The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2025 NYSCA Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) funded Community Arts, Teaching Artist, and Individual Artist grant programs. The Statewide Community Regrant program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Nearly 90 artists, organizations, and towns from Cattaraugus, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, and Tioga counties received 102 grants totaling $305,000 for arts and cultural programs taking place in 2025 and the first half of 2026. This funding is a continued investment in artists and the greater community.
The following grants fulfill a vital mission of The ARTS Council for making arts and culture accessible to all.
Cattaraugus County
- Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater, Music & Me Camp, $1100
- Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater, Community Players, $1200
- Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater, The Art of Silent Film, $2550
- Kathleen Girdlestone, The Art of making Ribbon Skirts, Shirts and Totes, $1500
- Keynote Chorus, Inspiring Each Other and Our Communities Through Choral Music, $5000
- Maurice John, Jr., Seasonal Photowalks, $4500
- Randolph Area Community Development Corporation, Friday Night Music Series, $3750
- The Olean Theatre Workshop, Connecting Community Through Theatre, $2500
- The Olean Theatre Workshop, Summer STAR program 2025, $2500
- Village of South Dayton, South Dayton Train Depot’s 150 Year Celebration, $1250
Chemung County
- Abby’s Paws for a Cause, Heroes Comic Book Project, $5000
- Betz White, Peacework: connecting stitches, people and causes, $2600
- Caroline Giassi, FLX Early Music, $5000
- CASA-Trinity, AIR Youth Clubhouse, $5000
- Chemung County Library District, 2025 Art Workshops at CCLD, $5000
- Chemung County Tourism Promotion Agency, Lake Street LawnFest, $4600
- Chris Longwell, Ceramic works from clay dug at Tanglewood Nature Center, $3000
- Crystal Chords, Summer Sing Program and Holiday Chorus Program, $1000
- Economic Opportunity Program, Ernie Davis Community Center Fashion Club, $2400
- Juneteenth Committee, Juneteenth, $4000
- Eliott Rose Houghtelling, Lightscapes Elmira, $3000
- Elmira Little Theatre, Inc, 81st Season, $5000
- Friends of the Chemung River Watershed, Watercolor by the River with Bridget Bossart van Otterloo and Watershed Community Art Project by Filomena Jack, $5000
- James Ronner, Slabtown, $2800
- Joann Smith, Cordelia’s cavalcade of colorful characters, $2200
- Kevin Jackson, Beauty and Life – The Finger Lakes, $1500
- Megan Parker, Shifter Series, $1800
- Nathan Squiers, Hellborn Series, $1800
- Summer Small, Meals on Wheels Mural, $5000
- The Park Church, Elmira 2025 PRDE Celebration, $3500
- Tim Collins, The Tell-Tale Heart and other Stories, $1200
- Tim Collins, TO LIVE IN THE WORDS: POETRY UNBOUND, $3800
- Wynn Yarrow, Nature Journals, $2300
- Wynn Yarrow, A World of Color, $2700
- Zachary Hamilton, Music Creation, $2500
Schuyler County
- ARQbarn Collective, Community in Bloom, $2000
- Dutton S. Peterson Memorial Library, Summer Arts Programming, $700
- Dutton S. Peterson Memorial Library, Summer/Fall Programs, $4300
- Liam Lawson, “Simple Gifts: The Songs of the Shakers”, $2500
- Poppy Geissinger, Tunnel of Love, $2000
- Scott B Adams, Folk at the Farmhouse Concert Series, $4770
- Village of Watkins Glen, Lafayette Tuesday Night Concert Series, $4000
- Watkins Glen Promotions, 2025 Falls Harvest Festival, $5000
- Watkins Glen Public Library, Art in the Glen 2025-26, $3500
- Wendy Brubaker, Everyday Wonders: Brushstrokes of Stewardship, $3000
- Zoë Van Nostrand, Weaving the Land, $900
Steuben County
