Help us find a home

The SCCA, like the boll weevil, is looking for a home – in this case, a permanent Heritage Center for Sullivan County. Right now, we depend on the kindness of volunteers and friends like the invaluable Peggy Anderson at Sullivan Terrace in Dushore, who has hosted many classes and other activities at the Terrace.

The SCCA has reached the stage that, without our own building, we will not be able to expand our presence in the county the way we would like to.

Please keep your eyes open for an affordable building with space for (or expansion room for) offices, classrooms, an art gallery and a small community theater.

We are particularly interested in a building with historical value, even if it's not in the best of condition. From a practical standpoint, it is often easier for a community organization to get grants to refurbish an old building than to buy or build a new one.

Let us know if you run across anything interesting.

The Sullivan County Council on the Arts was founded in 1988, with Vivian McCarty as president.

Florence Suarez became volunteer executive director in 1992.

Over the years, the SCCA has developed a wide range of programs with special strengths in the visual arts, student awards and promotion of such festivals as the annual Renaissance Faire, held first along Rt. 42 near Laporte and later in Lopez. This was followed by our Renaissance Feast in 2005 and '06.

For several years, the Garret Gallery featured original artwork, prints and note cards by both full-time and seasonal area artists. The Gallery was maintained at Katie's Country Store until moving to the KnC furniture site in 2004. The Garret closed in 2006, though works by its artists are still on sale at locations such as the Molyneux store and restaurant.

The SCCA is looking for a new location that will serve as a home for a theater, classrooms and offices, as well as the Garret Gallery.

In recent years, the Arts Council has added classes and – its most ambitious projects so far – theater works and a music festival. Please browse our pages to learn more about who we are and what we do.

The SCCA is supported in part by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), the regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. State government funding comes through annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Bradford County Regional Arts Council.

The SCCA is looking for donations to support the development of its Heritage Center. If you have any suggestions about such a property, please let us know.

The photos arrayed along the right-hand side and bottom of this page show the winners of the annual Choice of Show competition at the Sullivan County High School. With this award, the SCCA purchases the winning piece and places it on permanent display in the main corridor of the high school.

SCCA Officers

President: Derek Davis
Vice President and Executive Director: Florence Suarez
Secretary: Chris Morgan
Treasurer: Melanie Norton
Past President: Vivian McCarty

2004 Catherine Badger

2005 Ashley Batz

2006 Christopher Krause

2007 Kimberly Hamilton

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