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Contact: Diane FelcynPerkins Center for the Arts (856) 235 6488
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Moorestown, NJ 08057
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Perkins Center for the ARts
Press Release
Perkins Center 1 of 22 Local Organizations Sharing $1 MILLION FROM PNC ARTS ALIVE
Moorestown & Collingswood, May 30, 2015: For the seventh straight year, PNC will support large and small arts groups in the Philadelphia-Southern New Jersey region through the PNC Arts Alive initiative. The grants cover a wide range of disciplines, audiences and participatory experiences. Since its introduction, PNC Arts Alive has provided a total of $7 million to support more than 160 arts programs and 80 organizations to increase access to the arts and culture in Philadelphia-Southern New Jersey. This award marks Perkins Center’s 4th PNC Arts Alive award in support of Social Artworking, a series of programs designed to eliminate perceived and actual barriers to the arts in Southern New Jersey.
“Through PNC Arts Alive, we continue to help invigorate local arts organizations while bringing new and exciting programs to our community,” said Paula Fryland, PNC regional president for Philadelphia-Southern New Jersey. “The creativity and collaboration demonstrated by the local arts community is evident in the programs that will be introduced, while enabling new visitors and residents alike to experience a diverse range of exhibits and performances.”
Perkins Center’s Social Artworkingis one of four South Jersey based PNC Arts Alive programs taking place starting in June. Funding of $35,000 from PNC Arts Alive is supporting a full year of programming focused on eliminating barriers to the arts. Social Artworking will target and attract youth and family audiences living in and around Collingswood, Camden and Moorestown, NJ. Continuous free and low-cost programs presented in outdoor, public, and welcoming settings, will build, diversify and deepen audience participation in the arts. Except for scholarships, every part of Social Artworking has been designed as free experiences taking place in outdoor public settings as a way to attract the diverse multi-generational audience already in the spaces. These locations include: the Perkins Arboretum in Moorestown, the Collingswood Farmer’s Market and the Eco Park at Perkins Center, Collingswood.
The 2015-2016 Social Artworking Program will include the following programs and services:
5 Free Outdoor Concerts
To attract a large audience and to create a comfortable experience, concerts are free, will not require pre-registration and they will be presented outdoors in picnic-like settings.
2 in Moorestown June 13, June 27, 2015, 7pm
2 in Collingswood in May, June 2016
1 in Moorestown in June 2016
20 Summer Arts and Eco Camp Scholarships, Perkins Center Moorestown
A continuation of Perkins Center’s Camden Arts Initiative, now in its 29th year, scholarships are awarded to children living in Camden who have an interest in the arts but to not have the means to participate in the camp. Each scholarship includes round-trip transportation, snacks and lunches for a two week period.
10 awarded in June 29-August 21, 2015, 10 10 awarded in June 27-August 19, 2016
6 Free Final Friday Family Making Stations, Perkins Center Moorestown
Free Final Friday workshops designed for families of Campers will encourage a deeper level of family participation and will include a Camp art exhibition, live performance presented by the Campers, and a series of “making stations” designed to facilitate collaborative creations by the Camper and his/her family. All members of the public are invited to participate in these outdoor celebrations in Moorestown.
July 10, July 24, August 7, 2015 and July 8, July 22, August 5, 2016.
4 Free Creation Stations, Collingswood Farmers’ Market
Free and low-cost “creation stations” during the Collingswood Farmers’ Market (taking place in front of Perkins Center, Collingswood) will engage the diverse multi-generational audience in a hands-on creative making experience while developing direct connections to the artwork on view in Perkins Center’s gallery which will be free and open to the public during Market hours
June, July 2016
Perkins Center for the Arts is honored to be a part of the PNC Arts Alive Year 7 portfolio. For more information on Social Artworking visit PerkinsArts.org.
Perkins Center for the Arts' mission-based work has been far reaching across Burlington and Camden counties since 1977. Perkins Center's programs and services endeavor to facilitate meaningful experiences through the arts; to enrich lives, and inspire learning, collaboration, interdisciplinary & intercultural experiences. They include; conservatory of music; visual & performing arts classes; exhibitions; concerts; school residency programs; camp for urban and suburban youth; and community enrichment projects.