MONTICELLO - Dedicated to keeping the arts alive and strong in Sullivan County, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) proudly announces the recipients of the 2022 Sullivan County Arts Grants program. Twenty-five grants totaling $36,776 were awarded to artists, arts organizations, and community nonprofits to support arts programming throughout the region.

DVAA will present the awards at a public ceremony honoring the community groups and individual artists who have been selected to receive funding in the 2022 grant cycle. The live in-person event will take place on Saturday, May 7, from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library located at 479 Broadway, Monticello. In addition to the award presentations, the event will feature guest speakers and live performances.

These funds, granted through the New York State Council on the Arts’ Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) program, and administered by DVAA, will support 19 Arts for Sullivan Community Arts projects ($24,076) as well as four Individual Artist Fellowships (two in Visual Arts and two in the Literary Arts with each receiving a $1,000 fellowship) in Sullivan County in 2022.

Additionally, six grants totaling $8,700, were awarded through the Restart NY Live Performance Regrant Fund, to support projects between June 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. The initiative, also funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, was established to support the performing artists and return of live performance to New York State following the pandemic.

This year’s projects range from concerts and performances to historical re-enactments, to workshops for young and the young-at-heart.

“The Arts for Sullivan Grants are awarded by a panel of peers carefully selected from the communities that we serve,” explained DVAA Executive Director Ariel Shanberg. “They reflect a vital investment in arts and culture throughout the area and our collective desire to see them continue to grow and thrive.”

Remarking on this year’s awardees, Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther (NYS-100) shared “I want to congratulate all of the 2022 Sullivan County Arts & Heritage grant recipients, as well as those who received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Statewide Community Regrant Program, in partnership with the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA). Arts and culture are part of what makes our area such a great place to live, and DVAA has always been an outstanding partner for artists in our community. This funding will ensure they have the resources they need to continue their great work and to help to usher in the future of the arts in Sullivan County.”

ARTS FOR SULLIVAN - COMMUNITY ARTS GRANT RECIPIENTS:

• Bethel Local Development Corporation’s Bethel Lakeside Music & Art 2022
• Callicoon Center Band’s Summer Concert Series
• The Delaware Company’s Living History Programs at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History
• Delaware Valley Opera’s The Opera Cowgirls
• Frederick Cook Society’s The Arctic Photography of Dr. Frederick Cook, fiscally sponsored by the Sullivan County Historical Society
• Greyscale Darkroom and Pro Photo Lab’s Analog Photography Workshop Series fiscally sponsored by the Greater Barryville Chamber of Commerce
• Mamakating Library’s Youth Art Workshops
• Phillipsport Community Center, Inc.’s Music Nights at the PCC
• Rock Hill Business and Community Association’s Summer Concert Series
• Rock Valley Schoolhouse’s Summer Events 2022, fiscally sponsored by ENGN CNTR
• Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Inc.’s 2022 Main Stage Season
• Sullivan Public Library Alliance’s Sullivan County Poet Laureate Project
• Town of Lumberland Cultural Series’ Concert Series
• Tusten Heritage Community Garden’s The Nature of Art
• Wurtsboro Art Alliance’s Building Community Through Workshops and Artists Demonstrations

Arts for Sullivan Individual Artist Fellowship Grant Recipients:

• Chelsea Harlan (Literary Arts)
• Laurie McFadden (Visual Arts)
• Anie Stanley (Literary Arts)
• Amy Yoes (Visual Arts)

Restart NY Grant Recipients:

• Delaware Valley Opera’s The Gift of the Magi
• Phillipsport Community Center, Inc.’s Music Nights at the PCC  
• Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Inc.’s Wait Until Dark
• Sullivan 180’s Blueprint for Life – Marching to the Beat of Your Internal Drummer
• Sullivan Public Library Alliance’s Sullivan County Youth Book Festival, fiscally sponsored by the Mamakating Library  
• Upper Delaware Musicians Collective’s Drive-In Music Series – Singer/Songwriters of the Upper Delaware