The family of Dr. Rosemary Omniewski created this fund in 2018. Dr. Omniewski was a 22-year member of the Early Childhood and Reading Department of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She was involved in securing more than $5 million dollars in funding from the federal government for arts in education projects, and her work inspired the Arts Infusion Certificate program at Edinboro University.  

The fund supports artist residencies in Crawford, Erie, and Warren counties, as well as scholarships for artists and educators pursuing the Arts Infusion Certificate. 

Arts infusion is a teaching method in wh ich the arts are incorporated into acdemic instruction and utilized to teach core curriculum subjects. This means bringing music, painting, dancing, and storytelling into the classroom curriculum as a tool for education.