The Earlville Opera House (EOH) announces $162,000 in cultural funding to 44 non-profit organizations and artists through the 2024 Arts in the Community Grants Program (ACG) for Broome, Chenango & Otsego Counties. $15,000 of this funding has been provided for Broome County by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation.
Arts in the Community Grants replaced the grant programs known as Decentralization (DEC) and State Community Regrants (SCR) and continues funding opportunities for not for profit organizations, municipalities and Tribal Nations, and individual artists or collectives.
“This year’s application process was very competitive” said Earlville Opera House ACG Program Director Victoria Kappel. “We received over $420,000 in requests from organizations, municipalities, and artists throughout our service area. This shows both the vibrancy and importance of cultural programming to our communities as well as the great need for continued support of such a critical component of our rural area. We are particularly pleased to have been able to offer more funding for individual artists this year to create new works of art that will involve and benefit their communities.”
The Broome, Chenango & Otsego ACG Program serves as a catalyst for local cultural development by supporting projects of artists and arts organizations that engage children, adults and seniors in events that enrich and enhance their lives. Funding provided through these programs helps to strengthen our communities by reaching the most rural of our townships and villages, providing increased access to a greater quality of life through the arts. Earlville Opera House has been strongly rooted in the artistic community since 1892 and remains committed to that legacy of community service established over three different centuries.
Congratulations to the following 2024 ACG grant recipients:
Broome County:
Binghamton Community Orchestra; Binghamton Downtown Singers; The Madrigal Choir of Binghamton; Endwell Community Chorus; The Vestal Museum; The Binghamton Theater Organ Society; SRO Productions; George F. Johnson Public Library; Department of Public Art (The Center for Gender, Art & Culture); The Phelps Mansion Museum; J.W. Johnston; Anna Warfield.
Additional funding for all Broome County grantees was provided by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation, Binghamton
Chenango County:
Sherburne Music-Theater Society; 6 on The Square; Chenango Arts Council; Sherburne Public Library Summer Reading Program; Out of the Woodwork Players; Mid-York Concert Band; South New Berlin Free Library; Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association; Gilbert Polk; Guernsey Memorial Library; Barbara L. Gregson; Henry J. Drexler.
Otsego County:
Oneonta Community Concert Band Association; Butternut Valley Alliance; Village of Laurens; Little Delaware Youth Ensemble; Orpheus Theatre; Otsego Dance Society; The Arc Otsego; Catskill Choral Society; Catskill Community Players; Community Arts Network of Oneonta; Pathfinder Village Foundation; Cherry Valley Artworks; Origins Community Foundation; Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble; Unadilla Historical Association; Hyde Hall; Keith Torgan; Megan Adams Irving; Evan Jagels; Wyatt Ambrose.
For additional information on Arts in the Community Grants or the grant recipients, their projects and contact information, please visit the EOH website at www.earlvilleoperahouse.com, or call 315.691.3550. Watch our website for 2025 grant opportunities and information on attending 2024 ACG grantee performances and events. Please check our website for the latest updates as well as further information on our programs and services, and Like us on Facebook.
The Earlville Opera House is located at 18 East Main Street in the Village of Earlville, NY 13332 and is handicap accessible.
The Arts in the Community Grants Program is made possible with support from the Office of the Governor and NYS Legislature, and administered by the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional support for Broome County provided by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation.