
As part of its Transformative Arts Process initiative, the Endowments awarded seven, $10,000 grants to support teaching artist residencies at organizations in African American or distressed communities. The groups and the artists who will be working with them are: Legacy Arts Project, Toni Stowers; Assemble, Darnell Chambers; POORLAW, Blak Rapp Madusa; YMCA Lighthouse Project, James Robertson; Focus on Renewal, Trevor Miles; Garden of Peace Project, Michael David Battle; and Ujamaa Collective, Dawn Surgest.
Learn more about the Transformative Arts ProcessOur grants tell the story of what we care about - people and the places where they live.
View All Grants AwardedThe Endowments’ work in Creativity supports and celebrates the importance of creativity in all aspects of the region’s success — through its artists and cultural organizations; the quality of life in its neighborhoods; the excellence of its public realm; and the voices of its citizens as active participants in cultural life.
View Strategic AreaThe Heinz Endowments’ focus on family and child well-being, holistic education and workforce readiness helps to build a community where curiosity, collaboration and innovation are encouraged and everyone has the opportunity to learn and achieve.
View Strategic AreaAs part of its efforts to pursue a just and sustainable Pittsburgh, The Heinz Endowments is advancing an equitable, clean economy that protects public health and the environment, and benefits all citizens of Pittsburgh.
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