Grants awarded to arts programs

Wayne County Council for the Arts announces the funding of 21 arts programs sponsored by local community groups.

Funds totaling $22,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts will be given out in the form of Decentralization Grants by the Arts Council. This will take place at the Decentralization Awards Ceremony on Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. at the office/gallery at 2 Broad St., Lyons.

Recipients are Wayne County based not-for-profit organizations who successfully applied to this annual competitive program. Awards checks will be distributed at this event. The public is invited to join in the celebration. There is no cost and refreshments will be served

'Out of 26 grant applications, we were able to fund these 21,' noted Arts Council Decentralization Coordinator Heidi Lux Santelli. 'Our review panel, which is comprised of local individuals with a strong interest in and knowledge of the arts, worked hard to make sure that these grants were fairly distributed throughout the county. They chose those programs that showed the most community interest, need, and benefit.'

The following organizations and programs will receive the listed 2000 Decentralization awards:

Canaltown Chorale (Palmyra) - $1000 toward their 2000 concert series;

Fairville Presbyterian Church - $800 for performances at the Family Festival by God's Country and Skidder & Sissy;

Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra (Newark) - $1000 toward an Ira Gershwin/Cole Porter concert;

First Presbyterian Church of Lyons - $3100 for their Lenten Concert Series featuring Faeden O East, CHIMES, Classic Brass.,John Rossbach, Lydian Winds Trio, Fitzhugh Quartet, and Sacred Harp; and their Four Seasons Concert Series;

Lyons Community Center - $900 for a pottery workshop with Clyde ceramicist Anj Campbell and a puppetry workshop and performance with Ontario artist Diane Davis;

Macedon Center United Methodist Church - $600 for a concert by Genesis String Quartet at Blossom View Nursing Home in Sodus;

Macedon Public Library - $500 for an outdoor performance by the Rochester Children's Theatre of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe;

Newark Church of Christ - $1200 for a community concert by singing group Acappella;

Ontario Public Library - $700 toward a four-part children's art series;

Ontario Walworth Presenters - $2500 to bring the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra to the Wayne Central High School auditorium for a concert.

Palmyra King's Daughters Free Library - $1000 for a summer series of children's arts performances and hands-on workshops with Bill Mehls, Pat Donahue, Jay Mankita, Jeff Peden, Mark Almekinder, Jim Bush, and Jennifer Meagher;

Park Presbyterian Church (Newark) - $600 for a weekend visual arts exhibition featuring Linda Hansee, Michael Shoemaker, and Roland Stevens;

Pultneyville Historical Society - $350 for a public concert by the Irondequoit Community Band;

Town of Ontario Landmark Preservation Society - $900 toward musical performances by Bushnell's Basin Delegation, Hammers & Picks, and Al Rehn, Donna Russell, Sue Hengelburg, and ML Anderson at a day-long country fair event;

Village of Lyons - $1500 toward six summer band concerts by Nick Gillette, Nice & Easy, For Dancers Only, Seneca Soundwaves, and Dundee Steel Drummers in the village park;

Village of Palmyra Economic Development Committee - $1000 for a one-day Spring, Music Festival featuring Aaron Austin, Barry Nash & Paul Strowe, Todd East, Cabin Fever, What Would Josh Do?, Rev. Steve Howarth, and Jim Bush;

Walworth Recreation Department - $2250 toward their Summer Concert Series/Jamboree with Macedon Recreation Dept. featuring singers and bands Paulsen Baker, Garvey & Keltz, Todd East & Paul Strowe, Meg & the Clams, The Boomerang Club, Finger Lakes Saxophone Quartet, The Bristol Brothers, RG&E Big Band, Black Creek, The Movers, Nightfall, and Natural Image;

Walworth Seely Public Library - $250 for their Family Fun Picnic featuring an afternoon of storytelling with Howard Edmond and a book and bookmark workshop;

Wayne County Action Program - Head Start (Sodus) - $770 for a series of community puppet shows by Canandaigua artist Deb Poplasky, to be held at each Head Start site;

Wayne County Historical Society (Lyons) - $580 for the production of a children's activity book based on Wayne County history;

Williamson Free Public Library - $500 for a Holiday Mummer's Pageant by musicians Bells & Motley.

Now in its 23rd year, the Decentralization Program allows arts service organizations to regrant funds to local non-profit organizations and units of local government, for arts and cultural programming. Up to $5000 may be requested each year. The Decentralization Program is administered in Wayne County by Wayne County Council for the Arts.

For more information about this program, contact the Arts Council at 946.5078. The application cycle begins again in the summer.

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