SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saratoga Arts is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2018 Community Arts Grants for organizations and individual artists in Fulton, Montgomery, and Saratoga Counties. Thirty-five grants totaling $103,800 have been awarded to support community-based arts events taking place in 2018.
With funding that it is awarded from the New York State Council on the Arts, Saratoga Arts’ Community Arts Grants support artists, non-profit organizations, and government departments in Saratoga, Fulton, and Montgomery Counties, in partnership with qualifying organizations and artists, to present arts and cultural programs of high artistic merit in local communities.
This year’s grant-funded recipients and their funded projects offer the community year-round opportunities to experience a wide array of free or low-cost artistic events highlighting talented local and regional artists. An estimated 34,000+ community members, 6,000+ youth, and 800+ artists will directly participate in these grant-funded events occurring throughout 2018.
A reception will be held to celebrate this years’ awardees on Thursday, April 5, from 6 – 8pm – the public is invited. Please RSVP HERE
2018 Saratoga County Community Arts Grants Awardees
Arts District on Beekman Street
Saratoga Springs, NY
$4,700 for the 6th Annual Beekman Street Art Fair
Mark Blech
Ballston Spa, NY
$2,500 for his work, Homeostasis
Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library
Clifton Park, NY
$2,140 for their Taiko Musical Performance
Corinth Theatre Guild
Corinth, NY
$5,000 for their 2018 Summer Theatre Workshop
Dance Flurry Organization
Waterford, NY
$3,836 for the 2018 Flurry Festival
Friends of Saratoga Battlefield
Stillwater, NY
$1,907 for their program: Exploring Diverse and Timeless Connection to the Battles of Saratoga Through Arts, Living History, Music, and Cultural Education
Greenfield Review Literary Center
Greenfield Center, NY
$4,250 for The Saratoga Native American Festival
Hudson Mohawk Chorale
Burnt Hills, NY
$2,302 for OnChor!
Malta League of Arts
Malta, NY
$3,700 for their Plein Air Festival
Jessica Mansmith
Halfmoon, NY
$2,500 for her project, Z-50
National Bottle Museum
Ballston Spa, NY
$2,520 for their program, Creativity in the Community: Fundamentals of Hot Glass
Saratoga Arts Fest
Saratoga Springs, NY
$3,800 for their program, La Dolce Vita Remix
Saratoga Senior Citizen’s Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
$4,000 for their Lunchtime Concerts series
Saratoga Shakespeare, Inc.
Saratoga Springs, NY
$4,500 for their 2018 Summer Production
Saratoga YMCA
Saratoga Springs, NY
$2,520 for their program, Similes + Synesthesia with artist Jackie Sweeney
Schuylerville Public Library
Schuylerville, NY
$1,675 for their Libraries Rock: Summer Music Series
Wilton Wildlife Preserve + Park
Wilton, NY
$1,550 for their program, Plein Air at the Preserve + Park + Blues for the Karner
For more information, visit saratoga-arts.org
