Youngstown Playhouse receives $50,000 in grants

The Youngstown Playhouse is one of nine art and culture organizations in Ohio to receive grants.
61 Midwestern arts and culture organizations have received COVID-19 relief grants from Ohio's regional arts organization, Arts Midwest, through the second phase of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund.
The Resilience Fund's goal is to support historically under-resourced arts and culture organizations across the United States as they work to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
In November, Arts Midwest announced that 30 mid-to-large-sized organizations, including four in Ohio, received a total of $1.5 million in aid during the first wave of funding.
"We are grateful to Arts Midwest and the anonymous donor who expanded the Resilience Fund to reach organizations that are the binding threads in the fabric of their communities. The arts in Ohio are strengthened through the work of arts and cultural organizations of all sizes. We applaud the tenacity and creativity championed by arts leaders throughout the state and thank them for their hard work and dedication in such trying times," said Donna S. Collins, Ohio Arts Council Executive Director.
Here's the list of the nine arts and culture organizations to receive grants:
Passion Works Studio (Athens) - $50,000
Black Swamp Arts Festival (Bowling Green) - $35,000
Majestic Theatre (Chillicothe) - $15,000
Maroon Arts Group (Columbus) - $15,000
Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (Homerville) - $20,000
ArtSpace Lima (Lima) - $40,000
Paper Circle (Nelsonville) - $10,000
Piqua Arts Council (Piqua) - $25,000
The Youngstown Playhouse (Youngstown) - $50,000
"As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the nation, smaller arts and culture organizations are deeply hurting. We are grateful to the Mellon Foundation and our anonymous funder for investing in the creative core of the Midwest. We are hopeful that these funds will help organizations across our region weather the storm so that they can keep serving their communities for years to come," said Torrie Allen, Arts Midwest President and CEO.