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CNY Arts We promote, support, & celebrate arts, culture, & heritage in Central New York. Visit cnyarts.org/events Technical Assistance:
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Programs, Resources and Services:

Regrants:
Providing individual artists and organizations funding Cortland, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga and Oswego counties. Dasher's Magical Gift:
Educational Holiday Show for students

On My Own Time Exhibition:
Celebrating and promoting creativity among their employees and in the workplace. Arts Advocacy:
Advocating for greater individual, corporate, foundation, state and national investment in the arts. consulting, a variety of free resources helping aid organizational structure and management. CNY Arts also acts as a financial conduit for grass roots arts and culture efforts that are not for profit in nature. Arts Marketing Services
Regional marketing programs for artists and art and cultural organizations.

Looking for a space to draft your SCR 2027 application with peer accountability? Join our virtual co-working session nex...
10/07/2026

Looking for a space to draft your SCR 2027 application with peer accountability? Join our virtual co-working session next Wednesday (Oct. 14) from 4-6 PM!

This session is an opportunity to bring any questions directly to CNY Arts Regrants staff, brainstorm with your peers, or join a breakout room to quietly focus on writing your application alongside your fellow applicants! Feel free to drop in at any point!

Register at the QR code to receive the Zoom link OR visit secure.qgiv.com/for/cnyarts/event/vrrfacnc/

Reach out to [email protected] with questions!

We’ve completed our Statewide Community Regrant seminar tour of our service region! Thank you to the incredible organiza...
09/30/2026

We’ve completed our Statewide Community Regrant seminar tour of our service region! Thank you to the incredible organizations that have hosted us, and for everyone who came to chat with us in person.

Have you completed your required seminar? 🫣

If not, don’t fret! You still have time to register to receive the seminar recording at the QR code above or at cnyarts.org/grants/statewide-community-regrants 📝

Another thank you to the sites that hosted us:

Center for the Arts of Homer Center for the Arts
Remsen Arts Center Remsen Performing and Visual Arts Center
Sculpture Space Sculpture Space
Soule Branch Library
Rock City Centre Rock City Centre
Richard S. Shineman Foundation Richard S Shineman Foundation
Town of Cazenovia Town Of Cazenovia

Looking to grow your volunteer base? Wondering how you can keep volunteers engaged and happy in the long term? We all kn...
09/29/2026

Looking to grow your volunteer base? Wondering how you can keep volunteers engaged and happy in the long term? We all know how important volunteers are to allowing our organizations to operate successfully.

This session will offer practical guidance for how to grow and improve your volunteer programs. This session will be led by Maria Fibiger of Three Dog Consulting, who brings 20 years of consulting practice combined with career experience in the nonprofit field.

Register for this FREE session at the QR code included or visit secure.qgiv.com/for/cnyarts/event/vrrfocacnc

We hope to see you there!

Thank you to everyone who attended our volunteer recruitment and retention professional development session yesterday! W...
09/29/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our volunteer recruitment and retention professional development session yesterday! We hope you left with new insights, connections, and ideas for your volunteer programs.

A huge thanks to Maria Fibiger of Three Dog Consulting for leading such thoughtful discussion around this topic and to the Richard S. Shineman Foundation Richard S Shineman Foundation for hosting us in their space!

Keep an eye out for more information on a virtual version of this session on Tuesday, October 6, available to all arts and culture nonprofits in our service area.

🎞️ This Saturday, join us for a special screening of Yoichi’s White House at the Everson Museum of Art On October 3 at ...
09/29/2026

🎞️ This Saturday, join us for a special screening of Yoichi’s White House at the Everson Museum of Art

On October 3 at noon, the Everson Museum of Art Auditorium will host a screening of Eric Elofson’s Eric Elofson film, which examines the career of White House photographer Yoichi Okamoto and the preservation of his remarkable legacy.

