Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Awards $1.2 Million
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, a foundations-funded program created to celebrate and grow the Black arts sector, has awarded a total of $1.2 million in new grants to 24 individual artists, collectives and arts organizations.
This is the second year that the program funded by The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation has provided two-year grants for project-specific support. Pittsburgh Foundation staff and the Advancing Black Arts grant-review panel reviewed more than 100 proposals and awarded grants averaging $49,000.
ALMA | LEWIS has received a General Operating grant which will amount to $100,000 over the next two years. This award will support its work as an experimental contemporary art platform for critical thinking, constructive dialogue and creative expression dedicated to Black culture.