The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes has supported and empowered a vibrant local arts scene for over 50 years! The work that we do evolves with the needs of the community. In the last year:

• Our recently renovated gallery space has welcomed over 500 people to over 15 exhibitions and arts programs.
• Over $400,000 in grants will be distributed across five counties this year - an amount surpassing funding awarded in any of our previous 50-year history.
• The ARTS Council's Summer Youth Art Program doubled this year, serving 300 students, while providing opportunities for 12 teaching artists.
• We take pride in tackling issues head-on. In June we, presented A Queer Perspective, a public reading featuring works by local LGBTQ+  writers and theater enthusiasts.

These opportunities - and more - are made possible with support from community members like you!

Please Donate to The ARTS Council today! 

The ARTS Council is proud to announce our generous Board of Directors has contributed $4,475 in matching funds! Help us make the match today!

•  Empower artists and cultural organizations through individual and community-centric grants.
•  Professionalization and educational opportunities for artists like Business of Art and our Solo Show Program.
•  Performance and sales opportunities to strengthen confidence for beginning artists, build resumes, and create funding for artists. For example: Poets in Play, Exhibiting in the Gallery.
•  Increase awareness and access to our region's diverse cultural traditions through collaborative exhibitions, cultural mapping work, educational initiatives like our Community Documentation Workshop, and more.

Programs and services of The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, local foundations, county governments, members and patrons. A listing of our Board of Directors and Staff is available here.

Image Credits: Christina Johnson, Bridget Bossart van Otterloo, Chris Walters, T.C. Owens. 

About the Video: This video captures segments of documentary shorts created during the 2023-2024 season of The ARTS Council's Community Documentation Workshop (CDW). The CDW equips grassroots organizations in our region with the skills and perspectives to document and present their cultural traditions in ways that center their voices and authorship, advancing self-determination.

Video Credits:

• Segment 1: Pottery Pete: Revitalizing Hodinöhšo:ni:h Pottery, Ancient Voices Media, The Seneca Nation of Indians, Jocelyn J. Jones, Cami Jones, and Doc Billingsley
• Segment 2: What is Local 1000?, United Steel Workers Local 1000, Joe Giardina, Delphanie Camilo, Deanna Cavanaugh, Victoria Scott
• Segment 3: Mutual Aid Wildlife Rehabilitation Center: Intersectional Environmentalism in the Finger Lakes, Food for the Spirit, Roxana Duarte, Akilah Briggs-Melvin, Karen Canning, Anneke Radin-Snaith, Nat Smith, and Rebekah Williams
• Segment 4: Celebration of Cultures: The Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes, The Islamic Association of the Finger Lakes, Imam Zaman Marwat, Aabid Marwat, Aziz Gafsi, Ibrahim Farooquee, Jessa Barton, Mehmet Yavuz, Rachel Dworkin, and Sara Gafsi