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
GCCF Grantee: Dancin’ with the Dead! Karaoke with the Living!
Bridge Street Theatre, 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY
SCR Grantee Event: Room Collaborative – Figure Drawing at the Avalon Lounge
The Avalon Lounge, Catskill, NY
SCR Grantee Event: THE ART OF CLAY…THE POETRY OF ART
North Chatham Free Library, 4287 NY-203, North Chatham, NY 12132
OPEN CALLS
Open Call • Solo Exhibition at CCE CG
Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405
Open Call • Invasive Species at CCE CG
Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405
Open Call • CREATE MEMBER holiday opportunities
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.
Jeffrey Lependorf: Training
Hudson Amtrak, 69 S Front St, Hudson, NY 12534
Portraits of a Place: Plein Air at Beattie-Powers
Beattie-Powers Place, 10 Beattie-Powers Place, Catskill, NY 12414
CREATE IN RETROSPECT | Ritva Babcock: 1970s – Present
The Wick, Hudson, 41 Cross St, Hudson, NY 12534
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
Matt Bua
Matt Bua makes small-scale, improvised buildings, hand-built people’s museums and roadside attractions. His recent work takes the form of mystical spaces that redefine and re-imagine found objects – and sustainable resources – as functional elements in his building process.
PROJECT
“The Great Lithic Catskill Reveal of 2021”
COUNTY
Greene
Year
2021
CREATE Council on the Arts
REGRANT PARTNERS
