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WPCNR WHITE PLAINS VARIETY. From Westchester Arts Council. (EDITED) January 14, 2003: Westchester Arts Council will present Arts Alive Grants Awards totaling $58,000 to 42 Westchester-based cultural organizations and three artist-initiated projects during an awards breakfast at The Arts Exchange, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains.

Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, D-Greenburgh, will officiate. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 8:30 a.m.

A roll call of the 2003 arts organizations and individuals receiving support follows:

Arts Alive Grants, which are funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, provides financial and technical support for Westchester-based organizations and artists at the grassroots level. Priority is given to emerging cultural groups, ethnically based cultural activities, and services to areas where the need is greatest.

"I am pleased and gratified that the Westchester Arts Council strongly supports the work of community-based, grassroots cultural organizations," says Judy Matson, Chair of the Arts Council's Grant Committee and Director of Corporate and Community Relations for Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc. "By promoting partnerships between Westchester artists and their communities, Arts Alive Grants help make the arts accessible and meaningful to every sector of our community."

"Westchester's legislative delegation in Albany has long recognized the importance of ensuring that the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) receives the funding it needs to keep the arts thriving at the local level," says Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, D-Greenburgh, Co-Chair, Westchester Legislative Delegation. "We're proud that this funding plays such an instrumental role in the development of Westchester's extraordinary array of emerging and grass roots cultural organizations."

Arts Alive Grants projects scheduled for creation and presentation in 2003 include dance performances, multimedia arts events, exhibitions, jazz concerts, operas, community arts festivals, and the creation of public sculpture, among others.

2003 Arts Alive Grants Awardees:

WHITE PLAINS

Support for Noonday Getaway Concerts, a series of free lunchtime concerts featuring jazz, world, and classical music.

Fort Hill Players
Support for Free Summer Theatre in the Parks, providing free theatre based on a book chosen by the Westchester Library System for its Westchester Reads program.

La Casa de la Cultura
Support for Sharing Traditions with Spanish Songs, two concerts featuring Spanish songs and traditional costumes.
Organization of Chinese Americans
Support for an Asian American Heritage Festival, featuring martial arts demonstrations, acrobats, cultural traditions, songs, and dances.
Top Brass French Horn Choir
Support for a series of concerts entitled We'll Have the Top Brass Special with a Side of String Beings (no potatoes please), combining the French Horn and other brass instruments in new ways.
Westchester Chordsman
Support for Annual Spring Concert, a scripted musical of beloved barbershop selections celebrating the group's 50th anniversary.
White Plains Coalition for Racial/Cultural Harmony
Support for Harmony 2003: Tenth Year Anniversary Celebration, featuring music and song from a variety of cultures sung by Musaic, the White Plains Coalition for Racial/Cultural Harmony's chorus.
BRONXVILLE

Corner Store Dance Company
Support for the 2003 Westchester Libraries Project, a series of six free modern dance performances created for children and their families.

Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers
Support for annual Concerto Winners' Concert, a performance with a full symphonic orchestra in June featuring Westchester youth musicians.

CHAPPAQUA

Chappaqua Orchestra
Support for 2003 Concert Series, including the January 11th Name That Car(tune), which teaches children about the history of the music used in their favorite cartoons; the April 5th Fiesta Italiana, featuring Italian composers Rossini, Puccini, and Verdi; and the May 17th gala, A Night in Imperial Russia.

Saw Mill Summer Theatre
Support for a full stage production of the musical "Evita," based on the life of Eva Peron.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON

Hudson Stage Company
Support for the premiere of a full stage production of David Wiener's play, For the Dead, a family drama and ghost story that chronicles post-WWII Jewish immigrants posing as gentiles in America.

EASTCHESTER

Eastchester Arts Council
Support for Art Around the Town, an October 2003 arts festival to be held in Bronxville.

ELMSFORD

Greenburgh Arts and Culture Committee
Support for Kids Short Story Connection, during which children, ages 9-15, participate in 12 writing workshops, culminating in a book of short stories.

HAWTHORNE

Golden Apple Chorus
Support for performances and concerts to teach Westchester residents about the art of barbershop harmony.

LARCHMONT

Mamaroneck Artists' Guild
Support for Young Artists on the Rise, a program which invites young artists, ages 16-19, to submit artwork to a jury for an exhibition at the Guild's Gallery.

MOUNT VERNON

Mount Vernon Fine Arts Cultural Center
Support for Literary Happening called Bringing Art to You, which will include theatre demonstrations culminating in the creation of a master class.

NEW ROCHELLE

African American Art & Cultural Appreciation Council
Support for Kaleidoscope: Abstract Points of View, at the Lumen Winter Gallery in New Rochelle from February 1-28, featuring paintings and poetry that examine the duality of the African American Experience.

Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library
Support for the summer series, Songs, Stories and Dances from Around the World, which highlights a different world culture each week.

New Rochelle Opera, Inc.
Support for a full production of The Merry Widow, the 1905 opera by Franz Lehar.

Songcatchers Inc.
Support for Composer of the Future II, during which eight to ten children will be taught music composition and then given an opportunity to compose a musical work for performance by a professional orchestra.

OSSINING

Collegium Westchester
Support for two concerts-one featuring music by Nunes-Garcia and another with works by Beethoven-each concert features a new composition from an emerging Westchester composer.

Ossining Arts Council
Support for the OAC 2003 Art Exhibit Series, showcasing the art of talented children from Ossining.

PEEKSKILL

Peekskill Arts Council
Support for Open Studios 2003, a two-day event during which 40 downtown artists open their studios to the public and another 40 artists exhibit their work at the Westchester Art Workshop of Westchester Community College and The Paramount Center for the Arts.

Sisters in Support
Support for free tours of the Underground Railroad in Peekskill, including the only documented 19th century Underground Railroad tunnel in the region.

Westchester Jazz Workshop
Support for a series of Friday Night Jazz Concerts at One Station Plaza in Peekskill, featuring local and metropolitan area musicians.

ZIIP Foundation
Support for a Pre-Kwanzaa Workshop, presenting the seven principles of Kwanzaa through workshops, arts & crafts, games, African art exhibitions, cultural drum performances, dance and storytelling.

SCARSDALE

Friends of the Westchester Band
Support for a free Summer Concert Series to enrich and educate the public in Chase Park in Scarsdale and Frey Plaza at the Eastchester Town Hall.

New Choral Society
Support for The Glory, The Majesty, The Music of England, two concerts featuring 18th, 19th and 20th century English composers.

SOUTH SALEM

Westchester Oratorio Society
Support for a January 11th concert featuring Franz Schubert's masterpieces, Mass in A Flat Major and The Unfinished Symphony (No. 8), accompanied by a professional orchestra.

TARRYTOWN

Friends of the Mozartina Musical Arts Conservatory
Support for a full stage production of Black-Out, an original modern fairy tale opera about light and dark.

Tappan Zee Dance Group
Support for Tappan Zee DANCES, a series of events which feature the work of four choreographers, Rebecca Kelly, Suzi Taylor, Milton Myers, and Lisa Hopkins and the composer Philip Stern.

YONKERS

Friends of Philipse Manor Hall
Support for The Peoples of Westchester, an after school program during which children will be introduced to African, Native American, and colonial culture through storytelling, crafts and music by talented artists.

Hamm & Clov Stage Company
Support for the production of Anam II, an original play weaving stories, songs, and dances from Irish Immigrants about life and personal struggle.

Piper Theatre Productions
Support for free productions of Richard III and As You Like It in Untermyer Park in summer 2003.

Tara Circle, Inc.
Support for Bloomsday 2003, a festival featuring dramatic readings of James Joyce's Ulysses, musical performances, and traditional refreshments.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS

Town of Yorktown Museum
Support for Made in Yorktown: Artists of Quality, a three-month-long exhibition at the Yorktown Museum and the John C. Hart Memorial Library featuring the work of 20 Yorktown artists.

Yorktown Community Players
Support for the premiere of an original play by Westchester resident, Jefferey Fuerst, entitled The Substitute Tooth Fairy, to be performed for free at 20 public libraries throughout Westchester.

Mainstage Coffeehouse Foundation Corp.
Support for an eight month Folk Concert Series, October to May. 2003 Arts Alive Grants Will be Awarded to the Following Artist-Initiated Projects:

Janet Grice, Ardsley- Support for a series of four concerts focusing on Brazilian music at selected libraries in conjunction with the Friends of Ardsley Public Library. The concerts will feature Ms. Grice together with various musicians presenting and demonstrating such Brazilian music styles as bossa-nova, samba, baiao and corinho.

Milton Sherrill, Mount Vernon- Support for the creation of several Cosmic Totem sculptures in conjunction with the Mount Vernon Public Library. The project will include creative workshops and lectures for children, as well an exhibition of the totems to be held at the library.

Clyde Deloris Herring, Mount Vernon- Support for eight, two-hour workshops, in conjunction with the Mount Vernon Public Library, during which seniors, children, and community members will listen to stories of the Underground Railroad, learn about the important role that freedom quilts played, and then create five quilts. The Freedom Quilt Project will be exhibited in various sites around the county.

For more information, please call Barrie Gelles at (914) 428-4220, ext. 238, or email: bgelles@westarts.com.


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