Heinz Endowments announces $434K for creative projects that amplify social justice issues

PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 16, 2020 – The Heinz Endowments today announced the first cohort of grant recipients for its new Just Arts program, an initiative that supports artists, organizations and communities who harness the power of the arts to respond to social issues affecting the Pittsburgh region and beyond.

Six projects will receive grants totaling $434,750. Projects awarded funding include a series of artistic billboards that amplify equity and diversity-themes that will stretch across Westmoreland County; the collaborative creation of artwork for recently arrived refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and a Hill District-based residency for black mothers who identify as artists, creatives and activists.  

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