The Local Capacity Building Initiative is a statewide effort by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to provide local support for widespread participation in arts in education.  To that end, 24 organizations receive a block grant from the NYSCA Arts in Education Program and re-grant funds to support partnerships between schools and teaching artists or cultural organizations.

*If you are in the Capital Region, click here to download a 2009 LCB grant application and guidelines, as well as learn about grant application workshops.

Albany* - also serves Rensselaer, Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie and Schenectady

The New York State Alliance for Arts Education

Sharon Scarlata

PO Box 2217

Albany, NY  12220

(518) 486-7328

E-mail: sharon@nysaae.org

www.nysaae.org

Alleghany - see Steuben

Bronx
Bronx Council on the Arts
Americo Casiano, Jr., Grants Administrator
1738 Hone Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
(718) 931-9500 ext. 19
E-mail: americo@bronxarts.org

Brooklyn - see Kings

Broome - also serves Tioga
The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier
Laura Hobbs
60 Morgan Road
Binghamton, NY 13505
(607) 773-8661 x203
E-mail: artspartners@thediscoverycenter.org 
www.thediscoverycenter.org

Cattaraugus - see Chautauqua

Cayuga - see Onondaga

Chautauqua - also serves Cattaraugus
Arts Council for Chautauqua County
Len Barry
116 East Third Street
Jamestown, NY 14701-5402
(716) 664-2465 x209
E-mail: lbarry@artscouncil.com
www.artscouncil.com

Chemung - see Steuben

Chenango - see Onondaga

Clinton - see Essex

Columbia
Columbia County Council on the Arts
Mr. Jan Hanvik, Executive Director
209 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
(518) 671-6213
E-mail: ccca@mhcable.com
www.artscolumbia.org 

Cortland - see Onondaga

Delaware - see Otsego

Dutchess - also serves Ulster
Dutchess County Arts Council
Loretta B. Spence
39 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-3211
(845) 454-3222
E-mail: lspence@artsmidhudson.org
www.artsmidhudson.org

Erie - also serves Niagara

Coalition of Arts Providers for Children, Inc.
Peggy Moffitt
475 Beard Avenue

Buffalo, NY  14214

(716) 834-5777

E-mail: capc.mail@verizon.net  

Essex - also serves Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton and Warren
Adirondack Arts in Education Partnership
Janine Scherline
PO Box 917
Peru, NY  12972
(518) 643-2892
E-mail: adkartsined@charter.net

Franklin - see Essex

Fulton - see Rensselaer

Genesee - see Livingston

Greene - see Columbia

Hamilton - see Essex

Herkimer - see Oneida

Jefferson - see Onondaga

Kings

Brooklyn Information & Culture/Brooklyn Arts Council
Hawley Hussey
33 Clinton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 875-4047
E-mail: Hawley@briconline.org

Lewis - see Onondaga

Livingston
Genesee Valley Council On The Arts
Jean Hennessey or Kathryn Hollinger
Bldg. 4 ­ Apt. 1, Livingston Co. Campus
Mount Morris, NY 14510-1122
(585) 243-6785
E-mail: jean@gvcaonline.org or kathryn@gvcaonline.org
www.gvcaonline.org

Madison - see Onondaga

Monroe
Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
Jeri Vaughn, AIE Director
277 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607-1151
(716) 473-4000 x205
E-mail: jvaughn@artsrochester.org
www.artsrochester.org

Montgomery - see Rensselaer

Nassau - see Suffolk

New York
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Chad Bolton
125 Maiden Lane, Second Floor
New York, NY 10038
(212) 219-9401 ext. 134
E-mail: cbolton@lmcc.net
www.lmcc.net

Niagara - see Erie

Oneida - also serves Herkimer
Central New York Community Arts Council
Serena Bellmont (LCB Program)
261 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13501-3408
(315) 724-1113
E-mail: sbelmont@cnyarts.com
www.cnyarts.org

Onondaga - also serves Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oswego, and St. Lawrence
Partners For Arts Education, Syracuse
Sue Stonecash, LCB Coordinator
501 West Lafayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13204
(315) 234-9911
E-mail: sue@arts4ed.org
www.arts4ed.org

Ontario
Finger Lakes Regional Arts Council / Smith Opera House
R.J. Rapoza
82 Seneca Street
Geneva, NY 14456
315-781-5483
E-mail: rjbuzz@rochester.rr.com
www.thesmith.org

Orange - see Westchester

Orleans - see Livingston

Oswego - see Onondaga

Otsego
Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts
Erin Van Cott
Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Avenue
Oneonta, NY 13820-2556
(607) 432-2070
E-mail: education@uccca.com

Putnam - see Westchester

Queens
Queens Council on the Arts
Lisa Gutting
One Forest Park @ the Oak Ridge
Woodhaven, NY 11421
(718) 647-3377 x18
E-mail: qcaeducation@gmail.com

Rensselaer - see Albany

Richmond
Council on Arts and Humanities for Staten Island
JoAnne Kavanagh, LCB Coordinator
1000 Richmond Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10310
(718) 447-3329
E-mail: jkavang@aol.com
www.statenislandarts.org

Rockland
Arts Council of Rockland County
Mark Judelson
7 Perlman Drive
Spring Valley, NY 10977
(845) 426-3660
E-mail: mark@artscouncilofrockalnd.org
www.artscouncilofrockland.org

Schenectady - see Rensselaer

St. Lawrence - see Onondaga

Saratoga
Saratoga County Arts Council
320 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-3611
(518) 584-4132
E-mail: info@saratoga-arts.org
www.saratoga-arts.org

Schoharie - see Rensselaer

Schuyler - see Steuben

Seneca - see Ontario

Staten Island - see Richmond

Steuben - also serves Alleghany, Chemung and Schuyler
Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes
Martha Evans
32 W. Market Street
Corning, NY 14830-1962
(607) 962-5871
E-mail: artseducation@stny.rr.com
www.eARTS.org

Suffolk - also serves Nassau
East End Arts Council
Ray Saltini
133 East Main Street
Riverhead, NY 11901
(631) 610-8993
E-mail: rsaltini@optline.net
www.eastendarts.org

Sullivan - see Westchester

Tioga - see Broome

Tompkins
Community Arts Partnership-Tompkins County
Robin Schwartz, LCB Coordinator
116 N. Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850-4331
(607) 273-5072 x2
E-mail: programs@artspartner.org
www.ithacaevents.com or www.artspartner.org

Ulster - see Dutchess

Warren - see Essex

Washington - see Saratoga

Wayne - see Ontario

Westchester
Westchester Arts Council
Jen Schroth
31 Mamaroneck Avenue ­ Floor 3
White Plains, N.Y. 10601
(914) 428-4220
E-mail: jschroth@westarts.com
www.westarts.com

Wyoming - see Livingston
 

Yates - see Ontario