The Sprout Fund Spring Biodiversity Program

The Sprout Fund Spring Program is a funding stream to support local biodiversity initiatives in 2011. Supported by The Pittsburgh Foundation, this new program will catalyze community-based projects in Allegheny County, Westmoreland County, and the surrounding communities of Southwestern Pennsylvania with small grants of up to $20,000.

Biodiversity, or the variety of life on Earth, is essential to sustaining the living networks and systems that provide us with health, wealth, food, fuel and the vital resources our lives depend on. The loss of biodiversity, due in part to human activity, has greatly accelerated. These irreversible losses impoverish us all and damage the life support systems we rely on every day.

By supporting two classes of projects, $5,000 awards and $20,000 awards, Spring will catalyze the execution of 20 community‐based projects that creatively address the challenges we face and inspire a greater stewardship of our region’s natural resources. The following examples are good benchmarks for the anticipated size and scope of Spring Awards:

Applications are due by 5pm on Friday September 24, 2010.

more info here.
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The Pittsburgh Art Blog

The Pittsburgh Art Blog features selected pittsburgh artists and upcoming exhibits with photos from the artists and galleries. since the major press outlets do not go beyond a directory listing of exhibits, blogs are needed to promote pittsburgh artists and their work. the blog also calls attention to the inferiority complex of pittsburgh art and how it's perpetuated by the major players in town. Started on August 20, 2007.pittsburgh area galleries and art venues are listed at the sister site www.PghGalleries.com.the blog and website are volunteer projects from fine art photographer and pittsburgh art advocate rick byerly, www.RickByerly.com.

Dear G-20: Pittsburgh is art: But you wouldn't know it from what our public officials say

A great article from Charlie Humphrey:

Dear G-20: Pittsburgh is art: But you wouldn't know it from what our public officials say

Friday, September 18, 2009

By Charlie Humphrey

This is so duh, you have to wonder why anyone even brings it up any more. Except, it seems, no one in a position of public authority ever does bring it up. Except the president.

Read more:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09261/998770-109.stm#ixzz0RUH7ycMv

RAD Board Proposes Funding Freeze

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The Pittsburgh Galleries blog is a volunteer effort from Rick Byerly to promote Pittsburgh art events which feature artists from the area. The PghGalleries.com website effort is an up-to-date directory with Pittsburgh area art venues. Thanks go to Sirani Gallery of 5875 Forbes Ave in Squirrel Hill for being a sponsor and David L. Edwards Art and Anonymous for their donations to this effort. Donation and sponsor info can be found here. Rick Byerly, Uniquetake Photography
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RAD board proposes funding freeze
Most capital aid also dropped as tax revenues decline

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Among those taking hits is the city-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority, whose request for $2 million to cover a chronic operating deficit at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center was sliced by half.
Others losing out include the organizations that oversee the Benedum Center, Heinz Hall, the Byham Theater and the Senator John Heinz History Center, which were denied capital assistance to make roof or other repairs to those buildings.

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Pittsburgh art events: http://www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/ Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
Photography from rick byerly: http://www.uniquetake.com/ and http://www.rickbyerly.com/

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GPAC, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Blog, News, Updates

Good to see that GPAC, The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, has a blog . Already looking to be a valuable art resource:

The NEA Offers a 21st Century Artist Profile

I also saw a link to a Tribune article on the McCune Foundation's suspension of unsolicited grant applications until September 30, 2008.

And the below info not being new news to a lot of people in the pgh art world:

According to the foundation's 2007 audit, one of its biggest investments is National City, which has been battered along with many other banks by rising defaults on mortgages and other types of loans.
National City shares, of which McCune owns more than 4.8 million, have tumbled nearly 91 percent, from $38.32 in April 2007 to $3.56 a share at the closing bell Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange. The value of the foundation's shares has plunged from $185.1 million to nearly $17.4 million, a loss of $167.7 million.

Source: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_577790.html

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Like what's posted on this blog and the website http://www.pghgalleries.com/ ? This is a volunteer effort so donations of any size are welcome which can be made via paypal here . Also at that link anyone interested in purchasing banner space, which includes placement on this blog and websites, can sign up there. Banner design included. Thanks! Rick Byerly
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Pittsburgh art events: www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/ Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
Photography from rick byerly: http://www.uniquetake.com/ and http://www.rickbyerly.com/

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Arts Supporter Call To Action from GPAC

From GPAC, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council ( I'm a member there)

The Pennsylvania State Budget

Contact Your Legislator Today!

Dear Arts Advocate,

PA Representative Mark Cohen will introduce Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380, otherwise known as the Budget Bill, to increase the appropriation for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants to arts organizations by an additional $1.5 million. This supplementary increase, added to the increase already requested by Governor Edward G. Rendell in February, will raise the state appropriation for Grants-to-the-Arts to $17.225 million. This funding level will provide much-needed additional resources next year as the PCA works to serve the people of Pennsylvania through support for nonprofit arts organizations, arts programs, and artists; arts in education; and continuing investments in partnerships and initiatives. In 2007, the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council administered $283,931 of PCA funding through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts to 81 artists and arts organizations in Allegheny County.

We need your help now. Please take a few minutes to contact your legislator, at the district office or in Harrisburg. Let him/her know that you support this increase and would like them to vote for a budget that includes Rep. Cohen's amendment. You can access your legislator's contact information by visiting the Legislative Action Center. Also, take a few more minutes to forward this e-mail to friends, family and board members asking them to also contact their legislators on this important issue. To help us keep track of support, please let me know what your legislator's response was to your request. Send their responses to ddupay@pittsburghartscouncil.org.

We are under a time crunch...please contact your legislator TODAY and ask him/her to support Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380. Thank you for your help. Remember, every voice counts!

Here is sample text for you to take and make your own.

Subject: Support Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380

Dear [Your legislator's name here],
When PA Representative Mark Cohen introduces Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380, he will propose an increase in the appropriation for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants to arts organizations by an additional $1.5 million. This supplementary increase, added to the increase already requested by Governor Edward G. Rendell in February, will raise the state appropriation for Grants-to-the-Arts to $17.225 million. This funding level will provide much-needed additional resources next year as the PCA works to serve the people of Pennsylvania through support for nonprofit arts organizations, arts programs, and artists; arts in education; and continuing investments in partnerships and initiatives.I urge you to support this amendment. This increase in the agency's grants for the arts will enable the PCA to broaden the availability of the arts in Southwestern Pennsylvania as well as to support the arts and culture sector in a meaningful way. PCA dollars help sustain our region's cultural assets and keep our region competitive in attracting residents, businesses, and tourists. Thank you for considering this request to support increased funding for the PCA.
Sincerely,[Your name here.]



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Like what's posted on this blog and the website http://www.pghgalleries.com/ ? This is a volunteer effort so donations of any size are welcome which can be made via paypal here . Also at that link anyone interested in purchasing banner space, which includes placement on this blog and websites, can sign up there. Banner design included. Thanks! Rick Byerly
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Pittsburgh art events: http://www.pittsburghgalleries.blogspot.com/
Pittsburgh art gallery directory: http://www.pghgalleries.com/
Photography from rick byerly: http://www.uniquetake.com/ and http://www.rickbyerly.com/

check out
http://www.PghGalleries.com

sponsored by:

pittsburgh galleries is a project from
pittsburgh photographer rick byerly, http://www.uniquetake.com

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