Chenango Arts Council to receive grant funds to support arts in the community
NORWICH – The Chenango Arts Council in Norwich is slated to receive $172,000 in grant funding to help maintain programs and operations through 2015.
More than $36 million in grant awards were announced by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) last week to be disbursed among 1,242 nonprofit arts organizations throughout the state. NYSCA is a state organization established to support the arts, culture and heritage in small communities, and enhance the state’s cultural character.
Two grants were awarded to the Chenango Arts Council this year: a $30,000 grant to support activities such as performancess, gallery exhibitions, technical assistance, regrants, classes and workshops; and a $142,000 grant to fund the Art Council’s Decentralization (DEC) community arts grants program.
The Chenango Arts Council is one of 29 sites in the state that administers DEC grants which are given to artists and nonprofit organizations to help fund projects that embellish arts in the community. The Chenango Arts Council is the administrative site for DEC grants in Chenango, Broome, and Otsego counties.
Chenango Arts Council Program and Development Director Michelle Connelly said the DEC program is essential for fostering arts in the community.
“Funding for the DEC program is actually very critical,” she said. “It allows arts organizations and nonprofit organizations to incorporate the arts into their programming. It also allows funds to individual artists who apply directly to us as long as they have a nonprofit partner.”
While $42,600 of NYSCA’s award for DEC funding is earmarked for administrative costs, Connelly said, $99,400 will be allocated to artists and nonprofit organizations later this month. That amount is leveraged by an additional $10,000 from the Hoyt Foundation of Binghamton to support projects in Broome County, bringing the total amount to be allocated up to $109,400.
“We get a lot of feedback from community groups that receive these funds that say they would not be able to do the programming they do without these it,” said Connelly. “They also use these funds to leverage other funds. Because Decentralization is a state run program, the application process is very competitive, so it helps artists to say they were awarded a DEC grant which helps them get more grant funding later in their careers.”
The Chenango Arts Council took more than $200,000 in DEC grant requests in 2014. Connelly said hopes are to use those requests to seek additional NYSCA funds in the future. “It’s the most we have ever had requested of us,” she added.
NYSCA awards grants in 16 program areas that support arts, culture and heritage programs, organizational operations, individual artists’ projects, additional granting opportunities (known as ‘regrants’) and other services to the field.
The Chenango Arts Council is presently in year two of a three-year contract with NYSCA, ensuring that they will receive the same amount of funding in 2016. Connelly said the organization will vie for more grant funding before entering a new contract.
More than $36 million in grant awards were announced by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) last week to be disbursed among 1,242 nonprofit arts organizations throughout the state. NYSCA is a state organization established to support the arts, culture and heritage in small communities, and enhance the state’s cultural character.
Two grants were awarded to the Chenango Arts Council this year: a $30,000 grant to support activities such as performancess, gallery exhibitions, technical assistance, regrants, classes and workshops; and a $142,000 grant to fund the Art Council’s Decentralization (DEC) community arts grants program.
The Chenango Arts Council is one of 29 sites in the state that administers DEC grants which are given to artists and nonprofit organizations to help fund projects that embellish arts in the community. The Chenango Arts Council is the administrative site for DEC grants in Chenango, Broome, and Otsego counties.
Chenango Arts Council Program and Development Director Michelle Connelly said the DEC program is essential for fostering arts in the community.
“Funding for the DEC program is actually very critical,” she said. “It allows arts organizations and nonprofit organizations to incorporate the arts into their programming. It also allows funds to individual artists who apply directly to us as long as they have a nonprofit partner.”
While $42,600 of NYSCA’s award for DEC funding is earmarked for administrative costs, Connelly said, $99,400 will be allocated to artists and nonprofit organizations later this month. That amount is leveraged by an additional $10,000 from the Hoyt Foundation of Binghamton to support projects in Broome County, bringing the total amount to be allocated up to $109,400.
“We get a lot of feedback from community groups that receive these funds that say they would not be able to do the programming they do without these it,” said Connelly. “They also use these funds to leverage other funds. Because Decentralization is a state run program, the application process is very competitive, so it helps artists to say they were awarded a DEC grant which helps them get more grant funding later in their careers.”
The Chenango Arts Council took more than $200,000 in DEC grant requests in 2014. Connelly said hopes are to use those requests to seek additional NYSCA funds in the future. “It’s the most we have ever had requested of us,” she added.
NYSCA awards grants in 16 program areas that support arts, culture and heritage programs, organizational operations, individual artists’ projects, additional granting opportunities (known as ‘regrants’) and other services to the field.
The Chenango Arts Council is presently in year two of a three-year contract with NYSCA, ensuring that they will receive the same amount of funding in 2016. Connelly said the organization will vie for more grant funding before entering a new contract.
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