Sullivan County Council on the Arts

Looking Forward to New
Local Arts in 2012

The Sullivan County Council on the Arts (SCCA) is an umbrella organization working to foster and preserve the artistic and cultural lives of the residents of Sullivan County, a rural community of small towns, hemlock forests and serenity in the heart of the Endless Mountains.

Check out our activities page to see what we're up to. And our members page to help support the arts in Sullivan County.

For a pdf copy of our 2012 brochure, click here

We have set up an Archives page which holds links to all our theater scripts, past calendar listings and, over time, various writeups that expand on what we plan, and what we have in mind. Please visit it here.

Looking Ahead

Clothesline Art Exhibit

As has been the case for many years, the first SCCA event of the year will be our Clothesline Art Exhibit at the Kiwanis Winterfest, Feb. 18 at Camp Brule. We give prizes to kids for original artwork, mostly done on site, in multiple categories and all age ranges. Come to enjoy and even to help out.

"Hills and Valleys" Seeking Student Writing by March 15th

The Arts Council will be offering prizes for writing to students in grades 7-12 or equivalent (we include home schoolers and Red Rock Job Corps students). With the deadline slowly creeping up on us we'd like to get the word out as soon as possible.

In that vein, if you do think of any other faculty or community members (as long as they reside in Sullivan County) who may be interested in learning more about “Hills and Valleys” do not hesitate to pass on the link to this flyer with the list of rules and guidelines.

Gallery possibility

As we hope you've noticed, Mike Pennella has formally offered us the use of his Forksville Gallery for artists associated with the Arts Council. Depending on staffing, we could have it open during the non-winter weekends. By that "depending on staffing" is the possible sticking point.

We need a rotating group of individuals who would each be willing to work at the gallery for one day a month, or, if that seems too difficult, one day every two months. No, there's no pay, but beyond Doing Good for your fellow artists and art-appreciators, you'd have plenty of time to read, write or work on your own art.

Equally important, we need someone to take on the job of "running" the gallery, which would involve arrangement for artists to deliver and retrieve their art and to get payments to artists and to Mike for art sold. While it demands an eye for detail, there shouldn't really be that much time involved.

Think about it. Then get in touch through the contact info below.

"At the Forks"

The June Roving Historical Theater play, "At the Forks," is about half written at this point and we've had a remarkably positive response from those we've asked to be actors. Any of you we haven't had a chance to contact directly but who would be interested in acting, writing, stage work or set construction, please get in touch. The schedule:an open reading some time in early or mid Feb., rehearsals starting in April, and performances June 8-10 at the 4-H building in the Forksville Fairgrounds.

New brochure out
Kelsey Leljedal , our PR queen, designed the 2012 SCCA brochure, which is jaunty and user-friendly. Re-read the top part to view to view it for yourself!

--Derek Davis
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