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8 Geographic Regions
Local Sponsoring Organizations & Participating Counties
SOS grants are administered regionally in eight sites and are available to New York State artists living in these counties:
Capital Region:
Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties

The Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River Street
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 273-0552 x 229
Lainy Slyder
lainy@artscenteronline.org
Genesee Valley/Finger Lakes Region:
Cayuga, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates counties

Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
277 North Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 473-4000, x206
Jennie Watson, Grants Manager
jwatson@artsrochester.org
Mid-Hudson Region:
Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties

Garrison Art Center
P.O. Box 4
Garrison, NY 10524
(845) 424-3960
Carinda Swann, Executive Director
director@garrisonartcenter.org
Western Region:
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties

New York Foundation for the Arts
20 Jay Street, Suite 740
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(212) 366-6900 x224
Catharine Kendall Hannoosh
ckendallhannoosh@nyfa.org

*Please note, as of July 2010 NYFA is administering the SOS program in the Western Region of New York state.

Central Region:
Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Otsego counties

Upper Catskill Community Council on the Arts
Wilber Mansion
11 Ford Avenue
Oneonta, NY 13820
(607) 432-2070
Corrine Armstrong
carmstrong@uccca.com
Long Island Region:
Nassau and Suffolk counties

East End Arts Council
133 East Main Street
Riverhead, NY 11901
(631) 727-0900
Tara D'Amato, Marketing Director
tdamato@eastendarts.org
North Country/Adirondack Region:
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Saint Lawrence counties

Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks
P.O. Box 187
Westport, NY 12993
(518) 962-8778
Athena Roth
artsnorth@westelcom.com
Southern Tier Region:
Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga and Tompkins counties

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
32 West Market Street
Corning, NY 14830
(607) 962-5871 x 226
Emily Marino, SOS Coordinator
grants@eARTS.org