Presenters in Mid-Atlantic Region Receive Over $240,000 in Support

Baltimore, MD – July 25, 2019 – Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) is pleased to announce 33 grants through its 2019-2020 ArtsCONNECT touring program. The grants, awarded directly to the presenting organizations, will provide $240,036 in support of tours by nine performing artists and ensembles at 30 different performing arts presenters in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Grantees include a mix of independent and university-based presenters from urban, suburban, and rural communities across the mid-Atlantic region. Tours will visit the following organizations and communities: 

Ballet Hispanico of New York New York, NY Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA

Compagnie HERVÉ KOUBI Brive, France  Dance Place, Washington, DC The Joyce Theater, New York, NY Oswego College – ARTSwego Performing Arts Series, Oswego, NY

Ephrat Asherie Dance New York, NY PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, Chatham, NY University of Maryland College Park – Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD University of Pennsylvania – Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Hear in Now International Arts for Art, New York, NY CapitalBop, Washington, DC Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

Jumatatu Poe & Donte Beacham Philadelphia, PA BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx, NY Dance Place, Washington, DC Henry Street Settlement – Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY

Layer the Walls Brooklyn, NY The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie, NY Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY Jewish Community Center of Baltimore – Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD Ocean County College – The Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts, Toms River, NJ

Manual Cinema Chicago, IL Bucknell University – Weis Center for the Performing Arts, Lewisburg, PA Columbia Festival of the Arts, Columbia, MD Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY Shenandoah University – Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester, VA State University of New York New Paltz, New Paltz, NY University of Richmond – Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, VA Williams Center for the Arts, Easton, PA

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia Windsor, NS, Canada Potsdam College – Community Performance Series, Potsdam, NY Shea’s Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY University of Pittsburgh at Bradford – Pitt-Bradford Arts, Bradford, PA

The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Brass Band Newtown Square, PA Geneva Concerts, Geneva NY Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY New Jersey City University Center for the Arts, Jersey City, NJ UAlbany Performing Arts Center, Albany, NY

A complete list of ArtsCONNECT grants, including engagement dates and links to presenters and artists, can be accessed here. To confirm performance dates and times, please contact the appropriate presenting organization. 

Recommendations for support were made to MAAF by the following panel of arts professionals:  

• Viviana Benitez, Associate Producer, David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, NY)
• Laura Kendall, Vice President of Programming & Education, Omaha Performing Arts (Omaha, NE)
• Bonnie Schock, Executive Director, Sheldon Theatre of Performing Arts (Red Wing, MN)
• Sixto Wagan, Director – Center for Art & Social Engagement, University of Houston (Houston, TX)

ArtsCONNECT increases access to live performing arts engagements across the mid-Atlantic region through support for touring projects proposed by presenter consortia. In addition to public performances, each engagement includes complementary activities designed to foster greater appreciation for artists’ work, and offer meaningful exchanges between artists and the public. The program supports tours of exceptional artists involving all performing arts disciplines, including dance, music, theater, multi-disciplinary work, and folk/traditional arts.  

ArtsCONNECT is made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts‘ Regional Touring Program. 

Images: Ballet Hispanico in Linea Recta. Credit: Paula Lobo; Compagnie HERVÉ KOUBI. Credit: Stéphanie Para; Ephrat Asherie Dance in Odeon. Credit: Matthew Murphy; Hear in Now. Credit: Courtesy of the artist; Jumatatu Poe & Donte Beacham. Credit: Theo Cote; Layer the Walls. Credit: Buatti-Ramos Photography; Manual Cinema in Frankenstein. Credit: Michael Brosilow; Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia in The Rainbow Fish. Credit: Michael Venn; The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Brass Band. Credit: Courtesy of the artist.

About Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation develops partnerships and programs that reinforce artists’ capacity to create and present work and advance access to and participation in the arts. The Foundation was created in 1979 and is a private non-profit organization that is closely allied with the region’s state arts councils and the National Endowment for the Arts. It combines funding from state and federal resources with private support from corporations, foundations, and individuals to address needs in the arts from a regional, national, and international perspective. For more information on the Foundation’s programs and services, please visit: www.midatlanticarts.org

Contact:
Karen Newell
Director, External Affairs
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation 
karen@midatlanticarts.org
410.539.6656 x104