CREATE Council on the Arts is an arts non-profit dedicated to supporting artists, community partners, and local businesses through grants, programming, and creative partnerships.
WHY WE EXIST
To advance the role of the arts in cultural and civic life by supporting artists and arts organizations, connecting creative communities, and expanding access to creative expression across Greene, Columbia, and Schoharie Counties. CREATE champions the arts as essential to economic vitality and civic engagement, fostering creativity, connection, and a thriving region.
ALL UPCOMING CREATE + GRANTEE EVENTS
2026 SCR Grantee: Create a Mandala Mug or Plate with The Studio for Art & Craft
Schoharie Library, 103 Knower Ave. Schoharie, NY 12157
SCR Grantee Event: The Catskill Mountain String Band Concert
Conesville Methodist Church, 1295 NY- 990V, gilboa, ny
SCR Grantee Event: Watercolor for Beginners
Claverack Free Library, 9 Route 9H Claverack, NY 12513
APPLICATIONS OPEN:
CREATIVE CATALYST GRANT
OPEN CALLS
CALL FOR ART • Napkin Sketch 2026
Plein Air Artmaking + Exhibition Opportunity at Beattie-Powers Place
Beattie-Powers Place, Catskill, NY
CREATE Offsite
CREATE partners with galleries and community spaces to co-produce CREATE Offsite exhibitions and related programming that support and engage local artists and audiences. Our partnerships are structured around shared responsibility, visibility, and revenue.
CREATE IN PROCESS
CREATE IN PROCESS is a feedback meetup series for creatives to connect, share, and work through questions together.
Do you have a project or just curious? Join us! These gatherings are FREE and open to ALL—all disciplines, mediums, backgrounds, experience levels, and ages are welcome.
GRANTEE SPOTLIGHT
Hudson/Catskill Housing Coalition in partnership with Freehold Art Exchange
Housing Justice Tech League is a teen program (ages 13+) that hosts workshops in photography, graphic design, radio, and multimedia production to develop creative skills for storytelling and outreach around housing justice issues. The Tech League integrates multi-media skills training with education and leadership development on issues of social and housing justice that directly affect participants. Over the course of 16 classes and several open labs over the course of 8 weeks, students learned how to take photos, videos, and audio recordings on professional-grade equipment while developing their storytelling and multimedia production skills on the topics that mattered most to them.
PROJECT
Housing Justice Tech League
COUNTY
Greene
Year
2021
CREATE Council on the Arts
REGRANT PARTNERS
