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🌟 Grantee Highlight!Kathye Arrington announces she'll present a free summer workshop series, Adventures in Mudcloth!📆 Se...
06/22/2026

🌟 Grantee Highlight!

Kathye Arrington announces she'll present a free summer workshop series, Adventures in Mudcloth!

📆 Session One - July 18, 10am-1pm.
📍Cloud Croft Studio Schoolhouse, 1003 Sanford Road, Owego, NY
🎨 Engage with traditional techniques and work with a natural palette of mud collected from various global locations. 🌎

✨ Kathye’s work centers on multicultural education and youth engagement. Her artistic practice and instructional approach emphasize cultural awareness, creative expression, and inclusive learning through visual art traditions. She's a 2026 recipient of The ARTS Council's SFLX Fellowship.

Secure your spot today!
➡️ Email [email protected] or call/text at (607) 972-1177

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.

🖼️ Kathye Arrington, “Supreme Love,” mudcloth.

The ARTS Council will be closed on Friday, June 19 in honor and celebration of Juneteenth.❤️ Honor the day!💛 Visit the E...
06/19/2026

The ARTS Council will be closed on Friday, June 19 in honor and celebration of Juneteenth.

❤️ Honor the day!
💛 Visit the Elmira/Corning Juneteenth: Freedom Day
💚 Saturday, June 20, 11am to 4pm
🖤 Ernie Davis Park, 603-657 Dickinson St, Elmira, NY

Organized by the Elmira Economic Opportunity Program, this event will have artists, vendors, food, music and more to enjoy.

➡️ Details: https://www.cseop.org/community-calendar

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This event was made possible, in part, with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.

You're invited! 🎉 Our friends at West End Gallery are thrilled to present this year's Summer Spotlight Exhibition, featu...
06/17/2026

You're invited! 🎉

Our friends at West End Gallery are thrilled to present this year's Summer Spotlight Exhibition, featuring new work by Bruce Baxter, Amy Hutto, Judy Soprano, and Emily Wolfson.

📆 Opening Reception on Friday, June 19, 5-7pm
📍 12 W Market St, Corning, NY
🎨 Chat with the artists, enjoy live music in the Upstairs Gallery and tasty treats by Old World Café.

This event is free and open to the public!

Find out more!
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/events/2064506210844560

🎨 The image featured in this post, "Beauty In All She Is" was created by Amy Hutto, a member of The ARTS Council. She works primarily in acrylics and gold leaf. Amy says, "New techniques, experimenting with color, layering texture and the act of pure creation are what drive my work."

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06/15/2026

The ARTS Council is thrilled to present Neon Chapel, a solo exhibition by Tori Immerwahr! Victoria Scott, Gallery Curator, has the sign in place, the lights installed, and the work is now on view!

🎉 You're Invited - celebrate Tori's stunning new work! An opening reception will be held on:

📆 Saturday, June 20, 5-7pm
📍79 West Market St., Corning, NY

✨ About Tori
🌈 Tori Immerwahr (they/them) is a freelance artist and muralist based in Corning, NY. They grew up as a q***r kid in a conservative home. To this day, Tori is inspired by their favorite outlets: academics, comic book art, and the outdoors. Their work is primarily figurative, with a focus on contemporary storytelling through dynamic portraiture and anthropomorphic fauna and flora.

About the Show
💭 Tori says Neon Chapel is, “…a direct examination of my youth spent in the shadows of religious and nationalist fundamentalism, revisiting as an adult the prophecies that defined my childhood."

Can't make the reception?
🌈 Neon Chapel is on view through Friday, July 17.
Regular gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm.

➡️ Get the details!
https://eARTS.org ↗

Thank you to our Solo Show Sponsor, America's Steam Kettle Headquarters !
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🌈 SoFLX Pride is this weekend - and The ARTS Council is excited to see you at the festival in just a few sleeps!⁠ ✨⁠📆 Sa...
06/11/2026

🌈 SoFLX Pride is this weekend - and The ARTS Council is excited to see you at the festival in just a few sleeps!⁠ ✨
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📆 Saturday, June 13, 11am-5pm⁠
📍 Our tent will be on Market Street in Corning, NY!⁠
🦄⁠ Fun and free ARTS Council programs include:

🔮 Empowering Tarot Card Readings with Shannah Warwick. ⁠
🐉 ⚔️ 🏹 Community Dungeons & Dragons Game, led by Dungeon Master, Tim Collins.
✨🌈 Glitter Tattoos!
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Get the details at:
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/events/975889068647023
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These programs are made possible with funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes.⁠

📣 Akua Lezli Hope has created a Speculative Poetry Mini Book Exchange! This is a 3-for-3 exchange. Create and submit 3 m...
06/09/2026

📣 Akua Lezli Hope has created a Speculative Poetry Mini Book Exchange!

