Applications should clearly describe the concrete and significant impact the artist’s career will gain from the proposed opportunity in order to be competitive in the panel process.

Artists working in all disciplines (including literature, media arts, visual arts, dance, music and theater) may request support ranging from $200 to $1,500.

Strategic Opportunity Stipends are for artists living in New York State outside of the five boroughs of New York City.

DEADLINE APRIL 5, 2012. This deadline is for opportunities occurring between June 1, 2012 and October 31, 2012.

HOW TO APPLY:

CLICK HERE for SOS How to Apply Video, application form and guidelines. Additional pages with eligibility, regional partners, FAQ and other information can be accessed by clicking on headings in the grey menu on the left side of the page.

SOS applications must be emailed as a ONE PDF to the appropriateregional sponsoring organization. Please NOTE: Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Artists residing in the five boroughs of New York City are not eligilble to apply for this grant opportunity.

Questions: Please email Felicity Hogan, Program Officer:FHogan@nyfa.org

The DCA Grant Program is a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program and is administered by the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks. The Decentralization Program was begun in 1977 in accordance with its mandate from the Legislature to encourage participation in the State’s cultural funding process at the local level and implemented in this region in 1988. Decentralization funding for local arts activities is available in all of the state’s counties and remains one of NYSCA’s most dynamic means of making arts and cultural programs available to diverse segments of the state’s population.
Of the applicants receiving funding there were three new applicants, which included five artist-initiated projects. A panel of seven regional Essex and Southern Franklin county residents who are respected professionals in their fields; including artists, art administrators, and others whom reflect a broad-based representation of the cultural needs of our communities evaluated the project proposals. The ACNA Board of Trustees approved the panel’s recommendations. All requests to the Decentralization Program are intended to serve and benefit local residents and are open to public attendance and/or participation.
Recipients for 2012 DCA- “Developing Community Arts Grants” for Essex and Southern Franklin Counties are:
1. Emily Phillips, Adirondack Art Assoc.- 2012 Boquet valley Studio Tours
2. Adirondack Park Institute, Paul Smiths VIC- Readings and Lectures of Abolitionist Movement in the ADKs and Nature Writing by Black Authors
3. Adirondack Sustainable Communities-“Hobo Fest” all day Musical Event, First Friday Films
4. Kathy Recchia, East Branch Friends of the Arts-“Putting it Together Like the Pros III” Youth Live Theatre in a Week
5. Essex Community Concerts- Essex Community Concerts, Lectures and Workshops
6. Essex Theater Company- “Godspell”
7. JEMS Jay Entertainment and Music Society- Children’s Summer Theatre Workshop Series
Covered Bridge Coffeehouse Series
8. Nip Rogers, Lake Placid Public Library- “Social Face Working” Children’s Creation Exhibit
9. North Country Underground Railroad Historical Assoc- “Abolitionist and Underground Railroad “Hot Spots” in the North Country
10. Linda Smyth Sherman Free Library – “Port Henry’s History in Paint and Print” A Project for Local Kids
11. Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce – “Summer Concert Series 2012”
12. Individual Artist; Sandra Hildreth – Artist at Work Studio Tour and Third Thursday Art Walks
13. Ticonderoga Arts, Inc – “Art in the Park, A Plein Air Fest”
14. Ticonderoga Festival Guild – “Arts Trek XXX”
15. Ticonderoga Heritage Museum – “The Artist’s Touch”
16. Ticonderoga Historical Society – ‘Full Beaver Moon”
17. Upper Jay Art Center – “January Jams”
18. Whallonsburg Civic Assoc. – “Whallonsburg Grange Music and Theatre Series”

The next deadline for 2013 DCA is in October 2012. For Additional information about the Decentralization Program and other artist grant programs, the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks. e-mail to info@artsnorth.org, www.artsnorth.org or call 962-8778.

25th Annual Juried Cover Art Show Applications Now Available!

Applications are now available for the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks 25th Annual Traveling Cover Art Exhibit and competition for the Cover Art of the 2012 – 2013 Northern Adirondack Arts Directory. This directory celebrates its 32nd year of distribution of arts services and information.

The Cover Art Show will be held at The Lake Placid Center for the Arts with an Opening Reception Friday, March 16, 2012, from 5 – 7pm. Deadline for entries is Friday, March 9th, 2012. Work can be dropped off at LPCA in Lake Placid on Tuesday March 6 through Friday from 1 – 5 pm, or at The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks Main Office in Westport, NY. Please call ACNA at (518) 962-8778 before Monday, March 5, 2012, to make arrangements to drop off work in Westport, NY.

All awards and exhibits are open to any artist or craftsperson living in the Adirondack region, except the Directory Cover Competition. An artist must be a resident or summer resident of Essex or Southern Franklin Counties to be eligible for the Cover Art Award.

All media will be accepted, including photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, fiber, ceramics, woodcrafts, jewelry, prints and constructions. All work must be for sale, and must be portable and easily photographed. The 2012 first prize (purchase of the Cover Artwork) is $600.00. A Best in Show award of $100 is open to all artists. Applications are available by calling the ACNA office at (518) 962-8778, on our website www.artsnorth.org or email info@artsnorth.org.

The 2012 Juror for The Cover Art Show is Roger Hyndman, Artist and printmaker, Balston Spa, NY

Approximately 50 pieces will be selected of which 20 will comprise the traveling art exhibit. This exhibit will travel throughout the region for four months until August 2012. The exhibit is mounted for three to six weeks in various locations including (but not limited to) The Lake Placid Center for the Arts, The Depot Theatre Gallery in Westport, NY, The Hancock House in Ticonderoga, NY, The Adirondack History Center in Elizabethtown, NY, The Goff-Nelson Memorial Library in Tupper Lake, NY, Champlain National Bank branch offices, and other various galleries. The Cover Art Award and Developing Community Arts Grant awards will be announced at the opening reception on Friday, March 16th, 2012, from 5 – 7pm at The Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

ACNA is also requesting donations of one piece of work from artists or craftspersons for a Silent Auction Traveling Show. The Silent Auction exhibit will end when the Exhibit closes at lake Placid Center for the Arts. Interested buyers may enter a “silent bid” for each piece of artwork. At the end of the exhibit, the highest bidder will be rewarded with the piece. All proceeds from the Silent Auction support the Cover Art Program and The Arts Council’s future endeavors on behalf of the artists of the North Country.  The Cover Art Show winning piece will appear on the cover of 10,000 copies of the thirty-second annual “Northern Adirondack Arts Directory 2012-2013″ and Master Events Calendar.  The Directory will be available in June.  It has information and descriptions of over 140 cultural Organizations and over 1,000 dates of cultural interest. Organizations wishing to list a cultural event can do so on our website at www.artsnorth.org. Deadline for print is April 15th, 2011.

Forms can be downloaded here or at the home.

For further information about anything in this press release please contact:
The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, P. O. Box 187
Westport, NY 12993
PH: (518) 962-8778 FX: (518) 962-8797
Email: director@artsnorth.org, www.artsnorth.org

Crackin’ Foxy performs “10′ 2″ at the Winter Carnival Dance Concert at Harriettstown Town Hall on February 4th.

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