Local groups win county arts grants
GOSHEN — County Executive Edward A. Diana announced the recipients of the 2013-2014 County of Orange Arts Grants, an annual program in its 11th year. Twenty-one awards were given in amounts up to $5,000 to organizations, municipalities, businesses and individuals in the county for their publicly accessible arts programs and projects.
Included in the grant winners are the Warwick Dance Festival and Bertoni Gallery for its "Sundays in July" music art and poetry festival.
This cycle included two grantees that were given the top award of $5,000:
Newburgh Heights Association, Inc. - Heights Banners Beautification Project
Orange Regional Medical Center - Fabled Forest Mural in ORMC's Pediatric Center
The 19 remaining awards support projects in Orange County spanning many artistic disciplines, all open and accessible to the public. They include:
Robert S. Grawi - Out of Africa: The Beat Goes On
Pine Bush Area Arts Council, Inc. - Celebrate Pine Bush Concert Series
Creative Theater Group, Inc. - Playhouse Fall Finale, "Rabbit Hole"
Just Off Broadway, Inc. - Theater for Young Audiences, "Goldilocks And The Three Bears"
Tango under the Tent, Inc. - Argentine Tango Show and Instruction
Mid-Hudson St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee, Inc. - 38 Annual Mid-Hudson St. Patrick's Parade
Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson - Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Bandstand Concerts
City of Middletown (Paramount Theatre) - Paramount Opera Project
Melissa Padham - Warwick Dance Festival
Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands - Retrospective Exhibition and Archive of Don Herron
Jubilate, LLC - Hudson Valley Honors Youth Choir 2013
Orange County Classic Choral Society, Inc. - Classic Choral Society Winter Concert 2013
Port Jervis Council for the Arts, Inc. - Holiday Concert featuring Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble
Edward McCarthy - Bolden: An American Hero Documentary Film
MaryBeth P. Hraniotis - Modern Dance Rising: The Dances of Isadora Duncan and Loie Fuller
Bertoni Gallery, LLC - 10th Annual "Sundays in July" Free Music, Art and Poetry Festival
Town of Wallkill Boys and Girls Club, Inc. - TNT Drama Matters After-School Program
David A. Manley Jr. - Monster Intelligence Puppet Theater
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum - Art in the Wild Sculpture Exhibit
Funding for the grant program is provided by Diana and the Orange County Legislature to support the positive economic, aesthetic, and expressive influence of the arts in local communities. The program is administered by Orange County Tourism, a division of the Orange County Department of Planning.
Recommendations of grant recipients are made by a panel comprised of individuals from the arts and business community who live or work in Orange County and who are independent of county government. Visit www.orangetourism.org and click on “Arts Resources,” call 845-615-3860, or e-mail rlindland@orangecountygov.com for more information on the program and information about the 2014-2015 grant cycle.