This is a 3-for-3 exchange. Create and submit 3 mini books, receive 3 in return. 📚 🔄

Basic Guidelines:
🛸 Use ONE 8 1/2" x 11" (A4) paper to create each book.
🌙 Include speculative poetry. You can add symbols, artwork, and more too.
🌠 Keep it handmade.

Deadline: Mid-November (National Speculative Poetry Month). 💫

Get tuned in!
➡️ Contact Akua at [email protected]
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🎼 Season passes for the 2026 Endless Mountain Music Festival are available now.Mark your calendars - 17 concerts in 17 d...
06/08/2026

🎼 Season passes for the 2026 Endless Mountain Music Festival are available now.

Mark your calendars - 17 concerts in 17 days!
📆 July 17 - August 2
🇺🇸 Themed America the Beautiful.
🎶 Performances will range from Boston Pops Style to Brass Quintets, Big Bands, and more.
✨ Relax into music in local parks, churches, arts and cultural centers across the Southern Tier.

Enjoy a single show, or the entire season!

➡️ Find out more at https://www.endlessmountain.net ↗
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📣 It's time to ! The CPP School District and the CPP Safe and Supportive Committee invite you to help spread the messag...
06/04/2026

📣 It's time to !

The CPP School District and the CPP Safe and Supportive Committee invite you to help spread the message that together we can counter negativity by filling our streets, campuses, and workplaces with visible, loud acts of kindness.

📆 Friday, June 12
👟 Drop everything and walk - wherever you are, whatever time you're able. 🤝 Lead with kindness.
🩷👚 Bust out your pink clothes. ✨ Pink is the color for kindness ✨
🌟 Be sure to take a photo and tag on FB and IG.

Want the official t-shirt?
➡️ https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/QebVcj8UJN

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🎉 Congratulations to the John W. Jones Museum!Join in a celebration at the John W. Jones Museum! A Ribbon Cutting for Th...
06/03/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the John W. Jones Museum!

Join in a celebration at the John W. Jones Museum! A Ribbon Cutting for The Annex, a multi-year project to create an extension of the Museum, will be held on:

📆 Saturday, June 13, 11am
📍John W. Jones Museum, 1248 Davis St, Elmira, NY
✨ This is a casual, family-friendly occasion, food, programs, and more.

💚 The Annex is a 1,500 sq. ft. addition created to welcome larger school and tour groups, and to host on-site events, while minimizing damage to the main historic home.

About John W. Jones
The John W. Jones Museum is the historic former home of Underground Railroad Station Master John W. Jones. He became an active agent on the Underground Railroad in 1851, safely assisting 800 runaway slaves to freedom by 1860. In 1859, he served as sexton of Woodlawn Cemetery, where he buried nearly 3,000 deceased Confederate soldiers. He was so meticulous in his documentation that in 1877, the burial ground was declared a national cemetery by the federal government.

Find out more at https://www.johnwjonesmuseum.org/

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📣 Artist Opportunity Alert! Cloud Croft Studios and Tioga Arts Council (TAC) announce a Call for Entries for Everyday Li...
05/28/2026

📣 Artist Opportunity Alert!

Cloud Croft Studios and Tioga Arts Council (TAC) announce a Call for Entries for Everyday Life, Every Day Art (ELEDA), an annual juried, regional exhibition.

🌟 The objective of ELEDA is to demonstrate that when the arts thrive, the community thrives. A portion of ELEDA sales support TAC's Beyond the Gallery programs, such as Art a la Carte.

📆 Live Jury Submission & Drop-off Dates: August 1-3, from 12-4pm
📍 Cloud Croft Studios – Barn, 1003 Sanford Rd., Owego, NY
🏆 Cash prizes are available, including a Best in Show prize of $1,000, and 15 additional cash prizes.

🌟 Works sold during the ELEDA exhibition will be split at 80% to the artist, 20% to TAC. The objective of ELEDA is to demonstrate that when the arts thrive, the community thrives.

Get the full details and guidelines!
➡️ https://www.tiogaartscouncil.org/regional-art-show

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Corning, NY
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