Supporting Work at the Intersection of Arts, Education,
Healing and Social Justice
Meet Our Grantees
The Bartol Foundation provides grants to the Arts community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This includes grants to Arts Organizations, Teaching Artist Micro-Grants and the annual George Bartol Art Education Award.
Arts Organization Grants
2CENTS, Inc.
2 Communities Empowering Neighbors to Teach Students
General Operating Support ($6,000)
2CENTS is a nonprofit empowering individuals and communities through arts education, fostering creativity, self-expression, and cultural appreciation. We offer high-quality programs in drumming, visual art, mural painting, and dance to underserved populations, inspiring lifelong passion and career opportunities in the arts. Our mission is to create a more equitable and inclusive society through cultural pride and personal transformation. More Info: philly2cents.org
Acting Without Boundaries
General Operating Support ($6,000) & bartol award winner
Acting Without Boundaries (AWB) mission is to transform lives and build self-esteem in an empowering community of people with physical disabilities through performing arts programs that celebrate ability. More info: actingWithoutBoundaries.org
Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos
General Operating Support ($6,000)
Artistas y Músicos Latinoamericanos (AMLA) promotes the development, dissemination and understanding of Latin America music and culture in the Philadelphia Region with a strong emphasis on youth. More info: amla.org
Arts without Boundaries
General Operating Support ($7,500)
Arts without Boundaries mission is to provide access to high-quality performing arts education and opportunities for young people, regardless of their background or socioeconomic status, with the goal of fostering creativity, self-expression, and personal growth.
More info:
www.ArtsWithoutBoundaries.org
ArtWell
General Operating Support ($6,000)
ArtWell empowers youth and communities through arts education and reflection, fostering strengths and dreams to overcome challenges and promote academic and personal growth. More info: theArtWell.org
Cambodian American Girls Empowering
General Operating Support ($6,000)
Cambodian American Girls Empowering's mission is to create safe spaces for the exploration of Cambodian American arts, culture, and identities. More info: cagempowering.org
DANCE IQUAIL!
General Operating Support ($7,500)
Founded in 2007, Dance Iquail works uses movement to promote a world of equity and equality. DI uses the art of dance as a conduit to create social change primarily for those considered to be disadvantaged.
More info:
DanceIquail.org
Eleone Dance Theatre
General Operating Support/arts Education ($7,500)
Committed to perpetuating the legacy of American dance by providing affordable dance training, performances of the highest artistic merit, and bringing the live performing dance arts to new and underserved communities by widening access to the arts for all communities. eleoneDance.org
FamFrequency Productions
General Operating Support ($6,000)
FamFrequency Productions empowers young music producers with the skills, resources, and relationships needed to build sustainable careers in the music industry. Through comprehensive education in music production, branding, financial literacy, and business planning, we aim to create pathways to income for artists and audio engineers.
More info: famFrequencyProductions.org
Juntos
General Operating Support ($6,000)
Juntos is a community-led, Latine, immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. Through Guachinangos Youth Music Academy, we work with a collective of musicians who are immigrants, culture bearers, and activists working to preserve traditional Latin American music styles, fuse Mexican folkloric music with Afro-Colombian rhythms, and mentor the next generation of Latinx youth. More info: vamosjuntos.org
Lil Filmmakers Inc.
Project Support ($7,500)
The Future is Us Collective provides free platforms for emerging artists to showcase their artworks while giving young Philadelphians a safe space to enjoy the arts. In addition to exhibitions, we facilitate public programming for young creatives with a primary goal of radical healing, cultivating spaces where participants can collectively process trauma and share knowledge through art making. More info: lilFilmmakersinc.com
Mad Beatz Philly
General Operating Support ($6,000)
Mad Beatz Philly trains drummers from Philadelphia communities to be performers and teachers under the mentorship of compassionate professionals from their very own neighborhoods.
More info: madBeatzPhilly.com
Museum of Black Joy
General Operating Support/Arts Education ($6,000)
To cultivate, celebrate, commemorate and circulate stories that center Black joy.
More info: museumOfBlackJoy.com
Original American Foundation
project Support ($6,000)
Original American Foundation is dedicated to bettering the BIPOC community in Philadelphia. This is accomplished by educating in community /home gardening, carpentry, arts and culture. More info: originalAmericanFoundation.com
Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society, inc.
general Operating Support ($6,000)
Established in 1999, the Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society is committed to the promotion and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Chinese Community in the form of Chinese Opera through educational activities and touring engagements.
More info: philapCOS.org
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts
Project Support ($7,500)
The mission of the organization is to celebrate and preserve the legacy of jazz through accessible education for the Greater Philadelphia region, and support the evolving art form through talent development, programming and public performance.
