BETHEL – On Tuesday, May 20, DVAA will honor the community groups and individual artists selected to receive funding in the 2025 grant cycle. The live in-person event will take place, from 4-6pm at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts’ Event Gallery, located at 200 Hurd Rd, Bethel. RSVPs requested but not required.

In addition to the award presentations, the event will feature a number of spotlight performances featuring 2025 grantees including the screening of footage from Individual Artist Fellowship awardee Tina Spangler’s forthcoming film “Finding Fanny”, a reading by Individual Artist Fellowship awardee Pamela Tinnen, a live performance by musicians from Sullivan Arts and Heritage Grant awardee Weekend of Chamber Music, and a performance by Arts for Sullivan awardee Farm Arts Collective.

Dedicated to strengthening our communities through access to vibrant arts and cultural offerings in Sullivan County, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) proudly announces the  recipients of our 2025 Regrant opportunities – Arts for Sullivan, in which 38 grants, totaling $82,000, were awarded to artists, arts organizations and community nonprofits, and the Sullivan County Arts & Heritage Grants, in which 17 grants totaling $20,000 were awarded to arts organizations, and community nonprofits to support arts and cultural programming throughout Sullivan County. 

Administered by DVAA since 1983, Arts for Sullivan is funded through the New York State Council on the Arts’ Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) Program. In 2025, Arts for Sullivan will support 32 Community Arts and Arts Education projects ($64,000) as well as six Individual Artist Fellowships which are awarded in the Visual, Literary, and Compositional Arts. Each recipient receiving $3,000, and in return they are required to incorporate an engagement component that connects their creative practice with Sullivan County communities.

The Sullivan County Arts & Heritage Grants program is made possible through a Legislative Discretionary Fund grant awarded by the Sullivan County Legislature. Administered by DVAA, the funding supports projects that focus on visual, performing, literary, media, and folk arts, as well as the culture and heritage of Sullivan County. Eligible groups include libraries, theaters, music groups, historical societies, museums, community development groups, environmental groups, and more. Since 2000, through the SCAHG, DVAA has distributed over $318,000.  

In 2025 DVAA’s regrant programs will help fund dynamic projects ranging from lake-side concert series and immersive festivals to hands-on workshops for the young and the young-at-heart, and interactive town-wide events including Callicoon Art Walk. They take place throughout every corner of our county and will generate creative energy and economic vitality throughout 2025!

Ariel Shanberg, DVAA Executive Director said, “This year’s grantees exemplify the remarkable role the Arts play in our communities here in Sullivan County and beyond. The projects and artists awarded this year affirm our connection with each other. They encourage engagement and inquiry. They celebrate the wide range of voices, ideas, and experiences that make our county such a special place to live, work and visit. 

These essential public dollars provide the vital spark our grantees need to realize their creative vision and help sustain the communities they occur in. This year, through our partnerships with NYSCA and the Sullivan County Legislature, DVAA is ensuring that artists and arts organizations in Sullivan County are being supported like no year prior. Our regrants in 2025 total more than $100,000 in support of projects with budgets totaling nearly $842,000 which is invested into the communities they take place in.”