Bill Text: PA SR134 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in the City of Pittsburgh.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-09 - Introduced and adopted [SR134 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR134-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  1146

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

No.

134

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, LOGAN, FERLO, STOUT, PIPPY, VOGEL, ORIE AND COSTA, JUNE 9, 2009

  

  

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 9, 2009  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Three Rivers Arts Festival

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in the City of Pittsburgh.

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WHEREAS, On June 5th, 2009, the Three Rivers Arts Festival

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began the celebration of its 50th anniversary in the heart of

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downtown Pittsburgh, continuing its commitment to bringing

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quality art to the city in the form of visual art exhibitions,

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performances and film screenings; and

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WHEREAS, Founded in 1960 by the Women's Committee of the

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Carnegie Museum of Art, the Three Rivers Arts Festival was

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originally envisioned as a small outdoor art show near the

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Carnegie Institute; and

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WHEREAS, The first chairman of the festival, Adolph Schmidt,

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convinced the founders to take the art show downtown; and

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WHEREAS, Today, the Three Rivers Arts festival is the

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region's largest multidisciplinary showcase of visual and

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performing arts, having presented more than 10,000 visual and

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performing artists and entertained millions of residents and

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visitors during its 50 years; and

 


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WHEREAS, In 2008, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust assumed

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responsibility of the Three Rivers Arts Festival and this year,

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the trust is returning the event to Point State Park, where the

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Dollar Bank Main Stage, an expanded artist's market footprint

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and the children's area are located; and

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WHEREAS, This year's event will have the continued use of

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Gateway Center and the gallery and theater network found in the

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cultural district and will feature more than 100 individual

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events and performances and activities for families and

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children, as well as live music and an artist's market for more

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than 500 artists; and

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WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival has grown into a $1.1

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million annual event that generates a $19 million economic

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benefit for the region; and

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WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival is the largest

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presenter of free arts programming in southwestern Pennsylvania,

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and its performances include musicians, dancers and various

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other acts and demonstrations; and

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WHEREAS, The festival's more than 1,000 individual artists

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offer a broad range of art, including paintings, jewelry,

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pottery, wearable art, unusual crafts, sculpture and other

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visual pieces, while artisans demonstrate their work with glass,

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wood and ink; and

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WHEREAS, The Three Rivers Arts Festival is a gateway to the

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arts for millions of citizens in Pittsburgh and southwest

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Pennsylvania, as well as more than 90,000 individuals who visit

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from outside the region; therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the 50th anniversary of the

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Three Rivers Arts Festival in the City of Pittsburgh.

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