Category: Historic Sites/Societies/Preservation
- Adirondack Architectural Heritage Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Warren Counties
- The mission of Adirondack Architectural Heritage is to further greater public understanding, appreciation and stewardship of the architecture, historic sites and communities of New York State's Adirondack Park through education, technical assistance, advocacy and partnerships.
- BAM Local Development Corporation Kings (Brooklyn) County
- The BAM Local Development Corporation is an independent nonprofit organization, whose mission is to create a vibrant mixed-use multi-cultural arts district in Downtown Brooklyn that will be a resource for the arts, the borough of Brooklyn and the city as a whole. This effort will convert currently vacant and underutilized properties near the Brooklyn Academy of Music into a mix of affordable space for visual, performing and media arts organizations, along with arts-related educational programs, a variety of housing, public open space and such amenities as restaurants, cafés and retail. The BAM Cultural District’s distinctive character will be defined by its creative and diverse artistic programming, its well-designed public space and its innovative, world-class architecture.
- Central New York Community Arts Council - Stanley Theatre Herkimer, Madison, Oneida Counties
- The Central New York Community Arts Council's vision is to be the cultural and inspirational epicenter for creative expression. Its mission is to stimulate and assist in the presentation and preservation of the arts; to develop and enhance the Stanley Theatre as a premiere cultural destination and community resource; and to be a catalyst for lifelong learning through teaching, nurturing and enjoyment of the arts.
- Chenango County Council of the Arts Chenango County
- The mission of the Chenango County Council of the Arts is to support and encourage participation in and appreciation of the arts and humanities in Chenango County.
- Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County Tompkins County
- The Community Arts Partnership is an arts services organization that acts as an advocate for the arts, serves the community by strengthening and providing services and resources for arts organizations and artists, and fosters partnerships between the arts and government, education, business and the community.
- Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Sullivan County
- The mission of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance is to provide leadership and build collaborations that advance the arts in Sullivan County and the Upper Delaware Valley; to encourage and support cultural programs relevant to all citizens; and to provide services to individual artists, arts organizations and the area's arts industry.
- Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council Genesee, Orleans Counties
- Art and culture enriches, inspires and educates, while strengthening a community's identity. Therefore, GO ART! initiates a broad range of opportunities for artists and cultural organizations, and facilitates cooperative efforts among the cultural, business, service and educational communities for the people who live in and visit Genesee and Orleans Counties.
- Living Traditions All Counties
- Living Traditions is a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 that is dedicated to the study, continuity and innovative popularization of community-based traditional folk culture. Placing a high value on cultural literacy, Living Traditions teaches and disseminates a wide array of skills in music, dance, language arts, history, folklore, crafts and visual arts through classes, publications, recordings and documentaries. Living Traditions encourages the presence and growth of this knowledge in the life of the community.
- Long Island Traditions Nassau, Suffolk Counties
- The mission of Long Island Traditions is to research and identify--through verbal interviews and participant observation, oral history and historical research--the occupational, community, architectural and ethnic traditions of Long Island residents, and to present such research in festivals, media productions, exhibits, lecture-demonstrations and other public mediums. LI Traditions publishes a quarterly newsletter and provides services to artists and other organizations on issues and programs relating to traditional folk arts.
- Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies & Museums Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester Counties
- Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies & Museums (LHC) is a regional service organization formed to advance and advocate the preservation and interpretation of the area's historical, ethnic and cultural heritage. The group promotes professional standards of excellence and fosters cooperation among member organizations and individuals through education, information, training and assistance. LHC encourages, leads and assists in cooperative exchange of information and expertise on behalf of historical sites and societies, museums, historians and repositories, their boards, their staffs and their public audiences.
