South Central PaARTners at Millersville University (SCPAMU), the regional arts in education partner for the PA Council on the Arts, received a $16,000 grant from PA Humanities as part of its $1.4 million recovery and growth program. Called PA SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan), the initiative provides flexible funding to strengthen and grow the humanities across the state.
SCPAMU trains and recruits teaching artists and places them in short-term residencies in schools and community settings throughout Berks, Lancaster, and Schuylkill counties. Artists are paid a living wage to allow them to work and thrive in the region. SCPAMU will use PA SHARP funding to extend its existing work in critical literacy, developing a new curriculum centered on hip-hop, creative writing, dance, and music. As with its existing programming, this program will be tied to core standards to infuse classroom learning with new and dynamic ways for all students to flourish academically, socially, and emotionally.
Funds from PA SHARP aim to help address the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the cultural sector by supporting creative programming, capacity building, and general operations. In addition to funding, the PA SHARP Learning Network will build a statewide community of people passionate about creating inclusive, engaged communities that are ready to lead the statewide recovery alongside PA Humanities.
Funding for PA SHARP comes from PA Humanities' federal partner, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This legislation allocated to the NEH funds to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from the pandemic.
The full list of PA SHARP grantees is available at http://www.pahumanities.org/pasharp.
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