More info: clefClubOfJazz.org
PHonk!Philly
General Operating Support/Arts Education ($7,500)
PHonk!Philly's mission is to help strengthen Philadelphia communities and empower the residents through dynamic, interactive cultural experiences that blend music, art, and large-scale community engagement.
More info: Instagram: @phonk215
Photography Without Borders
General Operating Support/Arts Education ($6,000)
Photography Without Borders empowers young artists to tell their stories to a wider audience through photography.,
More info: photographywithoutborders.org
Power Street Theatre
General Operating Support/Arts Education ($6,000)
Power Street Theatre (PST) is dedicated to art for social change by investing in creative thought leaders, multidisciplinary artists, and community voices through prioritizing representation, accessibility, education, arts advocacy, and joy.
More info: PowerStreetTheatre.com
Rebel Arts
General Operating Support/Arts Education ($7,500)
Rebel Arts Movement Center empowers youth & adults through instruction in acrobatics, tumbling, and aerial arts by catering to each individual need and providing a space for authenticity. We are bold with our instruction and strive to remain outside of the normal class structure.
More info: rebelArtsMovement.com
Teaching Artist Micro Grants
Brittany Almeta Calhoun
Brittany Almeta Calhoun (she/her) is a visual artist offering a series of Self & Family Archivation workshops for youth in West Philadelphia using photography and framing techniques
Patricia Renee Thomas
Patricia Renee Thomas (she/her) is a painter offering free workshops on collage, assemblage, figurative drawing, painting, and still life for Black women, femmes, and girls at the Colored Girls Museum
Andrea Garcia Espinal
Andrea Garcia Espinal (she/her) is a dance artist teaching Latin children to perform the "Danza de Arcos y Tejedores", a traditional dance from the State of Puebla using ribbons and flowers
Arielle Siler
Arielle Siler (she/her) is a theatre artist offering workshops for returned citizens that focus on addressing gun violence with Institute for Community Justice (ICJ)
Chris Lau
Chris Lau (they/them) is a fiber artist providing materials and instruction for free monthly Craft Circles at Weaver House
Fall 2024
Teaching Artist Micro-Grant recipients
Julia Havard
Julia Havard (they/them, ze/zir) is a performance maker offering creative accessibility services for a digital community archive documenting and celebrating the experiences of Disabled people
William John Guy III
William John Guy III (he/him) is a music artist who will purchase musical instruments for weekly Music Family Hour, an interactive music class for very young children and their families at First Unitarian Church
Morgan Charéce Hall
Morgan Charéce Hall (she/her) is a theatre artist offering workshops for returned citizens that focus on addressing gun violence with Institute for Community Justice (ICJ)
Mafalda Thomas-Bouzy
Mafalda Thomas-Bouzy (she/her) is a stilt walker and storyteller developing the educational assembly, "From Africa to America: A Journey in Song, Rhythms, Dance and Stories!” for youth and intergenerational communities.
Darrick Story
Darrick Story (he/him) is the director of Magic Music Group Drillteam & Arts Program, where he will teach dance, step, drums, and music arts to youth living in Logan, Philadelphia in preparation for a competition held by The Youth Empowerment Society
Our Fall 2023 Micro-Grants awardees are listed below. Visit their social media to view artwork created by these talented teaching artists.
Allison Jasne
Amy Lynne Kelly | instagram
Angelica Spilis | instagram
Anthony Folks | instagram
Jillian M Rock | website
Kareem Bikim Goodwin | instagram
Keyonna Butler | instagram
Lars Shimabukuro | instagram
Marisol Rosa-Shapiro | instagram
Thembi Palmer | instagram
The George Bartol Arts Education Award
Acting Without Boundaries
Acting Without Boundaries is the 2024 Winner of the George Bartol Arts Education Award.
The Award of $5,000 is given to an organization that provides sustained, meaningful participation in the arts; that demonstrates an active engagement in the lives of its students and community; and that maintains high artistic standards for its faculty and students.
Acting Without Boundaries (AWB) mission is to transform lives and build self-esteem in an empowering community of people with physical disabilities through performing arts programs that celebrate ability.
You can find out more about them here.
Warrior Writers (2022)
Danse4Nia (2021)
Big Picture Alliance (2020)
Allens Lane Art Center (2019)
Sister City Girls Choir (2018)
Philly Youth Poetry Movement (2017)
AMLA (Artistas y Musicos Latino Americano) (2016)
ArtWell (2015)
Philadanco (2014)
The Village of Arts and Humanities (2013)
1812 Productions (2012)
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture (2011)
Spiral Q Puppet Theater (2010)
Art Sanctuary (2009)
Taller Puertorriqueño (2008)
Mount Carmel After-School Music Program (2007)
Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial (2006)
The Clay Studio (2005)
Scribe Video Center (2004)
Philadelphia Folklore Project (2002)
Southwest Community Enrichment Center (2001)