Anna de la Paz
Flamenco Kids!

”I am grateful to the Arts Council of Rockland and the Arts4All initiative for partnering to bring Flamenco Kids! to fruition. One of my main goals is to share flamenco and Spanish dance with my community and funding from this grant project will allow me to teach and provide access to a community that would otherwise not be able to participate and engage with the art form.”
Ann de la Paz

BridgeMusik, Inc.
BridgeMusik Summer Festival 2025

”The ACOR Art4All Grant will play a pivotal role in expanding community connections during the 2025 BridgeMusik Summer Festival. This summer, BridgeMusik is reaffirming its commitment to inclusivity by collaborating with Meals on Wheels Rockland to create events that better serve the senior community. BridgeMusik concerts will align with Meals on Wheels' weekly summer program hours, facilitating seamless integration into their routine and helping more community members attend. Five Meals on Wheels Senior Center locations will enable BridgeMusik to expand its reach across the county by sharing impactful musical experiences which deepen the connection with Rockland’s senior community.”
Tanya Witek

Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts & Culture, Inc.
The Chiku Awali Adinkra T-Shirt Project: Celebrating Heritage Through Art

“The support from the Arts Council of Rockland enables Chiku Awali to bring to the community Adinkra symbols, which are distinctive African designs, in a fun and exciting tie-dye workshop that will celebrate West African heritage. The funding helps participants create wearable art that connects them to centuries of cultural wisdom, transforming Ghanaian symbols into personal expressions of self-identity.”
Alexandreena Dixon

Children’s Shakespeare Theatre
Student Shakespeare Scenes

“With the generous support of ACOR, Children's Shakespeare Theatre will bring its physical and interdisciplinary theater program to an underserved population of children. CST will create performance based scenes with the children of the Nyack Center's after-school program ending in a performance for the community."
Grey Johnson

David Simons
Toi, Toi, Toi

“Thanks to ACOR I am able to pay all the musicians who are performing in my Feb 16th concert at Garner Arts Center. Three different ensembles will be playing my music including the premiere of "toi toi toi" - Trio for Toy Pianos and Gamelan.”
David Simons

Elmwood Playhouse, Inc.
Elmwood + Music For Life

“ACOR's generosity allows Elmwood Playhouse to further stretch our investment in our partnership with Music for Life. Adults with physical and developmental disabilities often have fewer recreational options available, especially in the performing arts. By not only hosting this population but also creating an art collaborative, we extend the vision of what is possible for these performers and artists. We reinforce to the Rockland community that art belongs to all of us.”
Darren Carfano

GARNER Arts Center
GARNER Salons

“The award from ACOR’s 2025 Art4All Grant will support “pilot” public art programs designed to provide one-of-a-kind creative encounters for adults in a unique setting. Led by professional artists in the industrial-era aesthetic of the GARNER Historic District, these new GARNER Arts Center programs will serve residents from the Villages of West Haverstraw and Haverstraw, the Town of Haverstraw and throughout Rockland County.”
Jesse Heffler

Madaha Kinsey-Lamb
Spring Valley Teen Writing Contest & Public Shares: "Me, My World, and Dreams

“I truly appreciate this opportunity ACOR Art4All provides for me to work creatively together with young people in a realization of their own power, their beauty and their unlimited possibilities ahead for shaping their own lives and dreams.”
Madaha Kinsey-Lamb

StorySpace Arts
The Listening Room: Songs, Sounds, & Stories

“Thanks to ACOR's "Art4All" 2025 Grant, StorySpace Arts will be able to officially launch our free / donation based "Listening Room" Artist Showcase Series, which will feature intimate performances by Rockland County performing artists and customized workshops for the public. All artists will be paid and no participant will be turned away for lack of funds. The Listening Room, along with all programs of StorySpace Arts, amplifies, nurtures and celebrates the voices, ideas and stories of Queer, Trans and BIPOC creatives and their communities.” 
Kathrin Elevitch

Strawtown Art & Garden Studio, Inc.
InHabit Art: A Nature-Discovery Art Program

“We are so grateful to receive funding from ACOR to support Strawtown's InHabit Art program, connecting Haverstraw youth with nature through the creative arts. ACOR is an incredibly important resource and hub for all the creative people and organizations in Rockland. Not only are they providing financial support, but they bring people together in a spirit of camaraderie, collaboration, and advocacy for the arts. Thank you ACOR!!”
Joanna Dickey