Performing Arts League Announces Applications For 2020 Grants And Scholarships For Youth Involvement

  • Monday, February 24, 2020

The Performing Arts League (PAL) announced that applications are now available for 2020 grants to arts organizations for youth arts programs and scholarships to support young performers. The mission of the Performing Arts League is to support youth involvement in the performing arts throughout Chattanooga and the surrounding area. Applications can be downloaded from the PAL website: https://www.palchattanooga.org/scholarships--grants.html. Notification of awards will be made on April 30, 2020.

Performing Arts League Grants encourage the expansion and development of programs that recruit, develop or train young students for participation in all disciplines of the performing arts, including dance, theatre, and instrumental and vocal music. Grants are available to organizations that actively support young performing artists. More than one project within the organization may qualify for a grant request. However, the Performing Arts League awards only one grant per organization per year. Deadline for complete Grant application submission must be received by March 15, 2020. Notification of awards will be made by April 30, 2020.

Performing Arts League Scholarships encourage participation in programs that recruit, develop or train young students in all disciplines of the performing arts, including dance, theatre, and instrumental and vocal music. Scholarships are available to individuals who are active participants in such programs. More than one student within an organization may make a scholarship request. The Performing Arts League awards only one scholarship per student per year. Deadline for complete Scholarship Application submission must be received by March 30, 2020. Notification of awards will be made by April 30, 2020.

Linda Thompson, president of the Performing Arts League, said, “Each year we look forward to receiving applications from innovative youth arts programs and talented young people all around Chattanooga. We are pleased to provide support for local arts organizations to expand programs that enable young people to experience the performing arts. We are excited to see the remarkable abilities of these aspiring young artists and to assist them in realizing their goals. We are gratified that our grants and scholarships have brought meaningful opportunities to outstanding arts organizations and many gifted young performers in our area.”

The Performing Arts League is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting youth involvement in the performing arts throughout Chattanooga and the surrounding area. In 2011, a group of fifteen people met to explore organizing a nonprofit corporation to benefit youth in the disciplines of theater, dance, and vocal and instrumental music. This resulted in formation of the Performing Arts League, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to promote youth involvement in the performing arts. The Performing Arts League, Inc. has grown to over sixty members composed of women and men, including active professionals and retirees. Between 2014 and 2019, the Performing Arts League awarded over $135,000 in Scholarships and Grants to individuals and to support youth arts programs in the greater Chattanooga area.

Among the individuals and organizations who have received funds from the Performing Arts League are: Chattanooga Ballet, Chattanooga Theatre Centre (Youth Theatre), Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras, Ballet Tennessee, Chattanooga Girls Choir, Chattanooga Boys Choir (Only Men Aloud), Chattanooga Clarinet Choir (Concerto Competition), The Howard School Band, String Theory, East Lake Expression Engine, Unity Performing Arts, Christian Family Theater, and the Kiwanis Club of Chattanooga (Musical Playground).

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