Press release:
The Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council is pleased to announce the Decentralization Regrant recipients for 2015 in Genesee and Orleans counties, funded by the NY State Council on the Arts.
Reach Grants: This year GO ART! received 31 applications for this program requesting a total of $79,476. With $41,600 available, 26 applicants were awarded grants (GC's listed below).
GO ART! is also pleased to re-grant two Ripple Grants ($2,500 each; GC's listed below) to provide funding for the creation of new work by local individual artists who wish to involve the community in their creative process.
2015 GO ART! Reach Grant Program Awards for Projects in Genesee County:
Genesee Symphony Orchestra -- GSO Takes Flight -- $1,500
Le Roy United Methodist Church -- Ides of March -- $500
Byron-Bergen Public Library -- Arts & Music in the Community -- $2,530
Tale for Three Counties Council -- 2015 Tale for Three Counties -- $1,000
Batavia Players -- 2015 Summer Youth Production -- $1,000
Batavia Players -- Shakespeare Production -- $1,000
Genesee Chorale -- 2015 Season -- $1,250
Genesee Chorale -- Children's Chorus -- $750
Le Roy Christian Community Project -- After School Theater Program -- $2,000
Gillam-Grant Community Center -- Culture4Communities -- $2,800
Genesee ARC -- Sprout Film Festival -- $2,300
Mental Health Association in Genesee County -- Community & Art Show -- $800
Genesee Valley Wind Ensemble, sponsored by Genesee Chorale -- Spring/Fall Concert Series -- $500
Encore! Theatre Arts -- Fall 2015 Musical Performance -- $500
Woodward Memorial Library -- Everyone's an Artist -- $1,285
Batavia Concert Band -- 2015 Summer Concert Season -- $1,500
Town of Le Roy -- Music in the Park Concert Series -- $1,200
2015 GO ART! Ripple Grant Program Award
Bill McDonald -- Travelling Towpath Troubadors Concert Series along Erie Canal -- $2,500