ArtsWestchester Awarded 39 Grants

In partnership with New York State Council on the Arts the organization awarded more than $46,000 to Westchester-based artists and arts organizations    

At a breakfast on Friday, April 11, a total of 39 grants were awarded to artists and organizations that support projects throughout the county, including performing and fine art, public art installations, multimedia exhibitions and educational programming. More than $46,000 was awarded to support programs that incorporate community involvement and/or engagement as the basis of their intent.

To view images from this event, visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/artswestchester/sets/72157643961060573/

PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED:
Assemblywoman Shelly Mayer
Senator Andrea Stewart Cousins
Assemblyman David Buchwald
Assemblyman Steve Otis
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef
Assemblyman Gary Pretlow
Assemblyman Tom Abinanti

REPRESENTING NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS 
Lisa Robb, Executive Director

AWARDEES INCLUDED:
Artist Grants
Gabrielle Sia, artist (Elmsford)
Patricia Miranda, artist (Port Chester)

Project Grants
Andrea Elam, choreographer/dancer (Peekskill)
Antonia Arts, Inc. (Peekskill)
Bronxville Public Library (Bronxville)
Chappaqua Orchestral Association (Chappaqua)
Collegium Westchester, Inc. (Ossining)
Cross Cultural Connection (Peekskill)
Daisy Jopling Foundation (Peekskill)
Downtown/Waterfront Business Improvement District Inc. of Yonkers
Educational Exchange (Purdys)
Fort Hill Players, Inc. (White Plains)
Friends of Hastings Public Library (Hastings-on-Hudson)
Gooseberry Studio (Shenorock)
Greenburgh Public Library (Elmsford)
Hamm & Clov Stage Company, Inc. (Yonkers)
Harrison Public Library (Harrison)
Hudson Valley Singers, Corp. (Irvington)
Judy Ayers, choreographer (Yonkers)
Little Radical Theatrics, Inc. (Bronxville)
M&M Productions Acting Company, Inc. (Amawalk)
New Westchester Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (Hartsdale)
Niji No Kai, Corp. (Valhalla)
O’Bey Foundation, Inc. (Mount Vernon)
OCA Westchester and Hudson Valley (White Plains)
Ossining Documentary & Discussion Series (Ossining)
Ossining Public Library (Ossining)
Peekskill Arts Alliance (Peekskill)
PJS Jazz Society, Inc. (Mount Vernon)
Pleasantville Music Theatre, Inc. (Ossining)
Rivertown Artist Workshop (Sleepy Hollow)
Scarsdale Congregational Church (Scarsdale)
Sleepy Hollow Performing Artists (Sleepy Hollow)
Songcatchers, Inc. (New Rochelle)
Westchester Collaborative Theater (Ossining)
Westchester Oratorio Society, Inc. (South Salem)
White Plains Hispanic Day Parade Committee, Inc. (White Plains)

ARTS PARTNERS CHALLENGE GRANTS 
Two grants totaling $4,100

Copland House, Inc. and Hillcrest Elementary School – The Dot and the Line
Copland House will bring its program Playing with Numbers:  Musical Adventures in Math to Hillside Elementary School in March 2014.  The overall project includes two performances at the School during the school day (with 200 students per grade in attendance at each performance).  In addition to the two performances, Copland House will lead a pre-concert activity for each grade, tied to its math curriculum, as well as a post-concert opportunity to “get to know and play” the instruments (including a variety of particularly colorful non-traditional percussion instruments) with the musicians.

Kristen Linder and Ossining High School – Mural: Pillars of American Music
The project will involve three groups of students in grades 10-12 who are enrolled in a Painting Class and an Advanced Placement Studio class. The art teachers will work with a history teacher and develop interdisciplinary lessons focused on the history of American music. Based on their learning during their painting, studio and orchestra classes, the students will develop a vision for the mural based on the pillars of American music: classical, jazz, folk and world music.  The student muralists will design a collage depicting these foundational genres that shaped our American music culture.