About the Sullivan County Council on the Arts

Sullivan County Council on the Arts - Supporting the arts, culture and heritage of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

If you have an idea for a program we could promote, a class we could teach or an event we could sponsor, let us know.

The SCCA is an entirely volunteer organization that cannot exist without input from people like YOU.

OK, there are a couple of weirdos living under the Forksville covered bridge who have a direct connection to some very intelligent aliens, but we don't talk about them in civilized society.

Help us find a home

The SCCA, like the boll weevil, is looking for a home. Right now, we depend on the kindness of volunteers and friends like the invaluable Peggy Anderson at Sullivan Terrace in Dushore and Colleen Engler at the Highlands in Laporte who have hosted numerous activities.

Working with the Sullivan County Recreational Association, we hope to find a space in a new multi-purpose building proposed for Laporte.

Still, please keep your eyes open for any affordable space for offices, classrooms, an art gallery or a small community theater.

Let us know if you run across anything interesting.

1998 Deserie Bender
1998 Desiree Bender

1999_Mike_Cole
1999 Mike Cole

2000_Desiree_Bender
2000 Desiree Bender

2001_Jaime_Phillips
2001 Jaime Phillips

2002_Kyle_McKerrow
2002 Kyle McKerrow

2003_Catherine_Badger
2003 Catherine Badger

2008_Ashley_Hill
2008 Ashley Hill

2009 Ashley Hill

The Sullivan County Council on the Arts was founded in 1988, with Vivian McCarty as president.

Florence Suarez became volunteer executive director in 1992.

All board members, officers and workers are volunteers – we have no paid staff.

Over the years, the SCCA has developed a wide range of programs with special strengths in the visual arts, student artist awards and promotion of the annual Renaissance Faire and Renaissance Feast programs. A major recent concentration has been on the Roving Historical Theater, devoted to bringing the history of Sullivan County communities alive through local stage productions.

We also offer arts classes and music events.

For several years, the Garret Gallery featured original artwork, prints and note cards by both full-time and seasonal area artists. The Garret closed in 2006. We are still looking for a space in which to reestablish a gallery.

Please browse our pages to learn more about who we are and what we do.

ppa logo The SCCA is supported in part by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), the regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. State government funding comes through annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Bradford County Regional Arts Council.

The SCCA is looking for donations to support the development of a Heritage Center. If you have any suggestions about such a property, please let us know.

The photos arrayed around this page show the winners of the annual Choice of Show competition at the Sullivan County High School. With this award, the SCCA purchases the winning piece, frames it and places it on permanent display,complete with brass plaque in the main corridor of the high school.

SCCA Officers

President: Derek Davis
Vice President: Florence Suarez
Secretary: Chris Morgan
Treasurer: Paul Schaefer
Immediate Past President: Vivian McCarty

2004 Catherine Badger

2005 Ashley Batz

2006 Christopher Krause

2007 Kimberly Hamilton

2010 Alyssa McDonald

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