{"id":37523,"date":"2024-07-22T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=37523"},"modified":"2024-07-22T13:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T17:30:53","slug":"the-lower-adirondack-regional-arts-council-announces-community-arts-grants-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2024\/07\/the-lower-adirondack-regional-arts-council-announces-community-arts-grants-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council Announces Community Arts Grants for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) has announced the recipients of its Community Arts Grant program for 2024.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Local artists and organizations will receive $100,000 for arts programming taking place throughout Warren and Washington Counties in 2024.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This grant opportunity is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by LARAC. The Community Arts Grant is a re-grant program that provides financial assistance for community-based arts activities.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) program is to provide quality arts programming to all of Warren and Washington Counties; assist emerging arts organizations; support the artistic expression of Warren and Washington County\u2019s diversity; and make arts programming accessible to under-served audiences.<\/p>\n<p>For 2024, six Individual Artists will receive $2,500 to produce new work, three of them being Serena Kovalosky of Washington County for her project \u201cMoving Mountains: The Mustard Seed Project,\u201d Jenny Hutchinson of Warren County for her project \u201cCollaborative Public Mural: The Community Gardens,\u201d and Daniel Costello of Washington County for his project \u201cThe Old Man in the ICU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Seven Art Education applicants were awarded a total of $20,425 for in-school and community-based programming in 2024. The North Creek Railway Depo Preservation Association of North Creek in Warren County will be continuing with their impactful children\u2019s program \u201cPeople and Trains That Could,\u201d Tracy Nzambi of Warren County will be working with students from Queensbury High School through her program \u201cReflections,\u201d and Amorak Youth of Washington County will be helping students develop their musical talents through their program \u201cAmorak Youth Music Program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to all the recipients of this year\u2019s Community Arts Grant program,\u201d said Mara Manus, executive director of NYSCA. \u201cAs an essential part of our arts and cultural sector, we wish these Warren and Washington county artists and organizations the greatest success as they deliver the critical benefits of the arts to our residents and visitors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Where the arts thrive, New York soars!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For 2024, forty Organizations and Artists applied for SCR funding, out of which thirty-one will receive funding. They are:<\/p>\n<p>Warren County Organizational Grantees:<\/p>\n<p>Adirondack Ballet Theater<\/p>\n<p>All Abilities Productions of Upstate New York<\/p>\n<p>Friends of Johnsburg Parks, INC.<\/p>\n<p>Glens Falls Community Theatre<\/p>\n<p>North Country Arts Center<\/p>\n<p>Our Town Theatre Group<\/p>\n<p>Queensbury Senior Citizens<\/p>\n<p>The Union Chapel Association of Sabbath Day Point NY<\/p>\n<p>Wiawaka Holiday House<\/p>\n<p>World Awareness Children\u2019s Museum<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Washington County Organizational Grantees:<\/p>\n<p>Agricultural Stewardship Association<\/p>\n<p>Greenwich Free Library<\/p>\n<p>Hudson River Shakespeare Company<\/p>\n<p>Little Theater on the Farm<\/p>\n<p>Senior Center of Kingsbury and Fort Edward Area<\/p>\n<p>Town of Salem<\/p>\n<p>Village of Fort Edward Canal Street Marketplace<\/p>\n<p>Village of Granville<\/p>\n<p>Whitehall Skene Manor Presentation, INC.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Individual Artists Grantees:<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Costello<\/p>\n<p>Frieda Toth<\/p>\n<p>Gregg Figura<\/p>\n<p>Jenny Hutchinson<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Newell<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Nardin<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Arts Education Grantees:<\/p>\n<p>Amorak Youth<\/p>\n<p>Bolton Free Library<\/p>\n<p>Johnsburg Youth Committee<\/p>\n<p>North Creek Railway Depo Preservation Society<\/p>\n<p>Queensbury Senior Citizens<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Nzambi<\/p>\n<p>Warren-Hamilton Counties Action Committee for Economic Opportunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) has announced the recipients of its Community Arts Grant program for 2024.\u00a0 Local artists and organizations will receive $100,000 for arts programming taking place throughout Warren and Washington Counties in 2024.\u00a0 This grant opportunity is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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