Creative Partnership (CPG)
Otsego County Head Start: This project with the Farmer’s Museum, cultivates an understanding for pre-K student of rural heritage that has shaped the land and the culture of our area
Cooperstown Middle School: Accomplished artist Charlie Bremer works with teachers Amy Parr, Diana Garcia, Eileen Murphy, Bruce Clinton and Marcie Schwartzman to engage the students in the project “Creating New Pathways”.
Unadilla Elementary School: Art teacher Phyllis Blincoe collaborates with fellow teacher Elaine Reed, Jamie Rowe, and Sara Garno to expose the 3rd grade students to World Culture through artist Tara Hu’s “An exploration of Asian art and Culture”.
Riverside Elementary School: Master teaching artist Mary Knish teams up with kindergarten teacher Ken Sider to bring “The Soul of Life: Celebrating Rhythm and the World”.
Hancock Central School: Professional artist Bertha Rogers, along with teachers Brenda Vincentz, Carmella Bullick and Mary Norris, take the students on a trip back in time to create Illuminated Manuscripts.
Morris Central School: Professional teaching artist Bonnie Gale accompanied by Jill Accordino, Kathy Bechtold, Diane Walling, Michelle Pepe and Niki Miller, bring environmental science and art together building a living willow sculpture in the shape a mustang, the school mascot.
The Creative Partnership Grant provides funding to enhance the arts in public schools and non-profit cultural organizations in Otsego and Delaware County. Funding is used to pay artists to present artistic, interactive workshops to students in pre-k through 12, helping them achieve New York State standards in all disciplines through a well-developed arts program. Individual programs can receive up to $3000 in grant funding. This program is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
Email carmstrong@uccca.com for more information about the CPG grant.
Community Arts Initiative
Decentralization
(DEC) 2010 Recipients
Otsego County Conservation Association: As sponsor for Cynthia Marsh who will be creating an Otsego County Panoramic Mural on the East side of the Clinton Plaza; Spring 2010
Cooperstown Art Association: Fine Art on the Lawn; Sept 4 & 5 2010
Main Street Oneonta: Friday nights on the plaza; 15 nights of entertainment beginning May 29, 2010
Pathfinder Village, Inc: Summer concert series; July 10-August 28, 2010
Oneonta Concert Band Association: Salute to Veterans; November 7, 2010
Little Delaware Youth Ensemble: Annual regional workshop/ concert/ master class; March 29 & 30, 2010
Oneonta Community Alliance for the Youth: Concerts at the Orpheus Theater highlighting successful youth who have come through the program and are now professional musicians March 20, 2010
Smithy Pioneer: As sponsor for Christopher de Ville of The Lone Grangers, summer theater program serving Northern Otsego County. Performances & workshops will be scheduled using community members to fill a portion of the entertainment rolls; July 5-Aug 22, 2010
Otsego Dance Society: A series of 10 traditional, participatory dances in Otsego County; Jan 1-Dec 3, 2010
Orpheus Theater Inc: Production of Bye, Bye Birdie @ the Goodrich Theater SUCO; May 14-16, 2010
Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble: Free concert of traditional and modern concert band music, featuring Kim Patterson playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; May 2, 2010
Otsego Co. Pomona Grange: Entertainment at the Otsego County Fair, August 3-8, 2010
Catskill Choral Society: Performances of African Sanctus with brief lecture on the history of African music May 7 & 9, 2010
The Major’s Inn Foundation, Inc.: A free music program for all ages at the historic Major's Inn, in Gilbertsville NY, reaching out to the elderly and all the underserved in that part of the county; July 7-Aug 25, 2010
Unadilla Historical Society: The 22nd Unadilla Summer Concert Series, featuring a wide range of music from traditional Folk to Irish Folk, Bluegrass as well as Dixieland and 40's; June 20-Aug 12, 2010First
Presbyterian Church of Gilbertsville: Two concerts of classical music performed by The Millennium Strings; September 3 &4, 2010
City of the Hills Chorus, Sweet Adelines: Barbershop Road Show, reaching out to the older population in nursing homes and other venues, while welcoming the younger generations to enjoy traditional Barbershop music; May 1-Dec 15, 2010
Richfield Springs Youth Ministry – 1: Plant the seed of music in the very young and their families in an isolated part of Otsego County; July 24, 2010
Richfield Springs Youth Ministry – 2: Community wide interactive African drumming workshop exposing the participants to new music, culture and history; March 13, 2010
The Decentralization Grant program supports high quality, community-based arts and cultural activities throughout Otsego County. Not-for-profit organizations and municipalities may apply to receive up to $5000 in funding. Individual artists may apply as well, if collaborating with an organization or municipality. This grant is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
Email carmstrong@uccca.com for more information about the DEC Grant.
2009 Community Arts Initiative Recipients
Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS)
The Special Opportunity Stipend helps individual artists in all disciplines take advantage of unique opportunities that significantly benefit their work or career development. Literary, media, visual, music and theater artists may request support ranging from $100 to $600 for specific, forthcoming opportunities that are distinct from work in progress. This grant is funded by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).
Email carmstrong@uccca.com for more information about the SOS grant.
Round 2 Deadline:
January 27 , 2010
for opportunities March through June 2010
Download a PDF version of the grant application here.
ARTWORKinternational, Inc. announces $12,000 grant open to visual artists worldwide. Deadline for submissions December 31, 2009. Artist Business Career Development Grant - from ARTWORKinternational, Inc.
To receive more information or a hard copy of one of our grant applications, contact the
Arts Council at
(607) 432-2070.
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