2023 & 2024 Arts Thrive and Grow Grant Program

Artist in the Community Grants

• Deyva Arthur – Rensselaer – Street Memorials/Street Peace Beacon
• Melanie Chirignan – Schenectady – Community Listening Parties for EP Release
• Robert Cusato – Schenectady – Illustrating and Designing Your Own Comic Book and Drawing
and Painting
• Maria DeAngelo – Albany – Past to Present Art Experiences
• Kayla Ek – Schenectady – Nightmare on Jay Street Market
• Yael Erel – Rensselaer – Light Installation for “The Other Side of Silence” Operatic Production
• Rachael Lorimer – Rensselaer – 2024 Upstate NY Printmaker’s Showcase
• Ira Marcks – Rensselaer – Finding Your Voice Through Comics with Columbia High School
• Ira Marcks – Rensselaer – Finding Your Voice Through Comics with Troy High School
• Nicholas Payton – Rensselaer – Good Trouble Audio Club: Empowering Capital Region Students
Through Music and Social Media
• Pauline Saunders – Schenectady – Love Where You Live Mural
• Richard Wang – Schenectady – From Breath to Brush: Finding the Heart of ShuFa
• Jade Warrick – Rensselaer – Amplified Voices – The Artistic Bridge Hybrid Program
• Scott Womer – Rensselaer – Song City Showcase and INK Songwriting Retreat
• Mallory Zondag – Schenectady – Entangled Threads: Exploring Fiber and Fungi Through
Community Art

Artist in the Studio Grants

• Alicia Barton – Albany – Art by Mail
• Angela Beallor – Rensselaer – (H)Aunties: We Queer Ancestors
• Judith Braun – Albany – ARCANA
• Melanie Chirignan – Schenectady – Subject to Change-Improvisational Compositions
• Elijah Gaddy – Schenectady – Pleasantries
• Daysia Hiller – Albany – The Unseen
• Ellie Irons – Rensselaer – Vessels for Deep Time Seed Futures
• Michael Janairo – Albany – Straight to Hell: Speaking English in Quotation
• azuré keahi – Rensselaer – Othered Vessels

• Megan Kinney – Albany – Joy During Grief
• Emmalyn Knapp – Albany – Gnarly: An Exploration of Texture on Wood-Fired Vessels
• Leah Loftin – Albany – A Certain Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog [a short film]
• Maura Marcks – Rensselaer – Empowered Pockets
• Daniel Nester – Albany – Here’s Where the Story Ends: A Professor’s Memoir
• Sara Pruiksma – Albany – Mother
• Justin Rivers – Schenectady – Frontiers in Every Direction – A Jazz Collaboration
• Phoebe Rotter – Albany – Closer Than They Appear
• Jess Stapf – Albany – Familiar Distortion
• Maya Suchak – Albany – A Walk for Every Season
• Lenora Thornton – Rensselaer – 4/4: Celebrating Graphic Design in Dance Music

Community Arts Grants

• 440 State St. Inc. – Schenectady – Sound Palette at Jazz on Jay
• Albany Medical Center Foundation Inc. – Albany – Create While You Wait
• Albany Public Library – Albany – Cultural Horizons at Albany Public Library: Indian Music and
Story Time
• Albany Public Library Foundation DBA: Friends and Foundation of Albany Public Library
(FFAPL) – Albany – Art @ Albany Public Library
• Albany Voices of Pride, Inc. – Albany – 2024 Concert Series “Rise Up! & Celebrate!”
• Arvilla E Diver Memorial Library – Rensselaer – Let’s Make a Song!
• Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. – Rensselaer – Black Dimensions in Art, Inc.: A Legacy of Agency and
Influence
• Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY, Inc. – Albany – Season 24-25 Production of BERTA, BERTA
by Angelica Cheri
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area, Inc. – Albany – Lyricism 101
• Bring on the Spectrum, Inc. – Albany – The Spectrum of Creative Arts
• Chinese Community Center of Capital District of New York, Inc. – Albany – Peking Opera Artistry:
Master the Stage with Chinese Performing Arts
• Choose Cohoes for Art – Albany – Artists Show Case 13
• Confetti Stage Inc. – Albany – ConfettiFest XX
• Creative Action Unlimited Inc. – Rensselaer – Social Justice Artists Conference
• Cycle Schenectady – Schenectady – Color the Canal: May the Trail Be With You

• Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation – Schenectady – Jay Square Artscape
• Downtown Troy Business Improvement District – Rensselaer – Rockin’ on the River
• Lansingburgh Historical Society – Rensselaer – River Poems 2024
• Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer County – Rensselaer – In Our Own Words
• Mohawk Valley Society for Live Music – Schenectady – Porchfest Schenectady 2024
• Musicians of Ma’alwyck, Inc. – Schenectady – “A Waterbird Talk & Opera Performance,
Composed by Dominick Argento
• Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center – Albany – Raga Massive Series
• Nopiates Committee, Inc. – Rensselaer – Transformation Project – A Project to Foster Exploration
• NY Capital Region Romanian-American Heritage Association, Inc. – Albany – Increase Cultural
Awareness for Romanian Folkloric Arts
• Oakwood Community Center – Troy – Oakwood Expressions: Artistic Themes & Designs Devised
by Communities Coming Together
• Refugee and Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus Inc. – Albany – Expanding Access to
Regional Arts Institutions for Newcomer Children
• Refugee Welcome Corporation – Albany – Art Beyond Borders: Indian Music Workshops at West
Hill RWC
• Rensselaer County Historical Society – Troy – Nights at the (Hart Cluett) Museum
• Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, Inc. – Rensselaer – Rensselaer County Writing the Land
• Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region – Albany – Arts & Hearts
• Russell Sage College – Albany – Opalka Fall Exhibitions
• Safe Inc. of Schenectady – Schenectady – Freedom Links-Public Art Outdoor Art Displayed at
Schenectady High School Based on Human Trafficking
• Sand Lake Center for the Arts/Circle Theater Players – Rensselaer – SLCA ArtShare24
• Schenectady County Historical Society – Schenectady – Shadows of History (Full Moon Immersive
Theater and Summer Immersive Theater)
• Schenectady Greenmarket Inc – Schenectady – Schenectady Greenmarket Music Stage
• Schenectady Museum Association/Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) – Schenectady –
Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion (Traveling Exhibit) at miSci

• Social Justice Center of Albany, Inc. – Albany – Jail Visiting With Dignity Project
• South End Children’s Cafe – Albany – South End Children’s Cafe Transformative Youth-Led Murals
• Strong Owls Inc. – Schenectady – An Ampowbrilresary Art Explosion & Creatively You
• Tech Valley Center of Gravity, Inc. – Rensselaer – Makerspace Artist Residency: Art in the Digital
Age
• The RED Bookshelf – Albany – Views: Connecting Literacy to Filmmaking
• Troy Foundry Theatre, Inc. – Rensselaer – Half-Baked Festival of Emerging Work
• Troy Public Library – Rensselaer – Adult Programming at Troy Public Library Fall 2024
• Troy Public Library – Rensselaer – 2024 Troy Public Library Fall Festival
• Troy Waterfront Farmers Market, Inc – Rensselaer – Troy Waterfront Farmers Market Produce
Passport – Summer
• United Way of the Greater Capital Region – Albany – Summer Meals Collaborative
• Wildwood Programs, Inc. – Albany – Community Integrated Arts Program
• Will Kempe’s Players Cooperative – Rensselaer – Will Kempe’s Players 2024 Summer Season:
“Pericles, Prince of Tyre” and “Midsummer Madness”
• Young Musicians Forum Inc – Schenectady – Young Musicians Forum Concert Series

General Operating Support Grants

• Youth FX Inc. – Albany
• Albany Center Galleries, Inc. – Albany
• Albany Pro Musica – Rensselaer
• Albany Barn Inc – Albany
• Contemporary Circus and Immersive Arts Center – Rensselaer
• CREATE Community Studios – Schenectady
• Schenectady Light Opera Company, Inc. – Schenectady
• Arts Letters and Numbers Inc – Rensselaer
• New York Folklore Society, Inc. – Schenectady