Sullivan County Council on the Arts

The Sullivan County Council on the Arts (SCCA) is an umbrella organization working to foster and preserve the artistic and cultural lives of the residents of Sullivan County, a rural community of small towns, hemlock forests and serenity in the heart of the Endless Mountains.

Check out our activities page to see what we're up to throughout the year.

And our members page to see how you can help support the arts in Sullivan County.

For a pdf copy of our 2010 brochure, click here

We have set up an Archives page which holds links to all our theater scripts, photos from these productions and, over time, various writeups that expand on what we plan, and what we have in mind. Please visit it here.

Looking Ahead

In the works

The fertile minds of the SCCA board (manured monthly at our Laporte meetings) have come up with a couple of really interesting new projects that are underway.

First, Dushore Founder's Day (August 14), will feature a window-painting contest with judging and cash prizes. It's being organized by Kristin Haas at the Dushore Market, with local businesses providing the window space and the SCCA providing the paints and prizes. Check the Sullivan Review for the rules, entry fees and other information.

Next, during the school year, we will be developing awards/scholarships in writing and theater (one each) for graduating seniors at the high school and home schoolers. For a start, we will be contributing a modest $100 in each category, but we hope to dig up grant or corporate funding to expand the program.

The writing will involve the establishment of a literary magazine, edited through the Arts Council, most likely coming out in April. The theater award is still somewhat problematic, since it's difficult to pin down the "best" theater job, which might be acting but might also be behind the scenes. Stay tuned.

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“Humor in Music”

That's the second free program of recorded “Music from Elsewhere and Elsewhen,” in the Sullivan County Library, Dushore, on Wednesday, August 4 at 6:30 pm.

Starting with the British music hall in 1915, the informal hour-long musical tour will conclude with a recent rendition from Weird Al Yankovic. In between will be works by such masters of humor as Spike Jones, Homer and Jethro, Tom Lehrer and PDQ Bach (Peter Schickele).

Though not generally thought of as humorous, Woody Guthrie and Bo Diddley will also make their aural appearance. Perhaps lesser known around here (but equally funny) artists to be included are Flanders and Swann from England, Slim Dusty from Australia, Joseph Spence of the Bahamas, Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones, Bryan Bowers, and the improbably named Jazz Butcher (well, his given name is Pat Fish, so I guess he had to do something -- '"Oh, nice sturgeon, good boy").

And for sheer strangeness of sound, listen to a pair of woman Inuit (Eskimo) throat singers, who stand toe to toe and literally sing into each other’s mouths.

As usual, spinning the CDs will be “DJ Double D” (Derek Davis), who has assembled these works from his own wide-ranging, if untidy collection.

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Raffle
We're again holding a many-months-long raffle. The prize? A stained glass piece, "Rabbit in Field," by Mary Ellen Minnier, (piece shown below). Gorgeous, yes? Even better with the light streaming through it – you can see the real thing if you drop by Picture It Here Framery on Railroad St., Dushore. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. They will be available at all SCCA events for the rest of the year, as well as several local businesses. The drawing will be held at our annual Artisans Holiday sale, December 11 at St. Basil's Hall in Dushore.
---Derek Davis
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