New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)

🎶✨ Discover the magic of music & dance at NYSCA Grantee the Hochstein School in Rochester! 🌟 Open to ALL ages & abilities, Hochstein provides a nurturing community that inspires personal achievement. 🎸🎉 Enroll your child in Early Start Guitar, Music FUNdamentals, or their dynamic Summer Camp! 🌈💃 Unlock their creativity today! 🔗 Visit Hochstein.org for details! #HochsteinSchool #MusicEducation #DanceDreams The Hochstein School

🌸 Get ready for Opening Day 2025 at the Hammond Museum!🎉 **April 5, 2pm - FREE admission** Meet talented art instructors & stroll through the blooming Japanese Garden. 🌼 Painting 🎨 : Wang Mansheng's White Lotus (2013); For the exhibition Shuo Hua: The Language of Flowers and Plants in Chinese Art. RSVP & Full event schedule here: https://ow.ly/IC8M50VjlPK #HammondMuseum #ArtInBloom #SpringOpening

🎶✨ Exciting news! 🎭 Join NYSCA grantee Hudson Hall for a limited run of G.F. Handel's epic GIULIO CESARE! 6 performances only from April 19 to May 2, 2025. Experience this baroque masterpiece sung in Italian with English supertitles in NY’s oldest surviving theater. Don't miss this production by visionary director R.B. Schlather & featuring some of the finest interpreters of Baroque music today —get your tickets now! 🎟️❤️

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Congratulations to all the FY 25 Museum Professional Development grantees! This program from NYSCA and CNY Arts, Inc. supports conference attendance, classes and other enhancements up to $1000 for NYS museum professionals. 1. Alexandria Township Historical Society 2. Alice T. Miner Museum 3. American Folk Art Museum 4. Bowne House Historical Society 5. Burchfield Penney Art Center 6. Catskill Fly Fishing Center 7. Easthampton Historical Society 8. Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center 9. Everson Museum Of Art 10. Finger Lakes Boating Museum 11. Fort Ticonderoga 12. Frederic Remington Art Museum 13. Friends of Historic Kingston 14. Fulton County Historical Society 15. Graycliff 16. Greece Historical Society 17. Greenport-Centerport Historical Association 18. Hallockville Museum Farm 19. Hanford Mills Museum, Inc. at East Meredith 20. Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum 21. Historic Huguenot Street 22. Historic Richmond Town 23. Historic Saranac Lake 24. Holland Land Office Museum (Holland Purchase Historical Society) 25. HOWLAND STONE STORE MUSEUM 26. Hudson River Museum 27. John Brown Lives! 28. Lindenhurst Historical Society 29. Lipsey Architecture Center 30. Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame 31. Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) 32. Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum 33. Museum Hue 34. Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) 35. National Bottle Museum 36. National Comedy Center 37. U.S. National Lighthouse Museum 38. Niagara Aerospace Museum 39. Northport Historical Society 40. Old Stone House Museum 41. Oneida Community Mansion House (OCMH) 42. Oneida County History Museum 43. Oswego County Historical Society 44. Oyster Bay Rail Road Museum 45. Phelps Mansion Museum 46. Roberson Museum 47. Rock Hall Museum 48. The Rockwell Museum - A Smithsonian Affiliate 49. Saratoga Automobile Museum 50. Schenectady County Historical Society 51. Schuyler County (NY) Historical Society 52. Seneca Falls Historical Society 53. Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry 54. Seward House Museum 55. Shelter Island History Museum 56. Skaneateles Historical Society 57. Southeast Museum 58. Sylvester Manor Educational Farm 59. The Sembrich 60. Tioga County Historical Society 61. Village of Babylon Historical & Preservation Society 62. Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center 63. Waterville Historical Society 64. Wings of Eagles Discovery Center

NYSCA Grantee the NARS Foundation in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is opening 2 exhibitions: *The Architectures of Intimacy,* curated by Anh Đào Hà, with works by Tra My Nguyễn, Vân-Nhi Nguyễn, Z.T. Nguyễn, Vy Trịnh, and Hạ-Lan Văn and a solo exhibition by Kian McKeown, *A Dove with Books on Its Head* *The Architectures of Intimacy* examines the material logic of Vietnamese spaces, where objects shift between roles, blending the practical with the poetic. *A Dove With Books on Its Head* presents a selection of McKeown’s recent drawings and kinetic sculptures. For more information, visit narsfoundation.org

NYSCA grantee the Hamptons International Film Festival I is now accepting submissions. HIFF is the premier film event on New York State’s East End—an intimate, 11-day showcase of some of the year’s best offerings in contemporary cinema. With four competitive categories, four signature programs—Films of Conflict & Resolution; Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights; Air, Land & Sea; and Views From Long Island—and awards of cash and in-kind goods and services valued at more than $130,000, the Academy Award®-qualifying HIFF seeks diverse films made by filmmakers who traverse the globe in order to tell their stories through different cultural styles and experiences. Submit your film by the following official deadlines: •️ Regular Deadline | April 3, 2025 ️• Late Deadline | April 24, 2025 ️• Extended Deadline | May 15, 2025 Follow hamptonsfilm and visit hamptonsfilmfest.org to learn more about the festival and submit your film.

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Learn more about artist Tiffany Baker’s *Dear Neighbor Project* -- the second installation in NYSCA grantee Van Alen Institute multiyear Points of Promise initiative for Gowanus residents. 🎨✨ This vibrant showcase of community resilience includes immersive murals, heartfelt stories and portraits—reflecting how neighbors care and support one another. 📷Thom Pictures

🎭⚓️ Ahoy, theatre lovers! Get ready to set sail as Roundabout Theatre Company unveils their first major revival in four years: PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL, starting April 4th! 🏴☠️ For tickets, visit https://ow.ly/NMB950VhvPO