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Lewiston Council on the Arts presents quality visual and performing art experiences in Niagara County.

The team at Project arts are always looking for volunteers to help with our many activities. If you have time and would like to help out at just one event, or many please do not hesitate to contact John (774-204-5118) Did you know you can donate directly to Project Arts? By using the Paypal "Donate" button on our main page you can help support Project Arts. No donation is too small and all money donated is tax deductible. Please consider helping Project Arts of Plymouth by clicking the button below. Your help is greatly appreciated and our summer concert series and year long programs would not be possible without your generous help! 100% of money raised goes directly to Project Arts and funds the programs and music that we have all come to enjoy!

The Community Cultural Exchange (CCE) is a community-driven project to create an art and culture center on or near South Street, Philadelphia, PA. CCE members are defined as people who live, work, play, eat, drink, commune, bike, skate, walk and/or breathe in the South Street area. CCE members come from all walks of life and choose to enjoy the beauty, history, art, people and culture offered in this space on planet Earth. In Spring 2006, CCE members, then "South Street people", participated in the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Committee's Coffee House Challenge sponsored by Starbuck's to look at the question: What kind of space would best serve we the people/visitors of South Street? After a few weeks of dialogue at the Starbuck's on 4th and South, with various participants (artists, both long and short-term residents, business owners, students and visitors), the CCE idea was born: To build a space on or near South Street with a library, art gallery, theatre, living room and classrooms for individuals and groups to use! This center provides opportunities for an intergenerational group of people to explore their interests through education and the arts, and preserve local stories, history and culture for Philadelphia and it's visitors. Using a participatory action research process of dialogue, action and reflection, CCE members spoke with over 700 people to assess the feasibility of creating a CCE. Through the submission of citizens' statements stating the need for the CCE, a door-to-door survey gauging community interest, a petition, and reflection on the information gathering process, the first CCE grant proposal was born. In September of 2006, the CCE was one of five winners of $3,000 from the Coffee House Challenge to have a fundraising event and to develop non-profit status. The first CCE fundraising event was a success and the CCE received 501c3 status from the IRS in 2006.