New York—The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is pleased to announce 37 grants totaling $125,010 to individual artists and cultural organizations to support projects taking place in Fulton, Montgomery and Saratoga counties in 2019 awarded by the agency’s regrant partner Saratoga Arts.

Through NYSCA’s Decentralization (DEC) program, NYSCA funding supports Saratoga Arts’ Community Arts Grants program. These grants offer year-round opportunities to experience a wide array of free or low-cost artistic events highlighting talented local and regional artists. An estimated 24,000 community members, 5,600 youth, and 1,600 artists will directly participate in these grant-funded events occurring throughout 2019.

Saratoga Arts will host a reception for the 2019 grantees Thursday, April 4, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM featuring a performance by storyteller Kay Loan of the Mohawk Nation, Wolf Clan.

Saratoga Arts is one of 27 regional arts councils and centers partnering with NYSCA through the DEC program to regrant NYSCA funds to support local arts and culture. DEC ensures that state funding reaches all 62 counties across geographically, economically, and ethnically diverse segments of the state's population. These sites serve as advocates and catalysts for cultural development at the local level and support community programs, individual artists and arts educators.

For 2019, NYSCA has awarded DEC partners a total of $3.8 million to support regrant programs. These grants help expand the agency’s reach to a total of 2,400 grants, including 1,100 direct grants and 1,300 regrants. A complete list of NYSCA DEC sites is available at https://www.arts.ny.gov/decentralization-regrant-programs.

DEC is administered through NYSCA’s State & Local Partnerships Program, one of 15 grant programs supporting the visual, performing, media and literary arts as well as arts education across New York State. In 2019, NYSCA awarded a total of $51 million to arts organizations and artists through the agency’s 15 programs as well the Regional Economic Development Council initiative and the Mid-Size Capital Project Fund.

A complete list of Saratoga Arts 2019 Community Arts Grants recipients is available below.

FULTON & MONTGOMERY COUNTIES

Janene Bouck

Broadalbin, NY

Salvage

$2,500

Caroga Arts Collective

Caroga, NY

Caroga Lake Music Festival 2019

$5,000

Colonial Little Theatre

Johnstown, NY

2019 Theatre Series

$5,000

Friends of Schoharie Crossing

Fort Hunter, NY

Not Just for Kids Storytelling Series 2019

$3,973

Glen Conservancy

Fultonville, NY

Glen Conservancy Community Concert Series

$4,000

Gloversville Citizens Band

Gloversville, NY

Summer Band Concerts in the Park

$4,000

Johnstown Citizen's Band

Johnstown, NY

Johnstown Mid-Summer Concert Series

$3,000

River of Jubilee Church, sponsoring Junior Youth of Canajoharie

Canajoharie, NY

Art Enrichment with kiln-fired clay

$1,178.57

Janelle Krause

Johnstown, NY

Subterranean Realities: What Dreams May Come

$2,500

Lexington Foundation

Johnstown, NY

Fulton-Montgomery County Art Show, $2,500; & Labyrinth Garden, $2,500

Mohawk valley Chorus Chamber Ensemble

Amsterdam, NY

Harmony Bridge

$2,410

Music on Mainstreet

Canajoharie, NY

Music on Mainstreet Summer Concert Series 2019

$4,273

Byron Nillson

Fultonville, NY

Songs along the Mohawk

$2,500

Sacandaga Valley Arts Network

Northville, NY

Sacandaga Live: A Celebration of Music in 2019

$5,000

The Arts Factory of Montgomery County

Nelliston, NY

Presentation of 2 Independent Films with Filmmaker Discussion, $1,160; &

A Masterpiece, Remastered, $899

Village of St. Johnsville

St. Johnsville, NY

Concerts in the Park

$1,500

SARATOGA COUNTY

Adirondack Center Stage, Inc.

Corinth, NY

2019 Summer Theatre Workshop

$5,000

Arts District on Beekman Street

Saratoga Springs, NY

7th Annual Beekman Street Art Fair

$4,000

Ballston Area Community Center

Ballston Spa, NY

Second Annual Ballston Spa Birdhouse Competition and Festival

$3,000

CAPTAIN Community Human Services

Clifton Park, NY

A Memoir Writing Workshop

$1,575

Richard Cavagnolo

Mechanicville, NY

Spa City

$2,500

Dance Flurry Organization

Waterford, NY

Flurry Festival "open space" performances

$5,000

Division Street PTA

Saratoga Springs, NY

World Music with Heard Music

$3,000

Greenfield Review Literary Center

Greenfield Center, NY

The Saratoga Native American Festival

$4,250

National Bottle Museum

Ballston Spa, NY

Art is for Everyone: Fundamentals of Glass

$2,626

Not So Common Players

Clifton Park, NY

A Christmas Carol

$3,000

Galen Passen

Saratoga Springs, NY

Folk Song Ensemble

$2,500

Saratoga Bridges, sponsoring Textile Studio

Ballston Spa, NY

Fiber Forum on Beekman

$2,900

Saratoga Choral Festival

Saratoga Springs, NY

Dreyer's Passion of Joan of Arc - 1928 Silent Film

$2,000

Saratoga Regional YMCA

Saratoga Springs, NY

Onomatopoeia Please! Seniors and Children, Symbols and Sounds Musically Converge

in Poetry, Painting and Animal Themes

$2,954

Saratoga Senior Citizen's Center

Saratoga Springs, NY

Lunchtime Concerts

$5,000

Saratoga Shakespeare, Inc.

Saratoga Springs, NY

2019 Summer Production, Pericles

$5,000

Schuylerville Public Library

Schuylerville, NY

Children's Theater Camp

$2,250

Selvarani Sangaran

Saratoga Springs, NY

Organic Handicraft

$2,500

Caitlin Sheldon

Saratoga Springs, NY

Refashioning Saratoga

$2,500

Southern Saratoga Art Society, Inc.

Clifton Park, NY

Access to the Artists Program

$500

Town of Malta Parks and Recreation

Malta, NY

Malta Cultural Arts Festival

$4,786

Wesley Foundation

Saratoga Springs, NY

Wesley Seniors' Art Program: Van Gogh, Pollock, Picasso

$2,174.50

Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park

Wilton, NY

Painting in Nature at the Wilton Preserve & Blues for the Karner Blues

$2,100

About the New York State Council on the Arts

The New York State Council on the Arts champions community and creativity by preserving and advancing numerous aspects of the cultural heritage that makes New York State an exceptional place to live, work and visit.

NYSCA upholds the right of all New Yorkers to experience the vital contributions the arts make to our communities, education, economic development and quality of life. Through the agency's core grantmaking activity, NYSCA awarded $51M in FY2019 to 2,400 organizations statewide through direct grants and regrants in our 15 programs, the Regional Economic Development Council initiative and the Mid-Size Capital Project Fund. NYSCA funding supports the visual, literary, media and performing arts and includes dedicated support for arts education and underserved communities. NYSCA further advances New York's creative culture by hosting convenings with leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources.

Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960, and continued and expanded to the present day with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, NYSCA is an agency of the Executive Branch of the New York State Government. For more information on NYSCA, please visit: www.arts.ny.gov.  

About Saratoga Arts

Saratoga Arts fulfills its mission of making the arts accessible to all in the Saratoga region by awarding grants for arts and arts education programs in Saratoga, Fulton, and Montgomery Counties; presenting professional development seminars for artists & arts administrators; offering arts education for artists of all ages and skill levels; presenting exhibitions, music, theater, and other programs at The Arts Center in Saratoga Springs and other sites; and through other activities and programs, including Horses, Saratoga Style and First Night Saratoga.

Saratoga Arts' receives funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.