Arts grant-writing seminars scheduled

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Three grant-writing seminars to assist applicants for grants through the Decentralization (DEC) Program of the New York State Council on the Arts have been scheduled over the coming month. The first will be from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Sullivan County Government Center on 100 North Street in Monticello; the second will be from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Hamish & Henry Booksellers at 34B Main Street in Livingston Manor; and the third will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street in Narrowsburg.

DEC funds arts programs such as concerts, arts publications, exhibits, literary programs, lectures, theater performances, film screenings and workshops. Sullivan County nonprofit arts organizations, municipalities or individual artists (whose projects are conduited through a non-profit organization) that wish to create, produce or present cultural programs or arts projects during 2007 are eligible to apply for these grants.

Attendance at one of the three grant-writing seminars is mandatory for first-time applicants, but all potential applicants are strongly urged to attend one. They are free and open to the public. The seminars will include information on the program’s priorities and review criteria, contractual obligations, and budget and narrative development.

Grant guidelines and applications for cultural programs for 2007 may be obtained from the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY.

For more information call Dorothy Hartz at 845/252-7576.