Join us Wednesday, March 11th @ 6pm to celebrate the awardees of New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization (DEC) Regrant program. We will be celebrating grant winners from Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua counties. In all, the Tri-County Arts Council awarded more than $70,000 in funding across the three county region to Arts Education, Individual Artist, and Community Arts projects.

Artists and Organizations receiving grant funding are:

Arts Education grants: Melissa Harrison, Cathy Panebianco, and Sally Ventura

Individual Artist grants: Laura Cole, Audrey Dowling, and Kari Roslund

Community Arts grants: African-American Center for Cultural Development, Allegany Arts Association, American Scandinavian Heritage Foundation, Angelica Community Radio, Angelica Free Library, Belfast Public Library, Citizens for a Better Cassadaga, Cuba Circulating Library, David A. Howe Public Library, Fluvanna Free Library, Fountain Arts Center, Gowanda Historic Hollywood Theater, Great Lake FX, Jamestown Concert Association, Keynote Chorus, Leon Historical Society, Olean Meditation Center, Olean Theatre Workshop, Patterson Library, Randolph Area Community Development Corporation, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Rolling Hills Radio, Southern Tier Symphony, Town Theater of Short Tract, Tri-Church Parish, Wide Awake Library Club.

The Tri-County Arts Council has administered this regrant program since 2000, which is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

For more information about this grant program, please email or call Kalyn at kalyn@myartscouncil.net or 716-372-7455.