HARRISBURG, Sept. 26, 2013 – Eighteen arts organizations in Berks County will share more than $140,000 in grants from the PA Council on the Arts, Sen. Judy Schwank announced today.
“Berks County is a great place for people with artistic talent; an eye for the beautiful, an ear for the magical, and a touch for the sensual,” Schwank said. “The state investments we make every year in the arts are a vital part of making sure Berks County and all of Pennsylvania enjoys a better quality of life.”
The 18 grant awards:
Arts and Activities Alliance: Studio B, Boyertown — $2,003
Berks Arts Council, Reading — $21,812
Berks Bards Inc., Reading — $748
Berks Community Television, Reading — $5,185
Berks Youth Chorus, Reading — $3,397
Clay on Main, Oley – $2,003
Community School of Music and the Arts Inc., Reading — $2,953
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum, Reading — $24,660
GoogleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading — $26,165
KU Presents!, Kutztown — $4,708
Mifflin Community Library, Shillington — $1,496
Miller Center for the Arts, Reading — $3,036
New Arts Program Inc., Kutztown — $2,003
Our Town Foundation, Hamburg — $2,003
Reading Choral Society, Reading — $2,003
Reading Musical Foundation, Reading — $9,144
Reading Symphony Orchestra, Reading — $18,544
Yocum Institute for Arts Education, Reading — $8,955
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