Grants
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2019 ArtsWestchester Annual Report
LOCAL COMMUNITIES In 2019, ArtsWestchester distributed over $1.3 million in funding to organizations and individual artists across Westchester and Rockland. ArtsWestchester’s grants programs are supported by funding from Westchester County Government and New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and are designed to increase organizational capacity, enhance cultural and educational programming, and support individual artists in the creation of new work. In total, 228 grants were awarded in 2019. Education programs that were funded with these grants in 2019 include art workshops for youth and adults at the Pelham Art Center (Pelham), a summer conservancy program for aspiring opera singers led by Taconic Opera (Yorktown Heights), and performing arts training for youth and teens at the Tarrytown Music Hall (Tarrytown). In Fall 2019, 51 arts organizations participated in the Art$WChallenge matching grant program, which leveraged County funding to raise $353,189 in new, private donations. ArtsWestchester also provided in-depth technical assistance and professional development opportunities to the cultural community, including programs on legal and
copyright law for artists, strategy and planning for small organizations, and funding opportunities presented by A.R.T. NY and New York Foundation for the Arts. *See page 20 for the full list of 2019 grantees.
LEFT PAGE: Off Center Dance Theatre (photo courtesy of Off Center Dance Theatre) RIGHT PAGE: Conductor Rachael Worby, concertmaster Robert
16 Chausow and the Westchester Philharmonic perform Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” accompanied by dancer Savion Glover. (photo credit: Louis Vaccaro)