Following the film, stay for a panel discussion on Photography, Journalism & Democracy with:

📷 Eric Elofson, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker
📷 Gregory Heisler, portrait photographer and Syracuse University Newhouse professor 
📷 Hans Petschar, historian and curator

The screening is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Yoichi Okamoto: Photographer in the Service of Democracy now on display at Art in the Atrium (201 E. Washington Street), on view through November 15. FREE and open to the public during extended hours:

Wednesday-Friday (12-6 PM)
Saturday & Sunday (12-8 PM)

The On My Own Time exhibition is back! Returning to the Everson Museum Everson Museum of Art for its 53rd year, join us ...
09/28/2026

The On My Own Time exhibition is back! Returning to the Everson Museum Everson Museum of Art for its 53rd year, join us for the opening reception to celebrate the incredible artistic talent of avocational artists in CNY!

This reception is an opportunity to honor the many artists, coordinators, and organizations who have helped make On My Own Time possible, and a chance to see the exhibit hanging at the Everson 🖼️

Scan the QR code or visit secure.qgiv.com/for/cnyarts to learn more about this event and reserve a spot! 🎟️

Thank you to all of our sponsors who have made this possible. Swipe to learn more about each one ⭐️



Bronze Sponsors🥉

Community Financial System
Syracuse University Syracuse University
SUNY ESF SUNY ESF
Onondaga Community College Onondaga Community College
Syracuse Stage Syracuse Stage
Onondaga County Onondaga County
City of Syracuse City of Syracuse
Liverpool Art Center

Join Hans Petschar, curator of Yoichi Okamoto: Photographer in the Service of Democracy for a curator talk at Art in the...
09/25/2026

Join Hans Petschar, curator of Yoichi Okamoto: Photographer in the Service of Democracy for a curator talk at Art in the Atrium THIS Saturday, starting at 1 PM 🎙️

Hans Petschar, Director of the Picture Archives and Graphics Department at the Austrian National Library, will share some of the rich history behind Yoichi’s work.

Can’t make it? Explore Okamoto another time:

Up through November 15 at extended Atrium hours:

Wednesday-Friday (12-6 PM)
Saturday & Sunday (12-8 PM)

A glimpse of our opening reception for our current exhibit at Art in the Atrium: Yoichi Okamoto, Photographer in the Ser...
09/16/2026

A glimpse of our opening reception for our current exhibit at Art in the Atrium: Yoichi Okamoto, Photographer in the Service of Democracy.

Coming to our gallery space following successful runs in Vienna and Washington DC, we couldn’t be more thrilled to hold space for this incredible body of work.

Learn more at Art in the Atrium and yoichiokamoto.com

“Rather than just take portraits, I’d like to hang around and photograph history being made,” Yoichi Okamoto, 1963

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum meditates on art sha...
09/16/2026

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology at the Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse University Art Museum meditates on art shaped from objects previously discarded.

The collection focuses not only on the process of transforming refuse into art but also each artists’ creative impulses, showcasing paintings, video, sculptures, mixed media, quilts, photography and more.

“Reclaimed” is up through December 11!

Learn more about this exhibit by reading the full review, available at the link in our bio, our profile under “Arts News” or at cnyarts.org under About Us > Arts News.



About the Author

Carl Mellor covered visual arts for the Syracuse New Times from 1994 through 2019. He writes reviews and artist profiles for CNY Arts as a community partner.

📷 Before the White House, there was Central New York…Long before Yoichi Okamoto entered the Oval Office with a camera, h...
09/15/2026

📷 Before the White House, there was Central New York…

Long before Yoichi Okamoto entered the Oval Office with a camera, he was finding his way in Central New York. At Colgate, in the ballrooms of the Hotel Onondaga, and inside a Syracuse newsroom, this is where it all began. His extraordinary career did not just pass through this region, it began here.

Yoichi Okamoto: Photographer in the Service of Democracy is on view now at Art in the Atrium, 201 East Washington Street; free and open to the public through November 15. We are grateful to be able to offer extended hours for this exhibit:

📅 Wed–Fri: 12–6pm
📅 Sat–Sun: 12–8pm

Learn more and explore the exhibition at 👉 yoichiokamoto.com

Photo credits: L.B.J. Presidential Library / photographs by Yoichi Okamoto / ©Okamoto / Austrian National Library

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