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 […]
Congratulations Chris – Support for Artists Grant Recipient
The ARTS Council is excited to announce Executive Director Chris Walters has received a Support for Artists Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, with fiscal sponsorship provided by The Rockwell Museum. Read more about Chris and Farming Steuben below. About Chris A working photographer with a primary focus on environmental portraits […]
Seven Local Artists Receive Support Grants
The ARTS Council is proud to announce that we’ve provided fiscal sponsorship to seven artists selected for Support for Artists grants funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Each artist will receive $10,000 to assist in the creation of new work that will be made publicly accessible to the greater community. […]
The ARTS Council Awarded $500k+ by NYSCA
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Awarded $566,695 by the New York State Council on the Arts! A Big Impact for Local Creatives and The ARTS Council The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) announces today grant awards totaling $566,695 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support […]
Happy New York State Mural Day!
Ten New Murals Throughout the Southern Finger Lakes The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is proud to be a community partner in New York State’s Cultivating Havens for the Arts through Regional Murals (CHARM) program, a new initiative of Governor Kathy Hochul. Over the last 5 months, The ARTS Council has worked with Community Arts of […]
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 […]
The ARTS Council Receives $20,000 from the NEA
The ARTS Council Receives NEA Grant Funding The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) is thrilled to announce receiving $20,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to continue its Community Documentation Workshop (CDW) in 2025. Slated to begin in September 2025, the Community Documentation Workshop (CDW) is a 16-week, […]
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 […]
