Community Arts Grants

2009 Community Arts Grants

Supporting the Advancement and Study of Public Creativity & Aging Programming

The Linden Center Community Arts Grants -- a collaboration between the Linden Center and the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, awarded six local organizations a total of $10,000 in grant funding to support arts activities for older adults. The objective of the grants is to provide not-for-profit organizations with funding to create, support, and assess arts activities that involve older adults. Local grant recipients are:

• Better Housing for Tompkins County, Juniper Manor, Trumansburg, NY
  A series of memoir writing workshops conducted by poet Michael Czarnecki
• Freeville Community Center, Freeville, NY
  Intergenerational watercolor classes conducted by artist In Shik Lee
• Lifelong, Ithaca, NY
  Painting classes culminating in a mural at Clare Bridge Cottage senior residence, classes conducted by Beth Ihnken
• The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, Ithaca, NY
  Printmaking workshops on the theme of generations
• Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service, Ithaca, NY
  Role player training series--theater training for older adults
• The Village at Ithaca
  Community Chorus "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"