Over $30K in Arts & Clean Energy Awareness Grants Administered by The ARTS Council! Corning, NY – The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Smart Energy Choices program, announces recipients of the Arts & Clean Energy Awareness Grant. Eight artists across Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, and Tioga counties were […]
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Announcing 2026 NYSCA SCR Grant Recipients
$315,000 to Support Libraries, Poets, Painters, Cultural Organizations and More! The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council), in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), is pleased to announce recipients of the 2026 NYSCA Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) funded Community Arts, Teaching Artist, and Individual Artist grant […]
New Publication in Journal of Folklore and Education
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is pleased to announce the publication of “Collaborative Ethnography: The Community Documentation Workshop Model” by The ARTS Council’s Folk Arts Manager, T.C. Owens and Elmira College Professor of Anthropology, Doc Billingsley. Learn about this cornerstone project of The ARTS Council’s Folk Arts Program, as well as the teams […]
The ARTS Council Welcomes New Executive Director!
Chris Walters Named Executive Director The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is pleased to announce the naming of Chris Walters as its new Executive Director! For more than a dozen years, Chris has served as The ARTS Council’s Grants Manager and Gallery Curator. During his tenure, he led the expansion […]
Congratulations 2025 SFLX Fellowship Awardees
Congratulations 2025 SFLX Fellowship Awardees The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is thrilled to announce the inaugural recipients of the Southern Finger Lakes (SFLX) Artist Fellowship, a $3,500 unrestricted, cash award funded and supported by The ARTS Council’s Endowment! The 2025 fellows are: Addressing the historical and ongoing inequity in […]
Congratulations NYSCA Grantees!
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is thrilled to announce this year’s New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Support for Artists and Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grantees. Each year, The ARTS Council supports regional artists and organizations through fiscal sponsorship and technical assistance. Five grants totaling $50,000 […]
Executive Director Connie Sullivan-Blum to Retire
Connie Sullivan-Blum to Retire from The ARTS Council Corning, NY, 1/3/25 – After 10 years serving as the executive director for The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council), Dr. Connie Sullivan-Blum will be retiring on February 7, 2025. Dr. Sullivan-Blum joined The ARTS Council in 2007 as the Folk Arts Coordinator, […]
A Queer Perspective
A Queer Perspective: Skits From the Queer Theater Project Last month, June 2024, The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes celebrated the culmination of a recent project with A Queer Perspective: Skits from the Queer Theater Project. The Queer Theater Project welcomed local LGBTQIA+ writers and theater enthusiasts to join a series of workshops […]
Announcing the 2024 NYSCA SCR Grant Recipients!
Announcing the 2024 NYSCA SCR Grant Recipients!$305,000 awarded to local artists, organizations, and towns The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2024 NYSCA Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) funded Community Arts, Teaching Artist, and Individual Artist grant programs. The Statewide […]
Congratulations NYSCA Grantees!
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is thrilled to announce this year’s New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Support for Artists, Support for Organizations, and Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grantees. Each year, The ARTS Council supports regional artists and organizations through fiscal sponsorship and technical assistance. Nine […]
