Arts Council now taking grant applications

 

The Ontario County Arts Council is accepting grant applications through April 1 from local nonprofit and government organizations for small projects to enhance the visual and performing arts in the county.

The arts council has established a budget of $4,000 for 2023. Grants of up to $1,000 will be announced by May 15. Projects must benefit the Ontario County community and enhance the arts as a whole.

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Last year, the arts council distributed $4,000 in grants as follows:

• $1,000 for the Dove Block Project in Geneva for an event in which participants read poems inspired by works of art and learned to make poetry chapbooks.

• $1,000 for the Bristol Hills Historical Society to support its effort to publish an illustrated history book with original watercolors by Anna Overmoyer.

• $1,000 for the Geneva Music Festival to support artist compensation for eight outreach concerts in May and June of 2022.

•  $1,000 for ChamberFest Canandaigua to help cover the cost of hosting award-winning pianist Donna Kwong.

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Some operational costs may be included in the grant application if they are critical to the project’s success and may be no more than 50 percent of the grant.