humphries has an extensive and phenomenal reputation as a gifted percussionist and educator. In this video, he shares an anecdote involving Ray Charles, and a bit about how he came to play the drums in the first place.
This is the third video of four that we'll be sharing this week, each featuring a profile of one our four Pittsburgh-based 2019 Governor's Award recipients. These videos were created by Emmai Alaquiva and his amazing team at Ya Momz House, Inc. for the 2019 Governor's Awards for the Arts ceremony, which took place Friday, September 27 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh.
Artist Vignette: Mary Brenholts, 2019 Arts Leadership and Service Governor's Award Recipient
This video highlights Mary Brenholts, who is the 2019 Arts Leadership and Service Governor's Award recipient. Mary possesses a wealth of experience facilitating artist residencies in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
This is the second video of four that we'll be sharing this week, each featuring a profile of one our four Pittsburgh-based 2019 Governor's Award recipients. These videos were created by Emmai Alaquiva and his amazing team at Ya Momz House, Inc. for the 2019 Governor's Awards for the Arts ceremony, which took place Friday, September 27 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburgh.
Artist Vignette: Vanessa German, 2019 Artist of the Year Governor's Award Recipient
This week, we'll be sharing the four artist vignettes made by Emmai Alaquiva and his team at Ya Momz House, Inc. for the 2019 Governor's Awards for the Arts. The videos added a beautiful depth to this year's awards ceremony and we're excited to share them with you!
First up: Vanessa German's video, in which she talks about the role of art in her life and how creativity lives inside us all. #pagovsartsawards
Learn about applying to administer the PCA's regional partnership programs!
Letters of Interest are now being accepted, for those organizations that are interested in applying to administer the PCA's regional partnership programs. Here's a helpful video that will hopefully answer your questions.
More info about this process and the required forms can be found here: https://www.arts.pa.gov/Pages/Regional-Partnerships-Info.aspx
Building Community Through the Arts: Artistic Expressions
In the final installment in our Building Community Through the Arts video series, arts educator Dana Attivo, and Melissa Snyder with Jump Street talk about the value of Artistic Expressions, an annual program and art exhibit for student artists in the Central PA region.
Building Community Through the Arts: George Jr Republic's Pointing the Way program
Over the next four days, we'll be sharing videos highlighting the fantastic work of some of our grantees. In today's video, Glen Sanders, fine arts director at George Junior Republic, and Melinda Meyer with Erie Arts & Culture talk about Pointing the Way, a program that brings student-created, large scale sculptures to the Grove City region.
Building Community Through the Arts: Olivet Boys and Girls Club Summer Theatre Camp
Here's the third video in our four-part series titled Building Community Through the Arts. In this installment, Konstance Folk of the Berks Arts Council and Richard Bradbury from Olivet Boys & Girls Club highlight the an immersive theatre camp for youth that the Boys and Girls Club offers each summer in Reading.
Building Community Through the Arts: Abby Minor's Being Heard Poetry Project
"It has always been really important to me that everybody have access to the emotional literacy and exercising of our imaginations that poetry can bring," says poet Abby Minor in the second installment of our Building Community Through the Arts series.
In this video, Abby Minor and Renee McQuown, coordinator for the Galaxy: the Arts in Education Program of Central Intermediate Unit # 10, talk about Minor's "Being Heard" project, which brings poetry to low-income nursing homes in Centre County.
A quick dance session to break the ice before two days of meetings
Next up: meetings... but first, a quick dance! The annual joint convening of the Arts in Education (AIE), PA Partners in the Arts and Folk and Traditional Arts partner organizations kicked off this afternoon with an awesome interactive drum and dance activity led by AIE directory teaching artists, One World Tribe.
2018 Governor's Awards for the Arts recap
A great highlight of this year's fantastic Governor's Awards for the Arts in downtown Scranton. What a great community and celebration of the arts!
Our huge thanks to Ya Momz House and Emmai Alaquiva for producing this recap! <3
Did you know Martin Guitar is receiving a Governor's Award for the Arts next Wednesday, August 8?
There's still time to get your FREE TICKETS! Visit scrantonculturalcenter.org or call 570.344.1111
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