ArtsWestchester was recently joined by the arts community at a reception to thank state and county officials who made it possible to award 164 grants to artists and arts groups in Westchester and Rockland Counties.
Over the past several years, public art has flooded the City of Rye, bringing the community together, engaging Westchester artists and raising funds for underserved populations. Now, Rye Arts Center is taking time to celebrate two of those public art initiatives, and the people who made them possible, during its annual fundraiser taking place this weekend.
Yonkers artists and cultural organizations are invited to apply for more than $52,000 in grants to enhance the services they provide to residents.
ArtsWeschester was recently joined by Westchester County Board of Legislators Majority Leader Christopher Johnson for a networking and information event for current and potential grantees of the Yonkers Arts Initiative grant program. The attendees, representing numerous nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and individual artists from throughout Yonkers, gathered at the offices…
Seven area artists have been selected to each receive one of ArtsWestchester’s $10K Voices for Change 2023 grants, which are designed to promote social awareness through the arts. The organization’s CEO Janet Langsam says: “It is our hope that these artists will use various art forms to illuminate complex issues,…
“The arts are for everyone,” says ArtsWestchester CEO Janet Langsam. “They give voice and a means of creative expression to all, and are fundamental to our wellbeing.” It is in this spirit that ArtsWestchester strives to provide arts accessibility throughout Westchester and Rockland. One of the primary ways the organization…
This morning, July 28, ArtsWestchester was joined by Westchester County Executive George Latimer, county and state legislators, and local arts groups, all who make the arts possible throughout the Westchester and Rockland Counties. The virtual reception celebrated ArtsWestchester’s 2021 grantees and served to kick off this year’s Challenge Grant, a…
Hudson River Museum Receives Mellon Foundation Grant Hudson River Museum (HRM) recently announced that it is being awarded a $200,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. HRM is one of only 14 organizations nationwide to receive the Art Museum Futures Fund, a relief initiative created to help sustain arts…
Congress recently passed the Save Our Stages Act as part of its COVID-19 Relief Bill, which local arts venues hope will provide relief to the struggles they’ve experienced since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this month’s News Briefs: Pop-Up Library Pops Up in New Rochelle; Historic Hudson Valley Receives Conservation Grant; Neuberger Museum of Art Reopens to the Public; New Interim Managing Director Named at Performing Arts Center at Purchase College; In Memoriam: Sister Beth Dowd; In Memoriam: Karen Marie Marmer; and New Initiatives for Paycheck Protection and Shuttered Venues Passed by Congress.
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