The Essex County Arts Council (ECAC) is pleased to announce the 2023 Cultural Assistance Program (CAP) Grant recipients.  Grants totaling $37,500 to support specific projects have been awarded to over 50 organizations providing cultural arts experiences for Essex County residents. The CAP Grant is funded by Essex County and private donors.

“The Essex County Arts Council is thrilled to be able to support a growing number of artists and arts organizations,” said Rebecca Kelly, ECAC President. “Organizations are showing their resilience and dedication as they rebuild and reconnect with their audiences,” stated Rebecca Kelly, ECAC President. “We continue to do all we can to support the vitality of the arts and culture in our Essex County communities. We know how important this sector will be to our collective well-being as we gather and enjoy the output of the many talented artists in our area.”

Congratulations to this year’s CAP Grant recipients listed below: (Click on the links to learn more about these organizations.)

• Adirondack Arts and Entertainment: Growing ADK A&E
• Adirondack Art Association: Promoting AAA and its community of artists
• Adirondack Film Society: “See Something that Means Something” Film Series (2023)
• Adirondack Park Institute: 2023 Artist in Residence
• ADKAction: 2023 Keeseville Community Arts Festival
• Artistry Community Theatre: Damn Yankees, 2023 Summer production
• Ballard Park Foundation: 2023 Summer Concert Series
• Belden Noble Library: Summer Reading at the Library
• Bluseed Studios: Double Vision exhibit for Seniors
• CEF Library System: Creative Aging Art Program at Essex County Libraries
• Craigardan: Storytelling Residency
• Depot Theatre: 2023 Theatre Youth Academy – Year Round Programming
• East Branch Friends of the Arts: Adirondack Jewels: Outstanding North Country Women in Music
• Elizabethtown Social Center: 2023 Summer Concerts on the Center Lawn
• Essex Community Church: 2023 Music at Mid Day concerts
• Essex County Historical Society: Adirondack History Museum exhibits
• Essex Initiatives: Music in the Streets for Essex Day
• Fort Ticonderoga: “Scots Day” at the Fort (2023)
• Historic Saranac Lake: Cure Porch on Wheels Program (2023)
• John Brown Lives!: Blues at Timbuctoo (2023)
• Keene Arts: June 2023 Concert Series
• Keene Valley Library: Hebridian Treasure film and lecture
• Lake Placid Center for the Arts: Arts Education and Outreach Programs
• Lake Placid North Elba Historical Society: Lake Placid captured by Grover Cleveland
• Lake Placid Sinfonietta: 2023 Free Community Park Concerts
• Lakeside School: Barn Dance
• Town of Minerva: 2023 Concerts in the Town Park
• North Country School: Impactful Voices, theatre camp
• North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association: Colors of Freedom in the Adks (Juneteenth 2023)
• OurStoryBridge, Inc.: Nurturing the Voice of Change in the Adirondacks
• Pendragon Theatre: 2023 Summer Season
• Penfield Homestead Museum: Music for Heritage Day
• Piano By Nature: 2023 Spring/Summer Concerts
• Schroon Lake Arts Council: Schroon Lake Live! – concerts at Boathouse
• Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce: 2023 Twilight Dance and Music
• Seagle Festival: “With Blood With Ink” new American opera
• Tahawus Cultural Center: “Cultural Explorations 2023”
• Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce: Music at the Farmers Markets
• Ticonderoga Arts: “Art for Everyone” Summer Classes
• Ticonderoga Festival Guild: 2023 Community Summer Concerts
• Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: Art Director, Children’s Summer Workshops
• Ticonderoga Historical Society: History, Race and Gender in the Adirondacks
• Ticonderoga Montcalm St. Partnership: FallFest 2023
• Upper Jay Arts Center: The Monarch Report
• We Are Instrumental, Inc: 2023 Instrument Drive/Repair Clinic
• Westport Library: 2023 Arts and Culture Series
• Whallonsburg Grange: “Four of the Ways” Dance Performance
• Wilmington Historical Society: 2023 Summer Speaker Serires
• Town of Wilmington: 2023 Summer Concert Series
• Yao Collaborative ~ 2023 Field Films