ACWC’s grant programs connect communities through the arts. The Community Arts Grant program brings art to the people and people to the arts by supporting community-based organizations, groups, collectives or artists in Wyoming and Allegany counties for arts and cultural projects in their communities. The Statewide Community Regrant program (SCR) funds these grants to enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods throughout New York State.
Rural and Traditional Arts Fellowship through Shake on the Lake
The Rural and Traditional Arts Fellowship has been renewed for 2026 as a partnership between Shake on the Lake and NYSCA. The Fellowship takes a place-based approach with the goal of inspiring and building lasting connections to rural people and places and to…
COMMUNITY ARTS GRANTS FINAL REPORTS
SCR Program
Founded in 1977, the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA’s) Statewide Community Regrants Program, (formerly the Decentralization Program or DEC), was developed to ensure that New York State’s cultural funding reaches every part of the state. Renamed the Statewide Community Regrant Program (SCR) in 2021, these grants have since become one of NYSCA’s most effective means of making arts support available to geographically, economically, and ethnically diverse segments of the state’s population.
The program forms the cornerstone of the Council’s partnership with local arts agencies throughout the state, providing a link between NYSCA and portions of the community that might not otherwise be able to access funding from NYSCA. Through SCR regrant funding, SCR sites such as the Arts Council for Wyoming County provide project support to a wide range of professional, vocational and educational arts and culture in their respective communities including the creation of new work by individual artists. Statewide Community Regrants serve as an umbrella for three distinct funding categories: Connect, Mentor and Elevate.
The Arts Council for Wyoming County provides grants in all three categories:
Connect (Community Arts), which 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!
Mentor (Arts Ed.), designed to support arts education projects in K-12 public schools and after-school settings, and partnerships with community-based organizations (such as senior centers, scouts, clubs, etc.).
Elevate (Individual Artists), specifically designed for artists to create new work in their own communities. This opportunity is designed to increase support for artist-initiated activity and highlight the role of artists as important members of the community.
DeadlineS
Application for 2026 projects: JANUARY 9, 2026
Review of applications: December 15 2025, 4 pm
The Community Arts Grants program is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered in Allegany and Wyoming counties by the Arts Council for Wyoming County.
Connect. Mentor. Elevate.
For Grantees
PROMOTING YOUR ARTS GRANT FUNDED PROJECT AND EVENTS
Congratulations Grantee!
Whether you have been selected to receive a Community Arts Grant, an Arts Education Grant, or an Individual Artist Grant, part of your responsibilities as a grant recipient, to remain in compliance with your grant contract, is to include the following language in all publicity, including signage. For paid promotion on social media sites, please pin this verbiage to the top of comments:
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered in Wyoming and Allegany counties by the Arts Council for Wyoming County.
In addition, you must include the ACWC logo whenever possible. Images of the ACWC logo, (see button, below), should be downloaded for this purpose (click to download).
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR GRANTEE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Please return to this space to find additional resources and helpful information for carrying out your project and remaining in compliance with your ACWC Community Arts Grant Cultural Services Agreement.
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