CREATIVITY IN FOCUS / Community Arts Grants Seminar: Jennie Thwing Animation Project

Artist Jennie Thwing will present & discuss her Independent Artist Grant funded Animation Project, Mama. Mama is a story about a Mother who goes on a journey to find her lost baby and discovers that she is the one who is lost. The theme of the work is the emotional complexity of balancing motherhood with an artistic practice, a path that is filled with joy and self-doubt.

The artist’s screening and discussion will be followed by a Community Arts Grants seminar.

6 PM. Arts Council for Wyoming (upstairs screening room), 31 South Main St, Perry. 585-237-3517 Ext 102; grants@artswyco.org.

Community Arts Grants provide support to community-based organizations, groups, collectives or artists in Wyoming and Allegany counties for arts and cultural projects in their communities. Grants can fund exhibitions, performances, concerts, festivals, demonstrations and workshops, screenings, readings, and more!

New applicants, returning applicants who did not apply in 2024, or repeat applicants who will make significant changes to their projects or introduce new projects MUST ATTEND a Community Arts Grants Seminar.

NEW THIS YEAR: Creativity in Focus seminars include discussion/presentation with artists, preceding seminars! See calendar listings for dates, locations, and program information!

These grants are made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program (SCR), a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered in Allegany and Wyoming County, NY by the Arts Council for Wyoming County. Statewide Community Regrants serve as an umbrella for three distinct funding categories: Community Arts, Arts Education and Individual Artists grants. The Arts Council for Wyoming County provides grants in all three categories for individuals and organizations in Wyoming and Allegany Counties. for more information, go to artswyco.org/grants/

Applicants are encouraged to notify the Grants Coordinator of their intent to apply with brief synopsis of project by December 1, 2024, 4 PM.

APPLICATION DEADLINE JANUARY 10, 2025 AT 4 PM.

Deadline for review of application with feedback from Grants Coordinator: December 1, 2024 at 4 PM.

EMAIL GRANTS@ARTSWYCO.ORG