AGENCY OVERVIEW PRESENTATION

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AGENCY OVERVIEW PRESENTATION
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The PCA is a state agency in the Office of the
Governor, created by legislative act of the
Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1966.

• Mission
• to foster the excellence, diversity, and
  vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania and to
  broaden the availability and appreciation of
  these arts throughout the state.

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Activities

• The PCA accomplishes its mission through a
  combination of
• Grants to the arts
• Partnerships and initiatives
• Technical assistance to partners and applicants
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• Serving as a resource for arts-related
  information.

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Governance

• The agency is governed by a Council of 19
  members. 15 are private citizens appointed by the
  Governor. Four come from the General Assembly.
• Council members serve without compensation. The
  Council sets the mission and goals for the
  agency, evaluates the PCAs progress toward these
  goals, formulates policy, and makes the final
  decisions on the use of funds.
• The PCA has a staff of 16.

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Edward G. Rendell,
GovernorDiane Dalto, Chairman,
PhiladelphiaCarol R. Brown, Vice Chairman,
Pittsburgh

• Nancy Barness, Ambler
• Susan K. Breon, Erie
• Stewart R. Cades, Carversville
• Rep. Mark B. Cohen, Philadelphia
• Susan Corbett, Pittsburgh
• E. Jeanne Gleason, Johnstown
• Susan H. Goldberg, Philadelphia
• Clifford E. Haines, Esq., Philadelphia

• Clyde McGeary, Camp Hill
• Rep. Tina Pickett, Towanda
• Caryn B. Rubinoff, Pittsburgh
• Marilyn J. Santarelli, Dallas
• Myron H. Tomb, Esq., Indiana
• Nancy D. Washington, Ph.D., Pittsburgh
• Sen. Anthony H. Williams, Philadelphia

• Sen. Charles T. McIlhinney, Jr., Doylestown

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PCA Goals

• Goal I (Support)Support Pennsylvanias creative
  industry in providing cultural services to the
  people of the Commonwealth.
• Goal II (Community)Stimulate engagement between
  and among community leaders, arts organizations
  and artists to create more vibrant Pennsylvania
  communities.
• Goal III (Alignment)Align the PCAs policies and
  programs to create a more efficient and effective
  agency.

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State Appropriation 42-Year History
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NEA State Partnership Grant Ten-Year History
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State Appropriation Ten-Year History
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PCA Named to Top 50

• In 2004, the PCAs Responsive Funding System was
  selected as one of the nations top 50 most
  creative, forward thinking, results-driven
  government programs.
• The annual Innovations in American Government
  Awards named PCA among the best and brightest
  for the development of a groundbreaking approach
  to the grants process making it rational,
  authentic, and transparent.
• In 10 years, the PCA has nearly doubled the
  number of arts organizations, arts programs and
  projects funded annually.

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Responsive Funding Tracks

• AOAP Track Arts Organizations and Arts Programs
• Entry Track Entry Arts Organizations Arts
  Programs
• PPA Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts
• Individual Creative Artists Track

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Arts Organizations and Arts Programs Track (AOAP)

• Known to the PCA invitation to apply.
  Application deadline December
• Single, three-year unified application.
• Past performance as basis for funding, no
  projections.
• Funding formula (assessment scores, fiscal size,
  award at ).
• FY 2007-08
• 254 Organizations
• 8,665,383 in awards
• Average Award 16,000

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Arts Organizations and Arts Programs Track (AOAP)
Funding Formula

• Responsive Funding System
• The Responsive Funding System replaced a chaotic
  and confusing process with a rational approach to
  distribution of funds that seeks greater parity
  in allocations.
• Addresses historical funding discrepancies over
  time.
• Allocates available funds across the entire field
  of AOAP grantees.
• The sophisticated funding formula incorporates
  the simultaneous relation of organizations of
  like fiscal size and panel review.

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Arts Organizations and Arts Programs Track (AOAP)
Funding Formula

• Three key elements of data gathered from
  applicants and panels
• Assessment total score
• 4-year rolling average fiscal size (2003-2007)
• Past award from PCA (as to fiscal size and in
  relation to other applicants of like fiscal
  size).
• Core guidelines (parameters) include
• Awards should not be more than 25 of average
  fiscal size
• Calibration of assessment scores between panels.

