Artist grant open for Sullivan residents

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Artists in the Community will award one grant of $2,500 in 2008 to an individual artist living and working in Sullivan County. All creative (not interpretive) artists in all media are welcome to apply. Students are not eligible. The grant is funded through the Sullivan County Decentralization (DEC) Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.

The grant requires community participation in some form in the creative process, not simply as an audience for the finished work. For example, local farms could be the subjects of a poem sequence; area musicians could be assistants to a composer by rehearsing and commenting on a composition in progress; or the public could be process partners by viewing a dance-in-progress and discussing it with the choreographer. The decision to fund will be based on the degree of community participation in the project as well as on the quality of the work as exhibited by the support materials submitted. The deadline for application submission is Friday, October 19.

First-time applicants are required to attend a grant writing seminar, which will offer assistance in understanding program priorities and contractual obligations and in developing a clear budget and effective narrative. The free seminar will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 8 at the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg.

For more information call 845/252-7576.