2009 Decentralization Awardees
The Huntington Arts Council, Inc. is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Decentralization Grants for the Arts Regrant Program. These grants are funded through the New York State Council on the Arts via the Huntington Arts Council, Inc.
Over $86,600 was awarded among 53 recipients. Funding decisions are make by a volunteer panel of Suffolk County artists, arts professionals and community leaders. Grant recipients represent a huge range of artistic disciplines, including music, theater, poetry, dance, media and the humanities. The goals of the program include fostering an appreciation and participation in the arts and making the arts more accessible to the people of Suffolk County. More information on the program is available at the Arts Council's website, huntingtonarts.org
Congratulations to all of the 2009 awardees!
Below is a listing of all the recipients, their projects and the amount awarded.
- Airmid Theatre Company, Airmid Family Series, $3,300.00
- Babylon Chorale Inc., 2009 Concert Series, $1,000.00
- Bellport Area Community Action Committee Inc., Boys & Girls Club Steel Drum Band, $2,050.00
- Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, African-American/Latino Visual Arts, $2,400.00
- Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council, Café Bald Hill Concert Series, $1,500.00
- Custer Institute, The Music Project, $1,182.00
- Friends of the Riverhead Free Library/Piano Plus, Piano Plus Concert Series, $1,000.00
- Friends of the Southampton Cultural Center, Concerts in the Park, $2,250.00
- Huntington Ballet Theatre, Inc., A Celebration of Dance & Music on Long Island, $2,500.00
- Huntington Choral Society, 2009 Concert Series, $2,000.00
- Huntington Historical Society, Music for outreach festivals & summer camp, $500.00
- Huntington Youth Bureau Youth Development Research, Writer's Workshop, $3,500.00
- Little People's Theatre, You Can Be A Mime! $1,250.00
- Long Island Brass Guild Inc., Three Concerts, $1,350.00
- Long Island Masterworks Inc., Masterworks Bridges the Centuries Concert, $1,000.00
- Long Island String Quartet, A Concert at 2 Sites in Suffolk, $1,750.00
- Long Island Symphonic Choral Association, St. John's Passion Concert, $2,050.00
- Long Island Traditional Music Association, A Gender Neutral Contra Dance, $1,200.00
- Miller Place Historical Society, Annual Country Fair, $750.00
- Montauk Library, New Golden Age: American Opera in the 21st Century, $1,750.00
- North Sea Poetry Scene, Writing Outside the Lines, $1,500.00
- North Shore Pro Musica, Chamber Music Series, $750.00
- Northport Arts Coalition, Entertainment for Tuesdays on Main St., $750.00
- Northport Arts Coalition Inc., Do-Ing Music, $1,750.00
- Northport Chorale Inc., Spring & Winter Concerts, $750.00
- Northport Community Orchestra, 2009 Free Concert Series, $1,000.00
- Ridotto Arts Organization Inc., Ridotto 2009 Concert Season, $2,337.00
- Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum, Don Sineti: a Sea chanteyman's Children's Concert, $500.00
- Sayville Library, Storytelling For All, $750.00
- Senior Citizens POPS Orchestra of Long Island, 2009 Suffolk County Free Concert Series, $1,200.00
- Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center & Museum, Shinnecock Dugout Canoe Demostration Exhibit, $1,200.00
- Sol y Sombra, La Guitarra, $1,500.00
- Sound Symphony, Concert Series, $1,750.00
- South Country Concerts, Ltd., Some Enchanting Evenings, $1,050.00
- South Shore Restoration Group, Exhibit of Photos of James T. Johnathan, $1,800.00
- South Shore Restoration Group, Free Family Workshop Series, $1,000.00
- Splashes of Hope, Mural Painting in the Parks, $2,500.00
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church, St. Mark's Early Music Concert Series, $1,250.00
- Suffolk Community College Association, LISF Touring Production, $2,250.00
- Suffolk County Senior Citizens Chorus, Three Free Choral Concerts, $800.00
- Summer Showcase Concert Series of Southold, Summer Showcase Concert Series, $1,000.00
- Teatro Experimental Production, Civic Theater, $2,900.00
- Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, WW Birthday Master Class, Young Poet's Contest, $2,250.00
- Wyandanch Public Library, A Writer's Mission, $1,000.00
- Youth Enrichment Services, Inter-Community Art Mural, $2,288.00
Individual artists awarded grants for their community programs include:
- Amy Cohen, Association for the Resource Conservation, Inc., Contemporary Indigenous Art, $3,000.00
- Cynthia Grimm, South Huntington Public Library, A Mother's Life, $2,519.00
- Elizabeth Joyce, Goat on a Boat, Inc., Puppet Pirate Explorers, $2,500.00
- Janine Manheim, Pronto of Long Island, Icon Painting Workshop, $1,000.00
- Janice Milusich, Port Jefferson Free Library, Write On! Write Now! Young Writer's Workshop, $1,300.00
- Irene Ruddock, The Setauket Neighborhood House, Children's Impressions of Art, $734.00
- Amy Yopp Sullivan, Long Island Seaport and Eco Center, Seabourne, $3,000.00
- Kathryn P. Szoka, East Hampton Historical Society, Life on the Turnpike, $1,500.00
