Chenango Arts Council awards more than $129,000 to local artists, nonprofit arts initiatives
NORWICH – The Chenango Arts Council (CAC) is pleased to announce the allocation of nearly $130,000 in funding to 50 non-profit organizations and artists in three counties through the 2016 Broome, Chenango & Otsego Decentralization (DEC) Grant Program.
$10,000 of funds was provided by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation for Broome County.
The Decentralization Program offers grant support up to $5,000 for various community arts and arts education projects.
To mark the allocation, an Awards Ceremony will be held in the Council’s Martin W. Kappel Theater located at 27 W. Main Street in Norwich on Thursday, April 14 beginning at 5 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public, and the CAC encourages community members to attend the ceremony as they celebrate 30 years of the CAC's administration of DEC in Chenango County.
The New York State Council on the Arts established the DEC Program in 1978 to foster the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community need. DEC serves all of New York State’s 62 counties, including areas that are geographically isolated, economically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse. The CAC is one of only 28 DEC sites statewide.
“The basic principle of DEC re-grant funding is local decision-making using a peer panel grant evaluation process,” said Michelle Connelly, Administrator of the CAC's DEC Program. The DEC program operates on an annual basis, and panel nominations are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
The Broome, Chenango & Otsego DEC Program serves as a catalyst for local cultural development by supporting projects of artists and arts organizations that expose children, adults and seniors to events that enrich and enhance their lives. Funding provided through these programs helps to strengthen our communities by reaching the most rural of our townships and villages, providing increased access to a greater quality of life through the arts.
Since 1986, the Chenango Arts Council has administered the DEC Program in Chenango County. In 2003, the Council began administering the DEC Program in Broome County, and in 2011, Otsego County.
The Chenango Arts Council congratulates the following 2016 DEC grant recipients who received a share of the $129,280 in allocations:
Broome County:
Binghamton Center for Writers, Binghamton Downtown Singers, Binghamton Theater Organ Society, Center for Gender, Art & Culture, Laura Cunningham, Endicott Performing Arts Center, George F. Johnson Memorial Library, Greater Whitney Point Community Planning Committee Corporation, Madrigal Choir of Binghamton, Christina Muscatello,Phelps Mansion Museum, SRO Productions III, Vestal Museum
Chenango County:
Chenango County Blues Association, Christian Neighborhood Center of Norwich/”The Place”, Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival, Friends of Rogers Environmental Education Center, Bonnie Gale, Guernsey Memorial Library, Guilford Historical Society, Jericho Arts Council, Mid-York Concert Band, Monday Evening Musical Club, Moore Memorial Library, New Berlin Art Forum, Norwich Theater Company, Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, 6 On The Square, Sherburne Public Library, Sherburne United Methodist Church/Voices of the Tabernacle, Smyrna Citizens Band, Smyrna Public Library, Town of Columbus.
Otsego County:
ARC Otsego, Catskill Choral Society, Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble, Cherry Valley Artworks, Christ Episcopal Church, Community Arts Network of Oneonta, First Presbyterian Church of Gilbertsville, Hyde Hall, Little Delaware Youth Ensemble, Oneonta Community Concert Band Association, Otsego Dance Society, Pathfinder Village Foundation, Redemption Movement, Unadilla Historical Association, Village of Laurens, Worcester Free Library
For additional information on the DEC Program or the grant recipients, their projects and contact information, please visit the Arts Council’s website at www.chenangoarts.org, or call the Council at (607)336-2787/ARTS.
The Broome, Chenango & Otsego Decentralization (DEC) Program is administered by the Chenango Arts Council with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature. Additional support for Broome County provided by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation.
$10,000 of funds was provided by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation for Broome County.
The Decentralization Program offers grant support up to $5,000 for various community arts and arts education projects.
To mark the allocation, an Awards Ceremony will be held in the Council’s Martin W. Kappel Theater located at 27 W. Main Street in Norwich on Thursday, April 14 beginning at 5 p.m.
This event is free and open to the public, and the CAC encourages community members to attend the ceremony as they celebrate 30 years of the CAC's administration of DEC in Chenango County.
The New York State Council on the Arts established the DEC Program in 1978 to foster the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community need. DEC serves all of New York State’s 62 counties, including areas that are geographically isolated, economically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse. The CAC is one of only 28 DEC sites statewide.
“The basic principle of DEC re-grant funding is local decision-making using a peer panel grant evaluation process,” said Michelle Connelly, Administrator of the CAC's DEC Program. The DEC program operates on an annual basis, and panel nominations are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
The Broome, Chenango & Otsego DEC Program serves as a catalyst for local cultural development by supporting projects of artists and arts organizations that expose children, adults and seniors to events that enrich and enhance their lives. Funding provided through these programs helps to strengthen our communities by reaching the most rural of our townships and villages, providing increased access to a greater quality of life through the arts.
Since 1986, the Chenango Arts Council has administered the DEC Program in Chenango County. In 2003, the Council began administering the DEC Program in Broome County, and in 2011, Otsego County.
The Chenango Arts Council congratulates the following 2016 DEC grant recipients who received a share of the $129,280 in allocations:
Broome County:
Binghamton Center for Writers, Binghamton Downtown Singers, Binghamton Theater Organ Society, Center for Gender, Art & Culture, Laura Cunningham, Endicott Performing Arts Center, George F. Johnson Memorial Library, Greater Whitney Point Community Planning Committee Corporation, Madrigal Choir of Binghamton, Christina Muscatello,Phelps Mansion Museum, SRO Productions III, Vestal Museum
Chenango County:
Chenango County Blues Association, Christian Neighborhood Center of Norwich/”The Place”, Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival, Friends of Rogers Environmental Education Center, Bonnie Gale, Guernsey Memorial Library, Guilford Historical Society, Jericho Arts Council, Mid-York Concert Band, Monday Evening Musical Club, Moore Memorial Library, New Berlin Art Forum, Norwich Theater Company, Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, 6 On The Square, Sherburne Public Library, Sherburne United Methodist Church/Voices of the Tabernacle, Smyrna Citizens Band, Smyrna Public Library, Town of Columbus.
Otsego County:
ARC Otsego, Catskill Choral Society, Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble, Cherry Valley Artworks, Christ Episcopal Church, Community Arts Network of Oneonta, First Presbyterian Church of Gilbertsville, Hyde Hall, Little Delaware Youth Ensemble, Oneonta Community Concert Band Association, Otsego Dance Society, Pathfinder Village Foundation, Redemption Movement, Unadilla Historical Association, Village of Laurens, Worcester Free Library
For additional information on the DEC Program or the grant recipients, their projects and contact information, please visit the Arts Council’s website at www.chenangoarts.org, or call the Council at (607)336-2787/ARTS.
The Broome, Chenango & Otsego Decentralization (DEC) Program is administered by the Chenango Arts Council with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature. Additional support for Broome County provided by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation.
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