Community Arts of Elmira exists to serve. Weprovide performance and exhibition space to new and established artists; develop arts educational programs and activities; and create public awareness by encouraging participation in and appreciation for all of the arts, primarily through low- or no-cost access. Programs are multi-disciplinary, including the visual, literary, performing, musical and healing arts, as well as art therapy. Community Arts is also a historic preservation advocate, repurposing a Second Empire, Italianate Victorian mansion for an arts center replete with historical ...

The mission of The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS) is to enhance the cultural arts in the communities we serve by acting as an advocate and catalyst to increase participation, advance collaboration and optimize resources. As a regional Arts Council partially supported by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), The ARTS provides several clearly defined services, which fulfill the above mission: •Increasing arts programming and opportunities for the public in Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben and Tioga counties by regranting State funds to local artists and arts/cultural ...