Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has announced 62 grant awards totaling $396,090 in fee support for 12 performing arts ensembles through its 2009 ArtsCONNECTprogram. The Foundation received 105 applications requesting over $1,068,905 in support of 22 tours for the 2009 funding round of ArtsCONNECT. Many of the funded engagements will feature workshops, residencies, or classes in conjunction with performances.

This year's projects include: Adrienne Young and Band, The Ahn Trio, Ballet Hispanico, Eiko and Koma, Hot 8 Brass Band, Kathy Mattea and Moving Mountains, Kronos Quartet, The Living Word Project/Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Pilobolus, Ragamala Music and Dance Theater, Rennie Harris Puremovement, and the String Trio of New York.

ArtsCONNECT 2009 grants will support performing arts presenters in all nine mid-Atlantic region partner states and jurisdictions. A complete list of ArtsCONNECT grants, including local venues and artists, can be accessed here. For specific performance dates and times, please contact the appropriate presenting organization.

Photo: Kathy Mattea and Moving Mountains will tour as part of the 2009 ArtsCONNECT program.

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation is again administering individual artist fellowship programs for the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in 2009. The application deadlines for the 2009 fellowships are as follows:

· New Jersey: July 15, 2008
· Maryland: July 31, 2008
· Delaware: August 1, 2008
· Pennsylvania: August 4, 2008

The online application and guidelines for each of the states are available by clicking here.

Questions concerning the state individual artist fellowship programs should be directed to Joanna Raczynska at 410-539-6656 ext. 101 or joanna@midatlanticarts.org.

Spring 2008 Presenter Grant Awards
This spring, PennPAT awarded $439,942 for 103 touring engagements with 57 different PennPAT roster artists. Grants were awarded to organizations in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Grant awards ranged from $300 to $30,225. Included in the funded engagements are two New Directions Grants: for Squonk Opera to work in residence at the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte; and for Miro Dance Theatre to work in residence at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. New Directions grants include a residency lasting at least 7 days and provide roster artists with the time and space to focus on their work, create new work and/or share the philosophical underpinnings, rationale and processes of their work with presenters and audiences. A detailed list of grant awards is available by clicking here.

For PennPAT guidelines, applications or information, contact www.pennpat.org,Tel: 215/496-9424, E-mail: info@pennpat.org.

PA Performing Arts on Tour Interviewed on CN8
CN8 television recently interviewed PennPAT Program Associate Chrissie DiAngelus for their Pittsburgh Comcast Newsmakers segment. The segment will air in the Pittsburgh area approximately 50 times during the month of June. A link to the segment will be posted on PennPAT's website at the end of the month.