Artist in the Community Grants

Deyva Arthur – Rensselaer – Street Memorials/Street Peace Beacon

Melanie Chirignan – Schenectady – Community Listening Parties for EP Release

Robert Cusato – Schenectady – Illustrating and Designing Your Own Comic Book and Drawing and Painting

Maria DeAngelo – Albany – Past to Present Art Experiences

Kayla Ek – Schenectady – Nightmare on Jay Street Market

Yael Erel – Rensselaer – Light installation for “The other side of silence” Operatic production

Rachael Lorimer – Rensselaer – 2024 Upstate NY Printmaker’s Showcase

Ira Marcks – Rensselaer – Finding your Voice Through Comics with Columbia High School

Ira Marcks – Rensselaer – Finding your Voice Through Comics with Troy High School

Nicholas Payton – Rensselaer – Good Trouble Audio Club: Empowering Capital Region Students through Music and Social Media

Pauline Saunders – Schenectady – Love Where You Live Mural

Richard Wang – Schenectady – From Breath to Brush: Finding the Heart of ShuFa

Jade Warrick – Rensselaer – Amplified Voices – The Artistic Bridge Hybrid Program

Scott Womer – Rensselaer – Song City Showcase and INK Songwriting Retreat

Mallory Zondag – Schenectady – Entangled Threads: Exploring Fiber and Fungi through Community Art

Artist in the Studio Grants

Alicia Barton – Albany – Art by Mail

Angela Beallor – Rensselaer – (H)Aunties: We Queer Ancestors

Judith Braun – Albany – ARCANA

Melanie Chirignan – Schenectady – Subject to Change-Improvisational Compositions

Elijah Gaddy – Schenectady – Pleasantries

Daysia Hiller – Albany – The Unseen

Ellie Irons – Rensselaer – Vessels for Deep Time Seed Futures

Michael Janairo – Albany – Straight to Hell: Speaking English in Quotation

azuré keahi – Rensselaer – Othered Vessels

Megan Kinney – Albany – Joy during Grief

Emmalyn Knapp – Albany – Gnarly: An Exploration of Texture on Wood Fired Vessels

Leah Loftin – Albany – A Certain Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog [a short film]

Maura Marcks – Rensselaer – Empowered Pockets

Daniel Nester – Albany – Here’s Where The Story Ends: A Professor’s Memoir

Sara Pruiksma – Albany – Mother.

Justin Rivers – Schenectady – Frontiers in Every Direction – A Jazz Collaboration

Phoebe Rotter – Albany – Closer Than They Appear

Jess Stapf – Albany – Familiar Distortion

Maya Suchak – Albany – A Walk for every Season

Lenora Thornton – Rensselaer – 4/4: Celebrating Graphic Design in Dance Music

Community Arts Grants

440 State St. Inc. – Schenectady – Sound Palette at Jazz on Jay

Albany Medical Center Foundation Inc. – Albany – Create While You Wait

Albany Public Library – Albany – Cultural Horizons at Albany Public Library: Indian Music and Story Time

Albany Public Library Foundation DBA: Friends and Foundation of Albany Public Library (FFAPL) – Albany – Art @ Albany Public Library

Albany Voices of Pride, Inc. – Albany – 2024 Concert Series “Rise Up! & Celebrate!”

Arvilla E Diver Memorial Library – Rensselaer – Let’s Make a Song!

Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. – Rensselaer – Black Dimensions in Art, Inc.: A Legacy of Agency and Influence

Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY, Inc. – Albany – Season 24-25 Production of BERTA, BERTA by Angelica Cheri

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area, Inc. – Albany – Lyricism 101

Bring on the Spectrum, Inc. – Albany – The Spectrum of Creative Arts

Chinese Community Center of Capital District of New York, Inc. – Albany – Peking Opera Artistry: Master the stage with Chinese Performing Arts

Choose Cohoes For Art – Albany – Artists Show Case 13

Confetti Stage Inc. – Albany – ConfettiFest XX

Creative Action Unlimited Inc. – Rensselaer – Social Justice Artists Conference

Cycle Schenectady – Schenectady – Color the Canal: May the Trail Be With You

Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation – Schenectady – Jay Square Artscape

Downtown Troy Business Improvement District – Rensselaer – Rockin’ on the River

Lansingburgh Historical Society – Rensselaer – River Poems 2024

Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County – Rensselaer – In Our Own Words

Mohawk Valley Society for Live Music – Schenectady – Porchfest Schenectady 2024

Musicians of Ma'alwyck, Inc. – Schenectady – “A Waterbird Talk & Opera Performance, composed by Dominick Argento

Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center – Albany – Raga Massive Series

Nopiates Committee, Inc. – Rensselaer – Transformation Project – A Project to Foster Exploration

NY Capital Region Romanian-American Heritage Association, Inc. – Albany – Increase Cultural Awareness for Romanian Folkloric Arts

Oakwood Community Center – Troy – Oakwood Expressions: Artistic Themes & Designs Devised by Communities Coming Together

Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus Inc. – Albany – Expanding Access to Regional Arts Institutions for Newcomer Children

Refugee Welcome Corporation – Albany – Art Beyond Borders: Indian Music Workshops at West Hill RWC

Rensselaer County Historical Society – Troy – Nights at the (Hart Cluett) Museum

Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, Inc – Rensselaer – Rensselaer County Writing the Land

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region – Albany – Arts &Hearts

Russell Sage College – Albany – Opalka Fall Exhibitions

Safe Inc. of Schenectady – Schenectady – Freedom Links-Public art outdoor art displayed at Schenectady High School based on Human trafficking

Sand Lake Center for the Arts/Circle Theater Players – Rensselaer – SLCA ArtShare24

Schenectady County Historical Society – Schenectady – Shadows of History (Full Moon Immersive Theater and Summer Immersive Theater)

Schenectady Greenmarket Inc – Schenectady – Schenectady Greenmarket Music Stage

Schenectady Museum Association/Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) – Schenectady – Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion (traveling exhibit) at miSci

Social Justice Center of Albany, Inc. – Albany – Jail Visiting With Dignity Project

South End Children’s Cafe – Albany – South End Children’s Cafe Transformative Youth-Led Murals

Strong Owls Inc. – Schenectady – An Ampowbrilresary Art Explosion & Creatively You

Tech Valley Center of Gravity, Inc. – Rensselaer – Makerspace Artist Residency: Art in the Digital Age

The RED Bookshelf – Albany – Views: Connecting Literacy to Filmmaking

Troy Foundry Theatre, Inc. – Rensselaer – Half-Baked Festival of Emerging Work

Troy Public Library – Rensselaer – Adult Programming at Troy Public Library Fall 2024

Troy Public Library – Rensselaer – 2024 Troy Public Library Fall Festival

Troy Waterfront Farmers Market, Inc – Rensselaer – Troy Waterfront Farmers Market Produce Passport – Summer

United Way of the Greater Capital Region – Albany – Summer Meals Collaborative

Wildwood Programs, Inc. – Albany – Community Integrated Arts Program

Will Kempe’s Players Cooperative – Rensselaer – Will Kempe’s Players 2024 Summer Season: “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” and “Midsummer Madness”

Young Musicians Forum Inc – Schenectady – Young Musicians Forum Concert Series

General Operating Support Grants

Youth FX Inc. – Albany

Albany Center Galleries, Inc – Albany

Albany Pro Musica – Rensselaer

Albany Barn Inc – Albany

Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center – Rensselaer

CREATE Community Studios – Schenectady

Schenectady Light Opera Company, Inc. – Schenectady

Arts Letters and Numbers Inc – Rensselaer

New York Folklore Society, Inc. – Schenectady