The United Arts Appeal offers Projects Pool grants to Chautauqua County organizations and to individual artists.
Eligible organizations must have not-for-profit status and may include libraries, municipalities, churches, and other community groups.
An artist who has been a Chautauqua County resident for at least one year and works in any artistic discipline, including but not limited to crafts, dance, film, fiction, poetry, printmaking, sculpture, painting, video, play writing, performance, music composition and photography, may apply. Funding priority will be given to those applicants who demonstrate that a Projects Pool grant would have significant career impact or promote artistic development for the individual artist.
The 2020 Projects Pool Grants Program awardees and their projects are:
Organizations:
- Audubon Community Nature Center: COVID-19 Creativity - Nature Inspired Art Kits for Kids
- Citizens for a Better Cassadaga: Summer Concert Series on Cassadaga Lake
- Great Lakes FX: Blossoms and Blooms
- Jamestown Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department: 2020 Summer Bandshell Concert Series
Individual Artists:
- Audrey Kay Dowling: Learning Woodcut Reductions
- Daniel Gage: Conga and Bongo Drums
- George Wiedenhofer: Shades of Yosemite
- Nick Weiser: What is Jazz?: A Concert for Children and Families at the Fredonia Opera House