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OUR NEW HOME |
Westport Heritage
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" Arts Council for
the Northern Adirondacks " |
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Our New
Location was Newly renovated by the Town of Westport and Westport
Chamber of Commerce, the old "White Church and Beebe Hall", in the
Historic District, is now an Art and Community Center renamed the
"Westport Heritage House". Sitting on a hill overlooking Ballard Park
and Lake Champlain.
The Heritage House will be the new home for the Arts Council for the
Northern Adirondacks,
a Performance Space and Information Center for Residents and Visitors. |
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Who We Are |
President:
Peter Seward (11) |
Board of
Directors |
Vice President
Peter Shrope (09) |
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Jeanne Ashworth (11) |
Treasurer:
Joe Provonca (11)
Essex
County Clerk |
Ralph Etienne (10) |
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Lisa
Meissner (10) |
June E. Curtis(11) |
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Lynne Kemp |
Advisory Board |
Tim Baker |
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ACNA STAFF
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Executive Director:
Caroline
Thompson |
Webmaster:
Mike Robbins |
Outreach Coordinator:
Athena Roth |
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director@artsnorth.org |
webmaster@artsnorth.org |
coordinator@artsnorth.org |
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What We Do |
The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks is a cultural organization
whose primary goals are to encourage, develop, promote and sustain
the cultural life of our local and regional communities.
It is our belief that the arts help build stronger communities
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enrich personal experience. |
By
promoting education and history, encouraging creation and interaction,
the knowledge of work and spirit, both past and present, art promotes
and celebrates the richness of creative expression and human endeavor.
Our efforts are varied and far-reaching and provide support and
services,
not only to artists and organizations, but individuals,
constituents and tourists alike |
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A Brief History of Our Organization |
In 1980, seven Champlain
Valley Cultural Organizations gathered to form an organization to work
jointly promoting the Arts in the region. The “Boquet Valley Arts
Project” grew over the next
three years to nineteen groups throughout
Essex County and began to publish the Arts Directory.
We compiled a
master arts calendar which has now become the Northern Adirondack Arts
Directory. |
In 1983, the group, with
help from New York State Council on the Arts and the Essex County Board
of Supervisors, declared itself the Essex County Arts Council and
incorporated as a not-for-profit.
The arts services expanded to include
a regrant program, Arts Festival and a clearinghouse of
Arts
information. Over the years the Arts Council has grown to incorporate
art exhibits,
a performance series, along with arts services for
individual artists and organizations. |
In 1994, with the
unfortunate demise of the Franklin County Arts Council, ECAC began
providing programs and five regrant programs beyond Essex County and
renamed itself
the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks. One year
later the ArtsNorth Coalition was formed,
a network of Arts Centers and
Councils in the seven county North Country region, headed by ACNA. |
With our original mission
of marketing and promotion of the arts,
we now provide services to
140 organizations in Essex and Franklin counties and network
with over 300 in the Adirondack North Country |
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