GO Art! sets workshops for applicants to pursue grant funding in 2025
Press Release, Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council
BATAVIA – Genesee and Orleans County nonprofit organizations and artists seeking funding for arts related programming, events, and public art are encouraged to apply to the 2025 Statewide Community Regrant Program, administered by Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council (GO Art!) through a partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
GO Art! will be accepting applications Sept. 15 through Nov. 1.
In 2023, the regrant program provided $210,000 in funding for over 50 projects in Genesee and Orleans counties. In 2024, the program provided $336,000 in funding for over 80 projects.
GO Art! will be holding free informational workshops in August and September at various locations throughout Genesee and Orleans counties. New applicants and previous applicants who have not attended a regrant workshop in 2023 or 2024 are required to attend, prior to submitting an application for the 2025 cycle. All applicants are encouraged to attend. Registration is required.
Statewide Community Regrant Workshop Schedule:
- Monday, August 5th, from 6-7pm at GO ART!, 201 E Main St, Batavia
- Tuesday, August 6th, from 6-7pm at Hoag Library, 134 S Main St, Albion
- Monday, August 12th, from 6-7pm on Zoom
- Monday, August 26th, from 6-7pm at Hollwedel Memorial Library, 5 Woodrow Dr, Pavilion • Tuesday, August 27th, from 6-7pm on Zoom
- Monday, September 9th, from 6-7pm at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library, 620 West Ave
- Medina Tuesday, September 10th, from 6-7pm at Haxton Memorial Library, 3 N Pearl St Oakfield
- Monday, September 16th, from 6-7pm at Woodward Memorial Library, 7 Wolcott Street, Leroy
- Tuesday, September 17th, from 6-7pm on Zoom
For more information on the 2025 SCR program or to register for an upcoming workshop visit www.goart.org/grants.
About the Statewide Community Regrant Program
The Statewide Community Regrant Program was developed by the New York State Council on the Arts in response to a mandate by New York’s Legislature that there be a greater local involvement in funding decisions, affecting local non-profit organizations, offering artistic or cultural services and programs, and to ensure New York State’s cultural funding reached every part of the State.
Through the Statewide Community Regrant Program, GO ART!, NYSCA and the New York State Legislature hope to extend, upgrade and increase the arts and cultural programming in Genesee and Orleans counties, making it more accessible to community members.
The goal is to make state arts support available to geographically, economically, and ethnically diverse segments of the state’s population.
GO Art!’s Statewide Community Regrant program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
