A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
St. Lawrence, Jefferson & Lewis Counties
The New York State Council on the Arts’ Statewide Community Regrants Program supports arts programming on a local level. SLC Arts administers this regrant program in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties, as well as Akwesasne. This year, $160,000 will be distributed to local artists, nonprofit organizations, governmental or Tribal entities. The 2025 Regrant Cycle will open in mid-to-late July this year.
At this time, SLC Arts is pleased to announce its 2024 recipients:
2024 INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT
1) Anne Huntress, Lyons Falls. Fence Art in Lyons Falls.
2) Krystin LaBarge, Watertown. Young Reflections, An Exploration Reframing Student Image.
3) Christie Grimes, Sackets Harbor. Community Inspired Poetry.
4) Rebecca Donnelly, Potsdam. We Are the Place: Queering the North Country Landscape through Stories.
5) Rebecca Allen, South Colton. Reverent Earth – A Visual Homage to the Pastoral Beauty of St. Lawrence County Cemeteries.
6) Mitchell Hill Price, Clayton. Views From Ago II.
7) Marjorie Kaniehtonkie Skidders, Akwesasne. Adaptations to the Mohawk Basket Making and the Emerald Ash Borer.
2024 ARTS EDUCATION GRANT
1) Patricia Van Patten, Madrid. Set Tech 2024.
2) Katherine Schuler, Brasher Falls. Woodworking in the Schools.
3) Katherine Schuler, Massena. Woodworking in the Schools.
4) Dana Gillan, Watertown. Bloom Where You Are Planted.
5) Alisa Woods, Canton. Melodic Minds: Celebrating Neurodiversity with Music.
6) Cheryl Priest, Adams Center. Joy in the Journey Creations, Art arrives at the Transitional Living Services Apartment Program.
7) Mark Lyon, Potsdam. After School Guitar Program.
2024 COMMUNITY ARTS GRANT
1) Henderson Harbor Performing Arts Association, Henderson. Henderson Harbor Performing Arts 2024.
2) Tip Yip, Potsdam. Lunar New Year Music and Literacy Project.
3) Norfolk Concert Series, Norfolk. Summer Concert Series 2024.
4) WPBS-TV, Watertown. WPBS Weekly - Inside the Studio.
5) Hepburn Library of Norfolk, Norfolk. 2D Little Library.
6) Jefferson County Historical Society, Watertown. An Evening With Dickens- Fezziwig's Party.
7) Madrid Dam Music Series, Madrid. Madrid Dam Music Series - Summer 2024 Season.
8) The Yellow Barn Concert Series, Hammond. The Yellow Barn Concert Series 2024.
9) Morristown Gateway Museum, Morristown. Morristown Gateway Museum Concert Series & Arts Festival at the Red Barn Preserve.
10) Gretchen Koehler, Potsdam. Fiddling With Traditions - Fiddle Suite Inspired by NNY Folk Traditions/ Live Multimedia Performance.
11) Young People’s Theater of Clayton, Clayton. Young People's Theater of Clayton presents Seussical Jr.
12) Spoken Word of NNY, Clayton. Selected Stories.
13) Town of Potsdam, Hannawa Falls. The Postwood Beach Community Coloring Book 2024 - The Big Botanical Bug Mural.
14) Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance, Sackets Harbor. Haudenosaunee Heritage – Past, Present and Future.
15) Norwood Public Library, Norwood. Adventures Through Art.
16) Massena Public Library. Adventures Through Art.
17) Massena Concert Series, Massena. Massena Concerts in the Park.
18) Morristown Public Library, Morristown. Dancing, Art, Poetry, And Theatre in Morristown.
19) Potsdam Pride, Potsdam. Pride Festival in the Park.
20) Town of Lewis Library, West Leyden. The Town of Lewis Library Presents: The Rev Theater and Fritz's Polka Band.
21) North Country Artists Guild, Watertown. 2024 Summer Kick Off Arts and Music Festival.
22) Downtown Development Corporation of Watertown, Watertown. Native Solar Eclipse Festival.
23) Unitarian Universalist Church, Canton. Jazz & Coffee Nights.
24) Steelin’ Country, Madrid. Frets, Bows, & Pedals: An Instrumental Journey.
25) Constable Hall Association, Constableville. A Constable Christmas Carol.
26) Hammond Historical Museum, Hammond. Hammond Historical Museum Scottish Festival 2024.
27) Hearts for Youth, Alexandria Bay. Hearts For Youth 2024 Community Arts Programs.
28) Sackets Harbor Historical Society, Sackets Harbor. Sackets Harbor Concerts on the Waterfront: "Here Comes the Sun!"
29) GardenShare, Canton. Farmers Market Music Series.
30) Waddington Historical Association, Waddington. Harmony & History Concert Series.
31) Heidi Sourwine, Redwood. Akwesasne Women Singers at Indian River Lakes Conservancy's Redwood Hill Preserve.
32) Cinema 10, Potsdam. Cinema 10 Spring 2024.
33) Taylor Huntley & the Boyden Brook Band, Canton. Raquette River Sessions.
34) Potsdam Juneteenth Committee, Potsdam. 5th Annual Potsdam Juneteenth Celebration - Trumptight315, Benjamin Mambou and Khuumba Ama Concert.
35) Brantingham Arts Council, Greig. 2024 Brantingham Sizzling Summer Concert Series.
36) Community Performance Series, Potsdam. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" - 2024 CPS Summer Musical Production.
Congratulations to all recipients! For more information about funded projects, or about our grant program, please contact Alicia Murphy, Grant Coordinator, at [email protected].
Made possible with funds from the State Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor, and the New York State Legislature, and administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.
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