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
Opening Reception • Kim Bach
Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405
SCR Grantee Event: Colorful World Inspired by Eric Carle
Heermance Memorial Library, 1 Ely St. Coxsackie, NY 12051
Follow Your Art – Weekly Art Club at the Mountain Top Library
Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main St. Tannersville, NY, 12485
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
Claverack Free Library
“We designed six dance programs to appeal to a variety of age groups – family, teen, adult – and in diverse formats – performance, participation, demonstration and education. These included Hoedown in the Town Park, site-specific dance presentations with commissioned music and specially designed and created graphics and props, and Multicultural Dance Day, designed to illuminate diverse cultures through their dance traditions, to teach simple dance vocabulary and movement, and to enhance the appreciation of the dance performances.”
PROJECT
Dance at Claverack Library
COUNTY
Columbia
Year
2022
CREATE Council on the Arts
REGRANT PARTNERS
