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About UsGreene County Council on the ArtsVolunteers & Staff BOARD OF DIRECTORS Frank Cuthbert, Vice President Paul Poplock, Treasurer Lawrence Krajeski, Recording Secretary Diana Abadie Pamela Belfor Michel Goldberg Kico Govantes Patti Morrow James Parrish Ruth Sachs Robert Sheridan Michael Smith Sheila Trautman Reginald Willcocks Keith A. Lampman, Chair Karl T. Anis June Battisti Susan Beecher Dick Brooks Jack Guterman Annette Hall Louise Hughes Ronnie McCue Patrick D. Milbourn Clarence B. Moon STAFF
Kay Stamer, Executive DirectorTerez Limer, Executive Assistant; Membership Coordinator Colette Lemmon, Twin Counties Decentralization Coordinator Suzanne Gardner, Visual Arts Director Debbie Backlund, Bookkeeper Nettie Brink, GCCA Mountaintop Gallery Manager Mary Dixon, Catskill Gallery Reception George Kampos, Mountaintop Gallery Reception Norman Mackey, Catskill Gallery Reception Kathleen McGlone, Catskill Gallery Reception courtesy of Experience Works Consultants
Gary Bielski, Graphic DesignRuth Leonard & Alice Caulfield, "Sprouts" Co-Directors Anthony Rago, Webmaster Volunteer
Gallery/Office Staff, Catskill Dara Young, Editor, Calendar &
Opportunities Donna Barrett, Athena Billias, Naomi Blum, Lynn Breslin, Patti Ferrara, Lorrie Fredette, Ann Gibbons Markou, Kico Govantes, Bob Hoven, Erika Klein, Ruth Leonard, Heather Martin, Fawn Potash, Ruth Sachs, Paul Smart, Joan Snyder, Ken Snyder, Rob Shannon, Dara Young ...and a host of people like you! We envision To provide the
leadership and
vision necessary for our communities to work together, support the work
of our
artists and cultural organizations, and promote artistic and cultural
opportunities for our residents and guests so that our vision may
become a
reality. With this purpose, GCCA provides
information and
services to artists, arts organizations, cultural and educational
institutions,
civic groups, community agencies and the general public.
Acting as a chamber of commerce for the arts
and a clearing house for the promotion of arts activities, we aim to
stimulate
the area's cultural and economic growth through the arts. Community
Link/Community Outreach Acting
in the belief that our mission can best be achieved by government,
business,
tourism, educational institutions, community groups and arts
organizations -
all working together, we have initiated, promoted and participated in
numerous
collaborative community revitalization programs, festivals and special
events
such as “Jazz at the Point“, Arts & Crafts sales and entertainment
at the
Farmers Market. Outreach
is a major focus
of our work and represents one of our greatest strengths:
promoting the arts within the context of
community.
To better serve our community, we
maintain two year-round sites: one in the river town of
A second gallery site is our Mountaintop
Gallery on Since
1976, the GCCA's Gallery Programs have continued to grow in reputation
and
excellence. Our exhibitions reflect the
community in which we live and are designed with both public needs and
the
artists' interests in mind. Annually,
over 5000 people visit our galleries which showcase the work of local,
regional, and national artists. We also maintain ongoing exhibits of
visual
arts at the Amtrak Train Station.
Youth Arts Reach and Arts-in-Education
provide after-school
and in-school workshops, residencies, and selected performances free to
Through two regrant programs, the Greene County Cultural Fund promotes the arts by making public funds available to local non-profit organizations and individual artists for cultural programming. The County Initiative Program (CIP) awards revenues provided by the Greene County Legislature and area businesses to major county arts and cultural institutions. The Twin Counties Cultural Fund Decentralization Program (DEC), a joint effort with neighboring Columbia County, regrants New York State Council on the Arts funds to community organizations and agencies, including sponsored and individual artists.
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