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Entry Track

• New (or relatively new) to the PCA.
• Point of entry to the PCA.
• PCA spends time with applicants, preparing them
  to move into AOAP or to PPA.
• Application deadline in February.
• Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) Coverage
  (average fiscal size under 200,000)
• FY 2007-08
• 21 Applicants
• 87,000 in awards.
• 7 recommended to transition to AOAP.

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Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA)

• PPA County Map
• Goals
• Activities
• Partner Organizations
• Grants Data

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Arts Council of Erie
Northern Tier Cultural Alliance
Bradford County Regional Arts Council
Elk County Council for the Arts
Scranton Area Foundation
Erie
Warren
Susquehanna
McKean
Tioga
Pocono Arts Council
Bradford
Crawford
Venango Center for Creative Development
Potter
Wayne
Wyoming
Forest
Lacka- wanna
Venango
Elk
Mercer
Cameron
Sullivan
Pike
Lycoming
Clinton
Luzerne
Clarion
Jefferson
Monroe
Columbia
Lawrence
Butler
Montour
Lehigh Valley Arts Council
Clearfield
Centre
Union
Carbon
Armstrong
North- umberland
N. Hampton
Beaver
Snyder
Indiana
Schuylkill
Berks Arts Council
Lehigh
Mifflin
Cambria
Juniata
Allegheny
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Dauphin
Berks
Blair
Bucks
Perry
Cumberland
Lebanon
Westmoreland
Huntington
Montgomery
Washington
Cumberland
Bedford
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Chester
Fayette
Somerset
Fulton
Greene
Delaware
York
Franklin
Adams
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Jump Street
Community Partnerships RCD
Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance
Chambersburg Area Council for the Arts
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PPA Goals

• Expand constituent access to the arts
• Encourage and support local decision-making and
  re-granting of state arts dollars
• Increase awareness of and advocacy for government
  support and funding of the arts at the local and
  state levels and
• Enable the PCA to provide increased assistance to
  its broad constituency throughout the state

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PPA Activities

• PPA has two funding categories
• - Project Stream funds arts projects.
• - Program Stream funds ongoing arts
  activities.
• PPA Program Stream funds organizations and
  programs with an average fiscal size of 200,000
  and below, and grant awards of 20,000 or less.
• - 351 organizations funded for a total of
  1,254,470 in 2007.

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PPA Partner Organizations17 Partners serving all
67 counties

• Community Partnerships RC D Juniata,
  Mifflin, Perry, Snyder, Union
• Community Foundation of Fayette County Fayette,
  Greene, and Washington
• Elk County Council for the Arts Elk, Forest,
  Jefferson, McKean
• Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Bucks,
  Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia
• CONTD . . .

• Arts Council of Erie Crawford, Erie, Warren
• Berks Arts Council Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon,
  Schuylkill
• Bradford County Regional Arts Council Bradford,
  Columbia, Montour, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga,
  Wyoming
• Chambersburg Area Council for the Arts Adams,
  Cumberland (southern), Franklin, Fulton

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PPA Partner Organizations cont.

• Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance Beaver,
  Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield,
  Huntingdon, Indiana, Lawrence, Somerset,
  Westmoreland
• Pocono Arts Council Monroe, Pike, Wayne
• Scranton Area Foundation Lackawanna, Luzerne
• Venango Center for Creative Development
  Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson, Mercer,
  Venango

• Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Allegheny
• Jump Street Cumberland, (northern), Dauphin,
  York
• Lehigh Valley Arts Council Carbon, Lehigh,
  Northampton
• Northern Tier Cultural Alliance Cameron,
  Clinton, Lycoming, Northumberland, Potter

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PPA Grants Data Projects
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PPA Grants 2002-2004
GIS information compiled by the National Assembly
of State Arts Agencies
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Grant Award Dollars Per County 2002-2004
GIS information compiled by the National Assembly
of State Arts Agencies
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Grant Award Dollars Per Capita Per County
2002-2004
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Individual Creative Artists Track

• Fellowships(outstanding creative artists)
• Apprenticeship Program (Folk Traditional Arts)
• Traveling Exhibition

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Fellowships

• Fellowships are offered in nine discipline areas.
• Disciplines are grouped into categories.
• Categories are offered once every two years
  half one year, half the next.
• Awards are distributed in the amounts of 5,000
  and 10,000.
• In a two-year cycle
• 780,000 in awards
• 1,434 applicants, 135 recipients.

