Deserves more than a shoutout… Each year, the SLC Arts Council in NNY facilitates the NYSCA State Community Arts Regrant Program for Northern New York. Countless New Yorkers apply for different types of grants, with varying ideas, projects, performances, books, program proposals, arts curriculum to implement, potential community members to benefit, and more. Dependent on the grant (3 types) a similar amount of agencies and organizations accept invitations to partner with, help host or otherwise support them if they are selected to receive the grant, to assist in making their dreams for art students and the community a reality. SLC Arts Council holds the Regrant information sessions- both all over the North Country and online, is always available to answer questions, receives all of the grant applications, appoints esteemed impartial review panels to sort through/decide grant recipients, every year. This program gives back much more to the community than I was aware of when I first applied. In October, SLC Arts Council hosted a 2025 Grants recipients celebration. I was able to attend (as a four-time recipient, proudly and gratefully), and had been given the honor of being the featured artist with an interactive art demonstration for the event. It…
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