- Adedamola (Adaramati) Shogo, Reflections of the Human Condition, $2750
- Akua Lezli Hope, The Speculative Sundays Reading Series 2025, $3460
- Anastasiya Fluegel, Nietzsche’s Zarathustra as an Artist, $2400
- Arkport Public Library, Color Our World Arts Programming, $5000
- Bridget Bossart van Otterloo, Sketching Our Cities, $2750
- Carder School PTA, Poetry in Our Community and in Ourselves, $2400
- Chinese Cultural Association of the Southern Tier, Let Chinese Culture Spark, $4700
- Cohocton Public Library, Art at Your Library (2025), $2200
- Corning High School PTSA, A Deeper Look into the Flute, $1339.52
- Corning High School PTSA, Classroom Mashup: Where Community Musicians Meet Student Producers, $4950
- Crows Nest Artists, Liberty Street Community Mural Project, $2000
- Crows Nest Artists, Interactive Art Activities at Keuka Lake Art Show, $3000
- Dan Mirer, Burke Room show and Water Bells, $2000
- Dormann Library, The Dormann Library’s First Annual BrewHAHA, $600
- Dormann Library, 2025 Live Performers and Artists, $1520
- Endless Mountain Music Festival, Orchestra Meets Bluegrass, $5000
- Family Service Society, Inc., Painting Classes for All, $450
- Family Service Society, Inc., The Community Glass Art Program for Children and Teens, $750
- Family Service Society, Inc., The Progression in Painting Mural Creation, $3800
- Gigi Alvaré, Voices Unveiled: Art as Activism, $3300
- Hornell Area Wind Ensemble, 2025 Hornell Area Wind Ensemble Concert Series, $5000
- Jennifer Kuhn, Wonder and Danger: Parasites in our Companions, $3000
- Jess Humphrey, Creating Large Ladle Cast Glass Collage, $2000
- Keuka Lake Art Association, Pastels Workshop for Amateurs, $1000
- Keuka Peaceful Roots, Experience and Engage with the ARTS at the Studio, $2200
- Keuka Peaceful Roots, Accessing In-depth Art Expression, $2800
- Meghan O’Toole, The Creative Response to the Potential of Light, $3950
- Orpheus Chorale, 2025 Performances, $5000
- Prattsburg Free Library, 2025 Arts Programming, $2825
- Pulteney Free Library, ARTS Programming 2025, $500
- Pulteney Free Library, States Apart Band Concert, $1780
- Regional Science & Discovery Center, Community STEAM Kits, $1000
- Regional Science & Discovery Center, Science, History & Photography, $2300
- Southeast Steuben County Library, Teen Summer Theatre Camp, $1000
- Southern Finger Lakes Pride, Express: A free community dance party in the park, $3703
- Southern Finger Lakes Pride, Pride Festival 2025, $4800
- The Keuka Lake Players, 13 – The Musical, $4500
- The Women’s Chorale of Corning, When Women Sing, $3300
- Tony Moretti, Sculpture and Metal Work Series, $3800
- Valley Folk Music, The ’60s: Society and Song in concert with Gathering Time, $1200
- Valley Folk Music, Hubby Jenkins in Concert, $1700
Tioga County
- Andrew Fitzsimmons, Beginning to End: A Transformative Story in Clay, $1700
- Becca Rimmel, Home: Finding A Sense of Place in Tioga County, NY, $2714
- Chrystallum Quartet, Commission Project with Amber Ferenz, $5000
- Coburn Free Library, Stories with Music in Tioga County, $5000
- Karen Kucharski, ArcWater: Fallingwater 3.0, $2100
- Kathye E. Arrington, African Diaspora Cultural Celebration, $1600
- Newark Valley Historical Society, Depot Friday Nights, $5000
- Rachel Consolazio, Increasing Exposure to the Ceramic Arts in Tioga County NY, $2013.48
- Shady Strong, 2025 ALS Awareness BBQ Competition and Music Festival, $4800
- The Kirby Band, The Kirby Band 2025, $4475
- Ti-Ahwaga Community Players, The Play That Goes Wrong, $3300
- Tioga County Tourism, 2025 Contradance Season, $5000
- Ü Lee, The Strong, the Fast, and the Tiny, $2700
- Village of Newark Valley, Vibin’ in the Valley, $2650