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Fellowship Disciplines

• Arts Commentary Perspectives on the Arts
• Crafts
• Dance - Choreography
• Folk Traditional Arts Craft Traditions,
  Performing Traditions, or Apprenticeships
• Literature Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, or
  Poetry
• Media Arts Narrative Documentary, Animation
  Experimental
• Music Jazz/Blues/World, Non-Classical
  Composition, or Classical Composition
• Theatre Scriptworks (for playwrights and
  screenwriters), or New Performance Forms
• Visual Arts Painting or Drawing/Artists
  Books/Printmaking or New Technologies/Genres, or
  Photography or Sculpture/Installation

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Fellowship Data

• Fellowship applications are evaluated by panels
  each Fall
• Council takes action on recommendations at
  December meeting
• FY2007-08
• Total number of applicants 802
• Total number of recommended 72
• Total amount recommended 430,000

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Partnerships Initiatives

• Accessibility to the Arts in Pennsylvania for
  Individuals with Disabilities Division
• Arts in Education Division
• Arts in Education Partnership
• Folk Traditional Arts
• Local Government Division
• Preserving Diverse Cultures Division Strategies
  for Success
• Pennsylvania Humanities Council

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Accessibility to the Arts in PA for Individuals
with Disabilities

• Projects that help make arts programs, materials,
  and events accessible.
• FY2007-08
• 24 applications
• 24 awards
• 88,000 distributed in accessibility grant awards

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Arts in Education (AIE) Division

• AIE Partnership County Map
• Division Overview
• AIE Partnership
• Residency Data

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Northeastern Intermediate Unit 19
Northern Tier Partnership for Arts in Education
Bradford County Regional Arts Council
ERIE
Arts Council of Erie
SUSQUEHANNA
TIOGA
BRADFORD
WARREN
POTTER
McKEAN
WAYNE
CRAWFORD
FOREST
WYOMING
CAMERON
ELK
SULLIVAN
LACKAWANNA
VENANGO
CLINTON
LYCOMING
PIKE
MERCER
LUZERNE
JEFFERSON
CLARION
COLUMBIA
MONROE
LAWRENCE
Galaxy the Arts in Education Program at Central
IU 10
MONTOUR
ArtsPath at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
UNION
Allentown Art Museum
BUTLER
ARMSTRONG
CARBON
NORTH- UMBERLAND
CENTRE
SNYDER
CLEARFIELD
NORTHAMPTON
Perry County Council of the Arts
BEAVER
SCHUYLKILL
LEHIGH
INDIANA
DAUPHIN
BERKS
ALLEGHENY
BLAIR
CAMBRIA
MIFFLIN
JUNIATA
BUCKS
LEBANON
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
South Central PaARTners at Millersville University
PERRY
HUNTINGDON
MONTGOMERY
WESTMORELAND
CUMBERLAND
YORK
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
WASHINGTON
LANCASTER
PHILADELPHIA
CHESTER
ADAMS
FRANKLIN
DELAWARE
GREENE
Cultural Alliance of York County
BEDFORD
SOMERSET
FAYETTE
FULTON
Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership
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AIE Division Overview

• Residencies Artists work intensively with
  small groups of students.
• Directory of Artists in Education (343 artists).
• AIE services Technical Assistance.
• FY2007-08
• 25 applications
• 25 awards
• 2,066,000 distributed in grant awards

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Arts in Education Partnership

• 13th year of operation.
• PCA works with regional Partners to foster
  participation in the creative process in schools
  and community settings.
• Partners recruit, select, train, place, and
  evaluate professional-quality artists for
  residencies in educational environments.
• Partners specialize in an interest area for
  in-depth exploration. These areas include
• Youth-at-Risk
• Early childhood education
• In-Service Pre-Service teacher training

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Arts in Education Partnership contd

• Partners provide professional development
  opportunities for more than 3,000 artists,
  teachers, administrators, pre-service teachers,
  and community leaders.
• Build relationships with more than 250
  educational agencies, community arts
  organizations, professional organizations.
• Available in 63 counties across the Commonwealth.

