The Leah Ryan Fund helps sustain and support writers facing individual challenges and systemic oppression so they can keep writing, connecting, creating, and thriving. The Fund currently offers an annual playwriting prize (The Leah) and an annual award for writers facing a serious illness (The Vladimir). The Leah Ryan Fund was established in 2008 to honor the memory of Leah Ryan, a woman of letters who wrote plays, poetry, essays, lyrics, adaptations, and collaborated with performance artists.

The Leah Ryan Fund – formerly Leah Ryan’s Fund for Emerging Women Writers (FEWW) – was established in 2008 to honor the memory of Leah Ryan, a woman of letters who wrote plays, poetry, essays, lyrics, adaptations, and collaborated with performance artists. The Fund offers an annual playwriting prize and the annual Vladimir award. The Leah Ryan Fund is administered through the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley.

MISSION: To provide vision and leadership to support thriving and diverse arts in the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Curious Elixirs is thrilled to announce the annual Curious Creators Grants! The Curious Creators Grants will award over $11,000 in unrestricted funds to pursue the creation of new works.

Aery Theatre Company was founded by Patrick J. Lennon in 2006 to develop and produce original dramas written, directed and performed by local artists. Richard E. Knipe, Jr., was appointed Artistic Director in 2007.

The Bernard and Shirley Handel Playwright Fellowship, established in 2007, encourages the creative development of playwrights by enabling them to set aside time to pursue their work in an unstructured atmosphere at the Byrdcliffe Art Colony in Woodstock, NY. The Fellowship annually provides a stipend that includes tuition to the Summer Byrdcliffe Artist In Resident Program at the Villetta Inn.

Est. 1993. HRC Showcase Theatre in Hudson, New York, invites submissions of full-length plays to its annual contest from new, aspiring or established playwrights. Each submitted play should be between 70 and 90 pages in length. No one-person shows, musicals or children’s plays will be considered.

The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc. is a New York non-profit corporation exempt from federal income tax under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It was established by composer Frederick Loewe in 1956 for the purpose of making charitable contributions to causes of his choice. Upon his death in 1988, Loewe bequeathed ownership of his copyrights to the Foundation -- including his interests in the musicals and songs he wrote with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner. Today, The Frederick Loewe Foundation makes grants of over $800,000 a year which, in accordance with...

These grants support community-based arts and cultural projects developed by cultural groups and organizations, individual artists and collectives. Other types of nonprofit organizations that offer arts activities as part of their on-going operations may also apply. Supported projects must be fully open to the public. Artists and Unincorporated arts organizations may apply for project grants in tandem with a fiscal agent organization. Project Grant Award Amounts: $1,000 to $5,000. See website for details.

ARTS ALIVE ARTS EDUCATION GRANT supports lifelong learning in the arts. Funded activities may take place in classrooms, after-school programs or community sites including agencies serving people with disabilities, day-care and senior centers. Arts-In-Education Grant Award: $1,000 to $2,500

The Arts Alive grant category is one of ArtsWestchester’s most effective means of supporting arts activity for Westchester and Rockland County’s geographically, economically and ethnically diverse population. This funding opportunity helps to ensure that residents throughout Westchester and Rockland have access to the arts in their communities, particularly in areas where access is limited. Supports the creation and presentation of new work by professional artists. An essential element of this funding is the inclusion of community engagement component. The project must engage a segment of...