2003 Grants for the Arts Announced!

8 East End Area Arts Organizations & Artists Receive Prestigious Awards

First Night Greenport, Inc., Friends of the Riverhead Free Library, The Hear Me Now Project, Inc., Herstory Writers Workshop, Inc., Northeast Stage, Peconic Chamber Orchestra, Inc., Summer Showcase Concert Series of Southold, Inc. , Sound Swing Society & Wading River Congregational Church

The Huntington Arts Council Inc. and the Suffolk Decentralization Consortium are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2003 Decentralization Grants for the Arts Regrant Program.

These grants are funded annually through the New York State Council on the Arts via the Huntington Arts Council Inc. As the administrative site for the Suffolk County program, the Huntington Arts Council leads a consortium of six Suffolk County arts councils, representing each geographic region of Suffolk County including The Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, The Islip Arts Council, The Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council, The East End Arts Council, and The Smithtown Township Arts Council.

            A total of $93,100 was awarded among the 49 grant recipients, from over 65 applicants for the 2003 calendar year, once again illustrating how the arts are alive and well in Suffolk County! Funding decision are made by a volunteer panel of Suffolk County artists, arts professionals and community leaders.

            Reaching out to every corner of richly diverse Suffolk County, grant recipients range from the largest of our cultural centers to the smallest of our rural villages and represent all artistic disciplines, including music, theater, poetry, dance, media, and the humanities.  Additionally, these community arts projects also reflect on our history, explore our natural environment, and examine difficult social issues. The goals of the Grants for the Arts Program include fostering an appreciation and participation in the arts and making the arts more accessible to the people of Suffolk County.

            The Huntington Arts Council is pleased to be the administrative site for this program for over twenty years. In addition to the Grants for the Arts Program, the Huntington Arts Council and members of the Suffolk Decentralization Consortium offer technical assistance and professional development through consultations, workshops, publications, and networking opportunities. For more information visit our web-site www.huntingtonarts.org  or phone us at (631) 271-8423 x16.

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