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Arts in Education (AIE) Partner Organizations

• Allentown Art Museum
• Arts Council of Erie
• ArtsPath Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  (IUP)
• Bradford County Regional Arts Council/The
  Northern Tier Partnership for Arts in Education
• Cultural Alliance of York County
• Galaxy The Arts in Education Program of Central
  Intermediate Unit 10

• Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit 19
• Perry County Council of the Arts
• Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership
• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
• South Central PaARTners Millersville University
• Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

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Folk Traditional Arts

• Administered by the Institute for Cultural
  Partnerships (ICP).
• AOAP
• Fellowships
• Apprenticeships.
• Regional Folk Art Support Centers
• Philadelphia Folklore Project
• Institute for Cultural Partnerships
• Rivers of Steel
• Northern Tier Cultural Alliance/ Center for Arts
  Folklife
• Erie Art Museum
• Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.

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Folk Traditional Arts Apprenticeships

• Master-Apprentice work together to pass on a
  traditional art form.
• In FY2007-08 25 applicants, 13 awards, amounting
  to 40,000 in funding.
• Examples of apprenticeships
• Slovenia Bobbin Lace
• Mexican Ballet Folklorico
• West African Dance
• Yoruba Beadwork.

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Local Government Division

• Encourages state and local government cooperation
  on behalf of the arts.
• In FY2007-08
• 118 grant awards.
• 350,000 distributed to grantees.

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Preserving Diverse Cultures Division Strategies
for Success

• Organizational stabilization and expansion of
  arts and cultural programming in
  culturally-specific communities
  (African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native
  American)
• Three Levels
• Basic Institutional/organizational establishment
• Intermediate Capacity-building, administrative
  and programmatic
• Advanced Track record, long-term stability

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Preserving Diverse Cultures Division Strategies
for Success cont.

• Services include
• Publication.
• Biennial Celebration of Visual Traditions
  Exhibition Conference.
• Newsletter.
• Roster.
• Internships.
• Black History Initiative.
• Collaborative outreach partnership with the
  Governors Commissions on African American,
  Asian, and Latino Affairs.

• In FY2006-07
• 33 applicants.
• 31 grant awards.
• 316,250 distributed in grant awards.
• 1 arts management internship.
• 1 administrative internship.
• 4 Challenge technical assistance awards.

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Additional Services

• Cities and Communities Initiative
• Technical Assistance and Professional Development
• Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF)
• Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT)
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• Americans for the Arts
• Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania (CAP)
• State Local Organizations and Arts Councils
• PCA Staff Workshops

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Cities and Communities Initiative

• Facilitates Pennsylvanias cities and communities
  in addressing issues of importance to the
  community through the use of arts and culture.
• PCA acts as an information broker and referral
  agent by collecting and disseminating
  information, convening peer groups, providing
  funding for consultants and studies, and
  providing travel subsidies.

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• Examples of activities
• An exploratory trip to Paducah, KYs Artist
  Relocation Program.
• Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties cultural planning
  work.
• The Oil City and the City of Scrantons
  development of downtown artist communities.
• City of Johnstowns program of financial
  incentives developed with Ameriserv Financial,
  the Progress Fund, and the Community Foundation
  to attract artists to relocate to the Citys new
  Kernville Arts District.
• Presentation to the Main Street and Elm Street
  Managers on statewide and national arts
  cultural development precedents and
  opportunities and facilitation of an interest
  group to ascertain needs and gather information
  with respect to these issues.

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Technical Assistance Professional Development

• Specific development needs (administrative,
  programmatic, artistic, conference attendance,
  peer-to-peer consultation).
• Two-page application without a deadline
• FY2007-08
• 180 applications.
• 150,000 distributed in funding.

