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On October 9, 2011, DVAA presented awards to honorees in four categories: Business Partner to Callicoon Theater (Jim and Barbara Kayton proprietors) for the CineArt Film Series Lifetime Achievement to Sheldon Soffer for his work as an artists’ manager and the scholarship he established in memory of Stanley Segal Artistic Contribution (organization) to Forestburgh Playhouse for revitalizing the Playhouse and expanding the educational division to present classic and new plays to high school students Artistic Contribution (individual) to Phyllis Bilick for her art-making and two decades of helping to shape DVAA’s Gallery Program. Delaware Valley Arts Alliance grew out of a Bicentennial cultural committee led by Tom DeGaetani who had been the first managing director of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. “When the Bicentennial events were over,” says Giguere, DeGaetani’s widow, “everyone wanted the cultural committee to keep going. We held a public meeting at which representatives from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts were in attendance and over 100 people turned out. The DVAA was formed that evening in 1976.” “There are so many people who have helped to shape the DVAA,” says Giguere, “nearly 500 solo artists and over 1,000 musicians, poets, painters, and filmmakers working in groups have been presented in the galleries and at the Tusten Theatre. Grants that we administer have served an even wider constituency, impacting thousands of audience members throughout the region. And for all who have been in the spotlight, there have been dozens serving on the board, on committees, or in the wings to make it all happen.” About Delaware Valley Arts Alliance Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, founded in 1976, serves as Arts Council for Sullivan County, New York. We present programs in the visual, performing, literary, and media arts and service a county-and valley-wide constituency of artists, arts groups and the general public. Our mandate is to lead collaborations that advance the arts; to encourage and support cultural programs relevant to all citizens; and to provide services to individual artists, arts organizations, and the area’s arts community. The DVAA has over 300 members, many of whom divide their time between Sullivan County and New York City. The staff advocates for advancement of the arts on the local, state, national, international level. As a catalyst for events not generally available, DVAA sponsors an outstanding variety of arts and cultural programs in its facilities, the Delaware Arts Center,on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Tusten Theatre, a fully-renovated 160-seat facility. The DVAA provides free services to artists that include grant conduit support, information networking, grant-writing assistance, collaborative project incubation, fellowships, space, and promotion support. Our organization provides commissions, fiscal sponsorship, and technical training. The DVAA publishes the Artsletter, a bi-monthly publication, and maintains www.ArtsAllianceSite.org to serve our members and the general public. Click here to become a member of DVAA. |
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