Chenango Arts Council hosts Business After Hours
NORWICH – Dozens of Chenango county business partners stopped by the Chenango Arts Council in downtown Norwich Tuesday evening to network and check in with one another at Commerce Chenango's monthly installment of Business After Hours.
Hosted within the Mariea Brown and Raymond Loft Galleries located within the Arts Council, the group of guests were brought up to speed on a number upcoming events planned at Chenango County's hub of fine arts and entertainment.
“We're changing the way that the community sees the Arts Council, and it's our mission to enrich everyone's involvement in the arts in this community,” said CAC Executive Director Diane Batson-Smith. “This is an organization that belongs to everyone, and we've been working very hard to brach out to community member of all ages by offering an array of outreach ad arts education for children and adults throughout the county and beyond.”
Commerce Chenango President Steve Craig indicated that organizations such as the Arts Council make Chenango County a more vibrant and attractive place for out-of-towners, and spoke to the importance of having a culture base to support future economic growth. “Places like [the Chenango Arts Council] makes our area stand apart from so many other communities.
For a City of 6-7,000 people, the amount of artistic involvement, focus on the arts and participation is off the charts.”
CAC Board President Dominick Shea, who moved to the Norwich area from New Jersey some 12 years ago, said that being introduced to the CAC while interviewing for his position at Wells Fargo Investors was one of the factors that led him to put down roots in the area.
“I was fortunate enough to catch the Glimmerglass Opera here at the Council while I was in town, and while I'm not a huge opera fan I was able to get a lot out of it; I was impressed at the programming that the Council had to offer,” said Shea. “I was very impressed that I came to such a small town and that such a high level of cultural presence existed. I'm not going to say that it was the only reason that I took a job here, but it was absolutely one of the reasons why I did.”
“We're a very busy place,” said Batson-Smith, “and we take our responsibility very seriously.”
Recently, The CAC awarded more the $130,000 to individual artists and arts initiative among three counties as a part its annual DEC grant allocations process.
Next on the Calendar for the Chenango Arts Council is the 15th annual Allegro Run for the Arts which is offering a new twist this year by hosting the first-ever May Day celebration in conjunction with the annual 5K.
The Allegro Run and May Day celebration takes place on Saturday, May 7 this year and ends with a performance of the No BS Brass band in the Martin Kappel Theater at 7 p.m. that evening.
For more information, visit chenangoArts.org or call 336-ARTS.
Hosted within the Mariea Brown and Raymond Loft Galleries located within the Arts Council, the group of guests were brought up to speed on a number upcoming events planned at Chenango County's hub of fine arts and entertainment.
“We're changing the way that the community sees the Arts Council, and it's our mission to enrich everyone's involvement in the arts in this community,” said CAC Executive Director Diane Batson-Smith. “This is an organization that belongs to everyone, and we've been working very hard to brach out to community member of all ages by offering an array of outreach ad arts education for children and adults throughout the county and beyond.”
Commerce Chenango President Steve Craig indicated that organizations such as the Arts Council make Chenango County a more vibrant and attractive place for out-of-towners, and spoke to the importance of having a culture base to support future economic growth. “Places like [the Chenango Arts Council] makes our area stand apart from so many other communities.
For a City of 6-7,000 people, the amount of artistic involvement, focus on the arts and participation is off the charts.”
CAC Board President Dominick Shea, who moved to the Norwich area from New Jersey some 12 years ago, said that being introduced to the CAC while interviewing for his position at Wells Fargo Investors was one of the factors that led him to put down roots in the area.
“I was fortunate enough to catch the Glimmerglass Opera here at the Council while I was in town, and while I'm not a huge opera fan I was able to get a lot out of it; I was impressed at the programming that the Council had to offer,” said Shea. “I was very impressed that I came to such a small town and that such a high level of cultural presence existed. I'm not going to say that it was the only reason that I took a job here, but it was absolutely one of the reasons why I did.”
“We're a very busy place,” said Batson-Smith, “and we take our responsibility very seriously.”
Recently, The CAC awarded more the $130,000 to individual artists and arts initiative among three counties as a part its annual DEC grant allocations process.
Next on the Calendar for the Chenango Arts Council is the 15th annual Allegro Run for the Arts which is offering a new twist this year by hosting the first-ever May Day celebration in conjunction with the annual 5K.
The Allegro Run and May Day celebration takes place on Saturday, May 7 this year and ends with a performance of the No BS Brass band in the Martin Kappel Theater at 7 p.m. that evening.
For more information, visit chenangoArts.org or call 336-ARTS.
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