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Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation

• Artists and Communities
• Regional artists residency program that supports
  partnership between visiting artist and
  non-profit organizations engaged in community
  based creative projects utilizing public
  participation in the process.
• Seventh year of support for the program in PA.
• In 2005, the PCAs support of 40,000 resulted in
  a total of 174,174 in grant awards to
  Pennsylvania artists and organizations.
• 70 of the projects funded in this multi state
  program included either a PA artist or a PA
  organization.

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• A groundbreaking public/private partnership
  between the PCA, the Vera I. Heinz Endowment, the
  Pew Charitable Trusts, and the William Penn
  Foundation, PennPAT awards grants to performing
  arts presenters in the Mid-Atlantic region, North
  Carolina and Ohio to enable them to present PA
  performing artists
• Provides income and development opportunities
  through increased access to and engagement with
  audiences in the region
• Funds the performers to enhance their touring or
  marketing capabilities and provides artist
  promotion at conferences, etc.

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• 1998 - 2006
• Granted over 4,512,700 to presenters for 1,370
  performance engagements with 133 different roster
  artists.
• Generated 11,550,000 in fees to PA roster
  artists.
• Showcased over 181 artists, and granted over
  686,284 for artists PR enhancement.

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Other Activities, Initiatives, Special Events

• Picture Pennsylvania
• Governors Awards for the Arts
• Bring it Home Conference Campaign
• PCA Website
• Presenting Initiatives

• Tourism Day AIE Day at the Capitol
• Information Services
• Other State Agencies

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Picture Pennsylvania

• Promotes in-state traveling exhibitions.
• Curate traveling exhibitions.
• Conferences, networking, and information
  exchange.
• www.picturepa.org

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Governors Awards for the Arts

• Since 1980, Pennsylvanias Governors have honored
  outstanding achievements and contributions to the
  vitality and availability of the arts through the
  presentation of the Governors Awards for the
  Arts.
• Governor Edward G. Rendell has chosen to
  recognize 5 categories that reflect the interests
  and priorities of his Administration
• Distinguished Arts Award
• Patron Award
• Outstanding Leadership Service in the Arts for
  Youth/Arts in Education Award
• Pennsylvania Creative Community Award and
• Artist of the Year.

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Governors Awards for the Arts
Williamsport 2008
Wilkes-Barre 2006
Allentown 2001
Altoona 2000
Pittsburgh 1997
Harrisburg 96, 99, 02
Greensburg 2005
Reading 2004
Philadelphia 1998
Gettysburg 2007
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Bring it Home Conference Campaign

• This initiative employs modest targeted funding
  support for arts organizations to bring their
  regional, national, and/or multi-state membership
  conferences to Pennsylvania
• PCA also provides registration fee support for
  Pennsylvanians to attend enabling them to
  network, gain access to vital industry
  information, and promote Pennsylvania and its
  artists and cultural organizations.

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Bring it Home Conference Campaign Data
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PCA Website

• http//www.pacouncilonthearts.org
• Information about the PCA
• Funding opportunities,
• Events,
• Services,
• Deadlines,
• Press Releases.
• eGRANT.
• Downloadable forms.
• Directories Publications.

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Presenting Initiatives

• American Masterpieces 2008 Paul Taylor Tour
• Presenter Consortium Touring
• Dance Link
• Mentor Program
• Travel Support
• PA Presenters Conference
• PA Presents.

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State of Pennsylvania
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Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts Culture
Industry166.2 Billion Annual Expenditures
National Numbers
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Nonprofit Arts Culture Industry in
Pennsylvania 1.99 Billion Annual Expenditures
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Nonprofit Arts Culture Industry in
Pennsylvania Compared to Other States
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Nonprofit Arts Culture Industry in
Pennsylvania Compared to Other States
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PCA Planning Process2006-2011
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Planning Process 2006-2011

• The PCA adopted its 2006-2011 strategic plan in
  December 2005.
• Eight public meetings with 302 participants
  generated a large amount of information on topics
  and challenges facing the field.
• The planning process included
• Identification of key issues developed into
  plan goals
• Objectives and strategies based on the plan
  goals
• Presentation and review of draft plan by Council
  
• Fine-tuning and approval.
• Annual Council evaluation of the plan occurs each
  October.