The Peru Gazette

PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK–The North Country Cultural Center for the Arts (NCCCA) is pleased to announce the Second Annual Tri-County Decentralization Grant Awards Ceremony set for May 9 at 5:30pm in the Main Gallery of the Art Center at 23 Brinkerhoff Street in Plattsburgh.

Thirty plus artists and arts organizations from Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties will be in attendance along with Assemblywoman Janet Duprey and other dignitaries from across the North Country region.

Decentralization is a regrant program intended to help promote the arts throughout New York State. Decentralization Grants are made possible through the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

The recipients of the 2014 Decentralization Grant will present their projects in an informal setting accompanied by a wine tasting from Amazing Grace Vineyard, cake from Adirondack Delectables, and a wide range of food samplings from North Country eateries.

Grants will be awarded to 27 community arts projects and 5 teaching artists as follows:

Adirondack Regional Theatre Young Director’s Series
Adirondack Sustainable Communities Hobofest
Adirondack Youth Orchestra
Appleby Foundation: OnStage Dance Program
Appleby Foundation: Tahawus Center Cultural Programs
Ballard Park Foundation: Westport Community Concerts
Battle of Plattsburgh: Battling in Plattsburgh: Original Musical
CEF Library System for Stan Ransom: Imagination’s Place Storytelling Program
Champlain Valley Voices: A Joyous Mother’s Day
Chateaugay Revitalization Committee, Children’s Theatre Camp
Chazy Music Theatre: Chicago
City of Plattsburgh for Adk. Dance Co.: Little Mermaid Ballet & Evening of Arts
East Branch Friends of the Arts, Lake Placid Sinfonietta in the Valley
The Essex Community Concert Series
Foothills Art Society, Wilder Farm Cultural Festival
Jay Entertainment & Music Society: Coffee House Series
Jay Entertainment & Music Society: Adult Dance Classes
Jay Entertainment & Music Society for Mountain to Mountain Children’s Theatre
Piano by Nature, 2014 Concert Series
Saranac Lake Chamber for Diane Leifheit, Face to Face: Drawn to Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake Chamber for Northern Adirondack Artist Studio Tour
Ticonderoga Arts: Arts Celebration of Ti: Past, Present, Future
Ticonderoga Festival Guild Arts, Arts Trek XXXII
Ticonderoga Heritage Museum, Celebrate Ticonderoga!
Town of Keene, Music from the Back Porch
Village of Malone: Art in the Park 2014
Whallonsburg Grange: 2014 Performance Series