Congratulations to Round 1 grantees!

$62,500 was awarded for Individual Artist Grants for 25 projects

Albany County

Cara Hanley: In Search of Light: A Mental Health Zine

Courtney Staton: Tell Me How You Loved Me

Elijah Gaddy: Tails Side Up

Maria DeAngelo: Create Your Dreams Mural

Peyton Harrison: A Place Where Dreams Believe

Taina Asili: Fever Pitch

Victoria van der Laan: Pay-What-You-Can Exhibition

Rensselaer County

Ali Herrmann: In Focus

Angela Beallor: Past as Material: 1996 E. 9th Street

Yael Erel: Reverberating Light

Dierdre Shea: Earth Furniture

Chris Hefner: Ghost Sanctuary Exhibition

Ellie Irons: Medicine Garden

Michaela DAnnenbrink: Watercolor Workshop Series

Andrea LaRose: Artist Exhibition and Public Workshop

Ellie Irons: Feral Hues on Estuarial Fill: Current-day Troy, NY edition

Natan Diacon-Furtado: Azulejo Vivo (Living Tile)

azuré keahi: Medicinal Garden Project

Schenectady County

Brett L. Wery: Opus Aurum Chamber Opera

Chris Chandler: Through and through: A new work for flute, piano, and electronics composed by Christopher Chandler for Duo Axis

Cindy Schultz: Fathers we Are

Jorge Luna: The Other

Mallory Zondag: Connective Fibers

Oscar Alberto Bogran: Schenectady Night out “light installation”

Sarah Boink: The Threads that Bind Us

$172,597 was awarded for Community Arts Grants for 37 projects

Albany County

United Tenants of Albany :Tenant Power in Albany Documentary

American Labor Studies Center: Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot Historical Musical Drama at Cohoes Music Hall

Colonie Senior Service Centers, Inc.: Music Around the World

Festival Celebration, Inc.: Beyond Boundaries

Friends of Tivoli Lake Preserve and Farm, Inc.: Flax Apprenticeship and Flax Showcase Event

Mendelssohn Club of Albany, NY, INC.: Expanding Mendelssohn Club Activities

Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy: Fantastical Creatures Site-Specific Installation and Drawing Workshop for Youth

New Russia Cultural Center: The Memorial Prayer Project

Noteworthy Resources of Albany, Inc.: Community Art & Mindfulness

Red Bookshelf Inc.: The Art of Storytelling

Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus Inc.: Refugee Kids Laugh and Learn

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region: Arts & Hearts at RMHC-CR

The African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region: Young Futures Financial Literacy Art Program

The Friends of Pruyn House: Young Actors Guild Huck Finn.

Upstitch: Flying with Fabric

Wildwood Programs, Inc.: Community Integrates Theater Arts Show

Rensselaer County

Arts Letters and Numbers inc: Doors of Hope Community Mural Project

Collar Works, Inc.: FLOCKart

Friends of Prospect Park Foundation, Inc.: Circus in the Park Festival

Julia Weston: Barn Quilt Painting Classes with Valley Falls Youth Commission

Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein and the Town of East Greenbush: Arts in the Parks: An East Greenbush Community Arts Experience

Mount Ida Preservation Association: FlagSSS Day Workshop and Gallery Events

The Box Party: The Box Party Project

Troy Foundry Theatre, Inc.: Half Baked: A Festival of Emerging Work

Troy Rehabilitation Improvement Program, Inc.: Hillside North Stories of Home

Unity House of Troy, Inc.: Healing and Placemaking: Local artists engage with youth to create community-responsive public art

YWCA of the Greater Capital Region: Beginner Ceramic Workshop Series

Schenectady County

Kuumba Productions: Clearly

Hamilton Hill Arts Center: Hamilton Hill Arts Center Performing Arts Series

Crossroads Center for Children: Sound-Build With Gem

Mohawk Valley Society for Live Music: Porch Fest

Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation: Downtown Schenectady Fall Spooktacular Sculptural Piece

Cycle Schenectady: Flight Paths

Safe Inc., of Schenectady: Scripted Response Installation & Exhibit

Raeshelle Frasier: Past is present

Bianca DiLella: Wear your Art on your sleeve!

Miracle on Craig Street at Carver: Revitalization of Carver through community mural art- Youth mural Program

$27,500 was awarded for Arts Education Grants for 11 projects

Albany County

Kiara Johnson: High School Students Paint Plein Air with Kiara Johnson

Sara Pruiksma: Art & Nature Workshops

South End Children’s Cafe, Inc: The Large Letter Box Project

William David Geltzeiler: Elementary School Living Museum

United Way of the Greater Capital Region: Summer Meals Collaborative

Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus Inc: Circus Arts – Vehicle for Learning

Thomas Fox: Library Teen Summer Photography Workshop

The Connect Center: Acting Classes

Rensselaer County

KIPP Capital Region: The Good Trouble Audio Club x Cultural Renaissance

Valley Falls Free Library: Barn Quilt Ongoing Barn Quilt Classes for local community

Schenectady County

Oscar Alberto Bogran: Summer Night Light installation work Shop

Joao Pedro dos Anjos Filho: Capoeira for everyone

Ahmel Williams: Photography Classes

Ahmel Williams: Steel Pan

Alexandrea Barnes: Drum lessons

$3,300 was awarded for Pop-Up Mini Grants for 3 projects

Earths Shot Project Inc.: Celebrating Chinese Resilience

Maria DeAngelo: Community Art Make & Takes

Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy: miniMoCA518 Exhibition Series on the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail

Congratulations to Round 2 grantees!

$65,000 was awarded for Individual Artist Grants for 26 projects

Albany County

Tom Fox: Handcrafted: Portraits of Capital Region Artisans and Craftspeople

Laura Melnicoff: Solo Cello Recording Project

Phoebe Rotter: Lorraine Time

Abraham Ferraro: Pop Mail Art

Carolyn DiFiori Hopkins
: Monotype Workshop

Bryan Hamill: Circus Community Screen Printing Block Party

Muthukrishnan Narasimhan: Indian Classical Dances Accessories

Mara Lefebvre: “Flights”

Rensselaer County

Ellen Graf: Forest Friends: the trolls of Grafton

Ellen Graf: Neighbor, I Need You

Zhong-hua Lu: The Language Of Nature: Painting Grafton Lakes

Nicholas Payton: Lost Voices

Evens Angulo-Duvil: The Aura of Upstate

Laura Teeter: The Universal: Dance Works

Lauraly Grossman: Spiritual Masterpiece Machine Zine

Nathan Smith: Empowered by Poetry

Lorelei Wagner: Reverberating Light

Hana van der Kolk: a remnant, an alien, a wave

Kim Tateo: What Blooms in Moonlight? An art happening and celebration of returning light

Yael Erel: Reverberating Light

Avner Ben-Natan: Reverberating Light

Jackie Zysk: Acquiring Mirrors

Andrea Williams: CatNaps for Lucid Dreaming

Julia Weston: Barn Quilt Enrichment of Playground Area

Justin Baker: Art Town

Schenectady County

Kristi Isabella: Mosaic Mural Planning

$125,200 was awarded for Community Arts Grants for 28 projects

Albany County

ArtPartners/Tsehaya & Company, Inc.: Celebrating 50 Years of HipHop: A State of Mind & Body

Young Men’s Christian Association of the Capital District: Indian Music Workshops at Capital District YMCA

Nathan Randall Simms: Summer Youth Film Camp

Tri-City India Association: Indian Music Caravan

Tri City India Association: Brunswick Community Library Indian Music Performances & Workshops

Russell Sage College: Adding more ART to Opalka’s Pop-up Beer Garden

Friends and Foundation of Albany Public Library: Public Art Installation at Albany Public Library’s Pine Hills

Chinese Community Center of Capital District of New York, Inc.: To teach the art forms of Peking Opera

Social Justice Center of Albany: Fever Pitch

Capital Cinema Cultural Exchange, Inc: Northeast Filmmakers Lab – 10th Edition

Capital Pride Singers: Capital Pride Singers “Fall 2023 Concert Series”

Albany Public Library: Indian Music Experience

South End Children’s Café: Indian Cultural Immersion at South End Children’s Café

Rensselaer County

Nopiates Committee INC: Transformation Project

Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Counsel: The House Down

Amy Halloran: Story Stations

Arvilla E Diver Memorial Library Inc.: Let’s Make a Song!

Amy Halloran: YWCA-GCR: History and Presence

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Region: Family Art

Troy Waterfront Farmers Market Inc: Troy Waterfront Farmers Market Produce Passport

Tech Valley Game Space Inc: Pixels for Progress: Civic Engagement Game Jam

KIPP Capital Region Public Schools: John Lewis: Good Trouble Audio Club

Organ Colossal (fiscal sponsor) Song City – A local songwriter community, showcase, and educational program.

Troy Public Library: Fall 2023 Library Programming

Schenectady County

YWCA NorthEastern NY: Safe Shelter Mural

Brightside Up, Inc.: ABC’s of Mental Health Consultation – A Story for Caregivers

Schenectady Greenmarket, Inc.: Schenectady Greenmarket Music Stage

$20,000 was awarded for Arts Education Grants for 8 projects

Albany County

Shana Clark: Capital Pride Singers “Patchwork Quilt; The Fabric of Us,”

Rensselaer County

Troy Booster Club: THS literary & arts magazine

Christianna Bennett: Water Ways: Water Wayfinding Sculptures

Ira Marcks: Creating Comics Project #1 with Troy Middle School 6th Grade

Ira Marcks: Creating Comics Project #2 with Troy Middle School 7th Grade

Kristi Isabella: ALCO Mosaic Mural

Schenectady County

Melanie Chirignan: Creative Collaboration Improv Studio Part 1

Melanie Chirignan: Creative Collaboration Improv Studio Part 2

$2,500 was awarded for Pop-Up Mini Grants for 2 projects

Albany County

Natalya Sukhonos: Yoga and Poetry Workshop for Immigrant Women in the Capital Region

Schenectady County

Jane Romm: Trauma-informed Tattooing Seminar