Twenty eight artists and musicians, along with visual and performing arts not-for-profits, have received Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) grant checks.

PPA is a state-funding initiative of the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts (PCA) to provide financial support of arts activities for every county in the state.

The PPA grant application process is coordinated by Marilyn J. Roberts and the Lehigh Valley Arts Council for Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties.

The following individuals and organizations received PPA arts grant for projects between Sept. 1 and Aug. 31, 2015:

Anne Hills, "The Morningtime of Now: Stories of Opal Whiteley," in collaboration with Mock Turtle Marionettes: $412;

Ed Courrier, political cartoons exhibit, Macungie Institute: $961;

Second Story Blues Alliance, Lehigh River Blues Jam: $1,161;

Allentown Public Theatre, "Charlotte's Web" and storytelling: $1,240;

Chestnut Hill Church, residency with Simple Gifts: $1,185;

Community Music School, student recitals: $558;

Sarah Carlson-DanceLink, "The Unbelievable Beauty of Being Human": $494;

Friends of the Allentown Parks, Allentown Cherry Blossom Festival: $904;

Historic Bethlehem Partnership, presentations on historic music instruments: $598;

James Carroll, solo exhibit of paper oval spheres and mixed media art: $789;

Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, exhibit of Mort Künstler paintings: $1,207;

Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange, SpringUp Dance Festival: $945;

Lydia Panas, "After Sargent" photography exhibition: $899;

Marine Band, Phoebe Home concert: $721;

Mary Wright, "May-Sway The Burma Project": $1,218;

Moravian College Music Institute, performance and lecture by percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie: $1,196;

Nazareth Center for the Arts, documentary film series: $871;

Nora Suggs-Fairfield Duo, classical guitar performances of "Americans in Paris": $880;

Penn State Lehigh Valley Art Gallery, "Greg Weaver: Urban American Folk Artist" exhibit: $975;

Pennsylvania Jazz Collective, three-day jazz series: $1,161;

Pioneer Band, concerts at Cedarbrook: $498;

Rick Smith, photo project, "Heart & Soil: Our Farms, Our Legacy": $1,176;

Sally Weiner Grotta, "American Hands" photo exhibit, Palmerton Library: $1,130;

Allentown Shakespeare in the Park-Sarah Steele, "The Comedy of Errors," Daddona Terrace: $1,161;

Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, "The Lost Art of Handicraft" interactive workshops, Sigal Museum: $1,267;

Totts Gap Arts Institute, "Heritage Mural Education Program," Slate Belt area: $1,107;

Ukrainian American Heritage Foundation for Ukrainian Folk Dance Camp and workshop, Lehighton: $1,052, and

Valley Contra Dance Society, holiday contra dance with caller and live music, Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethlehem: $765.