Roxbury Arts Group Announces Small Arts Grants Awards

ROXBURY — The Roxbury Arts Group is excited to announce the 2025 grantees of the Small Arts Grants, a grant opportunity of the  Delaware County Arts Grant program for community arts projects. Administered by the Roxbury Arts Group in Delaware County since 1986, in partnership with the New York State Council of the Arts and the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the Delaware County Arts Grant program supports artists and organizations in Delaware County.

In 2025, the Roxbury Arts Group awarded six Small Arts Grants totaling $21,266 to support arts projects and programs throughout Delaware County. Below is a list of the successful applicants and their projects:

The Hancock Community Foundation will present ‘World's Smallest Holiday Parade Float Workshop’, a four day craft after school program for 60 students. They will be creating the 

world's smallest holiday float to be entered into the Hancock Holiday Parade of Lights on December 6, 2025. The workshop series will be held at Hancock Elementary School on November 4-7th 2025, from 2:30 until 4:30 PM. 

Laurie McIntosh will present ‘"Cultivating Connections", Songwriting Workshops with Story Laurie’. Partnering with South Kortright Central School's after-school CROP program, she will collaborate with Grade PreK-6 students in October to create original songs, which they will then perform at a public event.

Mihoko Suzuki will partner with Bushel Collective to present ‘Ciné Sonica: Film Concert Live’, the third installment in a series of film screenings with live music performances November 1st at 2pm and 8pm. This event will be a haunting, Halloween-themed encounter with the 1922 German Expressionist masterpiece, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. The performances will take place at Bushel Collective at 106 Main Street, Delhi, NY. Tickets will be $20 to the general public and $5 to children under 18.

Music on the Delaware will present ‘School Enrichment Workshops’, where Dan Gabel, Conductor and Trombonist of Gabel Big Band along with Kimberly Hawkey, vocalist with band and vocal teacher, will go into at least five music classes in several schools and work with individuals as well as choruses and band. The workshops will happen on November 12 and 13.

The Round Barn of Halcottsville will present ‘Harvest of the Arts’, a weekly fall arts series at the Pakatakan Farmers Market, offering craft activities and live music for children and adults in the fall of 2025. 

Tri-Town Theatres Teen will present ‘Teen Theater Camp - Beetlejuice Jr.’, a three week intensive theater camp course culminating in a performance of Beetlejuice Jr. The course will culminate in a live performance of the show complete with a full professional orchestra on Saturday August 2, 2025 at 7:30pm.  All classes and the final performance will take place in the Sidney High School Auditorium at 95 West Main Street Sidney, NY 13838.

For more information about the Delaware County Arts Grant program and other services for creatives provided by the Roxbury Arts Group, visit roxburyartsgroup.org or call Creative Opportunities Coordinator at 607.326.7908.

About the New York State Council on the Arts
The mission of the New York State Council on the Arts is to foster and advance the full breadth of New York State’s arts, culture, and creativity for all. To support the arts and culture sector across New York State, the Council on the Arts will award $161.5 million for FY26 and serve over 3,000 organizations and artists across all 10 state regions annually. The Council on the Arts further advances New York's creative culture by convening leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960 and continued with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Council is an agency that is part of the Executive Branch. For more information on NYSCA, please visit arts.ny.gov, and follow NYSCA's Facebook page, on X @NYSCArts and Instagram @NYSCouncilontheArts.