Community Programs
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"
The Linden Center is pleased to sponsor programs in the following areas:
Performing (Music, Dance, Theater, Storytelling and Singing)
Visual (Fiction, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics and Textiles)
Literary (Fiction, Autobiography, Poetry and Essay)
Media (Film, Video and Web)
