Corning, NY, March 21, 2016 – 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 2016 Community Arts, Teaching Artist, and Individual Artist grant programs. Thirty-eight area artists and organizations will receive a total of $85,000 for community and school-based arts and cultural programs taking place in 2016.
Since 1978, these grants have been made possible through Decentralization funds, public money mandated by the New York State Legislature to encourage increased participation at the local level in the state’s cultural funding process. These grants enable artists and organizations to enhance the artistic and cultural climate in our communities and fulfill a vital mission of The ARTS Council of making arts and culture accessible to all.
$60,500 in Community Arts grants support the activities of artists, arts groups, and community organizations in service to local residents:
Chemung County
- The Cantata Singers, $2,500 to present The 52nd Season
- Economic Opportunity Program of Chemung County, $1,000 to present Juneteenth
- New Heights Dance Theater, $2,500 to present Spring Awakenings and The Nutcracker
- The Park Church, $1,500 to present The Arts at Park
Steuben County
- Arkport Village Book Center, $1,000 to present Start Summer Reading with Songs
- Broadway Union, $1,900 to present Listening to Here
- Cohocton Public Library, $450 to present Project Fairy House
- Endless Mountain Music Festival, $2,620 to present STEM Makes Music
- Family Service Society, $1,060 to present The Community Arts Program for Children and Teens
- Hornell Area Wind Ensemble, $1,750 to present Hornell Area Wind Ensemble Concert Series 2016
- Hornell Area Family YMCA, $3,078.90 to present Explore, Create, Make
- Howard Public Library, $2,000 to present Cultural Studies Class
- Mask and Puppet Theatre: Visual Story Tellers of the Finger Lakes (sponsored by the Glenn Curtiss Museum), $2,500 to present Mask and Puppet Theater Workshops and Production
- Pulteney Free Library, $1,220 to present Arts Programming 2016
- Savona Free Library, $2,265 to present Exploring Digital Art in Minecraft
- Southeast Steuben County Library, $2,000 to present Crystal City Creator Series
- Steuben County Arts in Bloom, $1,000 to present Arts in Bloom
- Valley Folk Music (sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Corning), $1,822.50 to present Valley Folk Music Concert Series
- Wayland Free Library, $1,631 to present Arts for Health and Wellness
Schuyler County
- Episcopal Parishes of Schuyler County, $1,300 to present Schuyler County Concert Series X
- Franklin Street Gallery, $2,000 to present All Access Art
- New York Alliance for the Arts, $2,050 to present Montour Falls Community Mural
- Watkins Glen Public Library and Dutton S. Peterson Memorial Library, $2,400 to present Hands on Art
Tioga County
- Newark Valley Historical Society, $2,000 to present the Folk Art Series (FAS) and $2,000 to present the Depot Friday Night Series
- Tioga County Contra Dance (sponsored by Tioga County Local Development Corporation & Tourism Office), $3,000 to present Tioga County Contra Dance 2016
- Town of Richford, $4,803.60 to present Rawley Park Mosaic
- Village of Newark Valley, $1,150 to present Artistic Expressions at the Trout Ponds
- Waterman Conservation Education Center, $3,999 to present Haudenosaunee Culture: Sharing the River of Life
$17,000 in Teaching Artist grants support the role that local artists and organizations play in engaging K-12 public school students in rich artistic learning experiences:
Chemung County
- Horseheads Intermediate School PTO, $540 in support of Horseheads Intermediate School, to present Visions & Voices
Steuben County
- Brett Hunter, in support of North Hornell School, $4,357 to present At Home with Ghost and Robot
- Parent Teacher Association of Tuscarora Elementary School, in support of Tuscarora Elementary School, $2,145 to present Dinosaurs, Creatures Walking Amongst Us?
- Regional Science & Discovery Center, in support of Hugh Gregg Elementary School and Winfield Street Elementary School, $3,522 to present The Art and Science of Photography: Landscapes
Tioga County
- Karen Kucharski, in support of Waverly High School, $4,291 to present Connecting Cultures: As Long as the Sun Rises in the East and Sets in the West
- Tioga County Open Door Mission of Owego, in support of Broome-Tioga BOCES, $2,145 to present Walk to Water
$7,500 in Individual Artist grants support individual artists in the creation of unique, site specific, and multi-disciplinary public art projects occurring in non-arts venues:
Steuben County
- David Price, $2,500 to Barns of Steuben County
Tioga County
- Catherine Montgomery, $2,500 to present Book smART!
- Tina Christina-Price, $2,500 to present Traveling Art a la Parc
