Artswestchester strives to make the arts available and accessable to all residents of westchester county, and fosters the development of a vibrant arts sector in this county of 1 million people. Artswestchester's programs and services are designed to promote and increase participation in the arts, advance diversity and inclusiveness and build awareness of the public benefits of the arts.

Arts & Culture , Arts & Humanities Councils & Agencies

"arts and culture" incorporates all activities and services to artists, art organizations and affiliated groups, which in turn serve the community at large. These include financial support to the arts community through grants and subcontracts; outreach, review, monitoring and evaluation of programs; and technical assistance. The category "arts and culture" also includes exhibitions, performances, workshops, the annual jazzfest, produced in partnership with the city of white plains and the white plains downtown business improvement district and folk arts programs presented at artswestchester and throughout the county. "education and community" includes artswestchester's education and community services to children, senior citizens and others in schools, day care centers, mental health facilities and other centers where the arts are a teaching, learning and healing strategy. Funding fluctuates from year to year depending upon specific allocations from government agencies and corporations. We have also introduced a teen program in our space which has been very successful. "public information services" are activities that bring arts information to the public on a regular basis. Artswestchester serves as a county-wide marketer of the arts, promoting more than 1,500 arts events annually through its various communication programs. Central to artswestchester's role is its work to build arts audiences and earned income for arts groups through the marketing and public information services it provides. A combination of print, web, mobile, radio and social media advertising is utilized throughout the year in order to drive consumers to www. Artswestchester. Com. With annual visitors of more than 100,000, artswestchester's web site offers an online curated calendar of arts events as well as arts news and resources for individual residents, artists and arts organizations. Through strategic partnerships with the westchester county business journal and with the examiner newspapers, artswestchester produces and distributes its monthly printed newspaper - artsnews, reaching over 125,000 readers. Artsnews is also offered via artswestchester's web site and a weekly arts(e)newsletter is sent to over 10,000 subscribers to promote the events and exhibitions of artswestchester's 150+ affiliate arts groups. Artswestchester is active on a variety of social media platforms including facebook (4,958 followers), twitter (8,080 followers), instagram (2,472 followers) and linkedin (770 followers). "the artswestchester building" provides an active, dynamic central location in which artists, emerging arts organizations, and creative businesses have access to affordable offices, studios, exhibition space, and rehearsal and performance venues. Artswestchester acquired the people's national bank building located at 31 mamaroneck avenue, white plains, in december 1998; had it listed on both the national and new york state registers of historic places in 2000, relocated its administrative offices there and renovated and restored its historic features. Annual infrastructure improvements are ongoing. This year many improvements were made to hvac.