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
SCR Grantee Event: Stepping Into the World of Natural Dyes
Trolley Station (North Chatham Library Annex), 103 Depot St., North Chatham, NY
Follow Your Art – Weekly Art Club at the Mountain Top Library
Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main St. Tannersville, NY, 12485
Coffee Hour – Community Arts Leaders
CREATE Council on the Arts, 453 Main Street, Catskill NY (Entrance on Brandow Alley)
CREATE IN RETROSPECT | Ritva Babcock: 1970s – Present
The Wick, Hudson, 41 Cross St, Hudson, NY 12534
OPEN CALLS
Open Call • Hudson Amtrak Station 2027
Hudson Amtrak, 69 S Front St, Hudson, NY 12534
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
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
Luis Macia
Luis Macia captured the beauty and wonder of historic sites around Greene County in his show, “History in Art” at The Lower Landing gallery in Coxsackie. The show featured watercolor paintings and pastel reference drawings along with mono- and solar prints. A presentation by Greene County Historical Society at the Vedder Library archivist, Jonathon Palmer, explained the different sites and their history.
PROJECT
Greene County History in Art
COUNTY
Greene
Year
2020
CREATE Council on the Arts
REGRANT PARTNERS
