Professional Development and Consulting

Description: A limited pool of funds is available throughout the year to address specific artistic, programmatic, administrative or technical needs. Funds are generally used to hire consultants to assess a specific issue and recommend action. Additionally, the PCA offers funding for professional growth opportunities. Most are non-matching awards.

Activity Period: Unless otherwise indicated, Professional Development requests of $2,000 or less may be submitted at any time.

Organizations

Management/Technical Assistance

Up to $2,000 may be requested to engage consultants to address the following:

• Cultural, financial, or strategic planning.

   

• Creating and improving the artistic quality of the documentation for an organization (i.e. slides, tapes, etc.)

   

• Mission, board, staff, or program development.

   

• Audience development or marketing.

   

• Fundraising.

   

• Evaluating and planning to make facilities, programs and staff accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Professional Growth Opportunities

• Funds may be requested up to $500 for peer to peer consultations.

   

• Up to $500 per person may be requested for registration and travel fees for arts conferences, seminars and workshops.  You may include more than one person on one application.

Busing Program: The Busing Program provides grants of up to $250 to assist groups attending arts events of artistic merit that might otherwise be inaccessible because of transportation problems. The program primarily serves groups living a distance from major cities, inner-city audiences for whom public transportation is inadequate, and special groups (i.e. people with disabilities or the elderly) for whom transportation is a problem.

The group must make its own provisions for the purchase of tickets to the events. Trips to events outside of Pennsylvania will not be supported. In most cases, the group attending the arts event and not the arts organization attended should apply. If the group attending is not incorporated, the organization producing the event may apply on their behalf, if a letter of intent from the attending group is enclosed. This is a non-matching award.