MOHAWK VALLEY, N.Y. \u2014\u00a0 State Sen. Joseph Griffo, C, R-Rome, is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to consider artists or an arts organization from within the Mohawk Valley to oversee work done by the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council initiative.<\/p>\n
This comes after the selection of the Saratoga Arts Council to direct the creation of public murals in the Mohawk Valley as part of the Cultivating Havens for the Arts through Regional Murals program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many talented artists and creative organizations in my Senate District and the Mohawk Valley, including the Kirkland Art Center, Munson, Sculpture Space, and the Rome Art and Community Center,\u201d Sen. Griffo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile I appreciate the Saratoga Arts Council\u2019s efforts to create a vibrant and welcoming arts community and am not doubting their ability, it is my belief that the Mohawk Valley\u2019s CHARM program partner should come from the region,\u201d Griffo continued.<\/p>\n
The Mohawk Valley REDC consists of Otsego, Oneida, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton and Herkimer counties.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am hopeful that the governor will agree and will consider the selection of a local entity to oversee the creation of public murals in the Mohawk Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n
The New York State Council on the Arts administers the CHARM program and it funds the creation of 40 works of art across the state.<\/p>\n
All mural sites are publicly accessible and locations include libraries, schools, small businesses, public parks and parking structures. Artists completed 57 murals across 21 counties completed as part of last year\u2019s initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOHAWK VALLEY, N.Y. \u2014\u00a0 State Sen. Joseph Griffo, C, R-Rome, is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to consider artists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[267,9,11,10,49,51,50,88],"class_list":["post-352040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}