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, […]
Category: Folk Arts
Announcing – 2024 Buffalo International Film Festival Selection
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS Council) and Ancient Voices Media are thrilled to announce that Pottery Pete: Revitalizing Hodinöhšo:ni:h Pottery is an official selection for the 2024 Buffalo International Film Festival! Pottery Pete: Revitalizing Hodinöhšo:ni:h Pottery(2024) is an intimate exploration of the artistic journey of Peter B. Jones (Onondaga, Beaver […]
Congratulations to Our Local NYSCA Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the ten local artists who have received NYSCA funding through the Support for Artists Grants and Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeships. The ARTS Council is ecstatic to help sponsor eight community members and support one staff member and her master artist who received these prestigious awards. These funds are awarded by The […]
2021 NYFA Artist Fellow Recipients
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes congratulates Hayden Haynes and Richard Koski for being named 2021 NYSCA/ NYFA Artist Fellows in the category of Folk and Traditional Arts. Hayden Haynes is a Seneca bone, antler and stone carver living in Cattaraugus, NY. His carvings are, in his words, “an expression of Haudenosuanee […]
