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WHAT IS LARAC?
The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC) is an arts service organization
for Warren, Washington and northern Saratoga Counties in New York State.
LARAC was formed in 1972 by a coalition of arts-minded residents, to unify
the arts and cultural community and establish a cultural identity.
Each year LARAC expands programs and services, evolving in response to community needs.
In 1998, LARAC took ownership of a former clothing store in the heart of
Glens Falls. The building was renovated and opened in early 1999 as New
York's first Arts Services Center. The building includes administrative
offices for LARAC and other arts and cultural organizations, as well as
meeting spaces and a gallery for display of regional art and craft work.
LARAC's goal is to insure the continuation of local arts and cultural
endeavors as enriching and supportive of the quality of life in the region.
LARAC is a regional arts agency of the New York State Council on the Arts,
and is a private, tax exempt 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. LARAC is
governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.
Services provided:
- June Juried Art and Craft Festival in City Park, Glens Falls (approximately
160 vendors)
- Fall Juried Art and Craft Show (indoors--approximately 60 vendors)
- Lapham Gallery (artist exhibition space)
- LARAC Shop (year round retail space, selling the work of regional
artists and artisans)
- LARAC Holiday Shop (weekend after Thanksgiving through Christmas)
(featuring fine art and craft from artists and artisans of the lower
Adirondack region)
- Arts Initiative Regrant Program (funding source: New York State
Council on the Arts)
(redistributes funds to artists and organizations
providing arts and cultural programming)
- Web Site (www.LARAC.org) provides a directory of artists, arts
organizations, arts services as well as festival and grant
information, online calendar of events (sorted by organization or
type of event), calls for entries
- Meeting and Gathering space for cultural organizations
(The Upper
Hudson Valley Watercolor Society, Glens Falls
Writers Group, Glens Falls Community Theatre's etc (experimental
theatre company), and The Adirondack Audubon Society currently meet
in the LARAC facility on a monthly basis, or more frequently. In
addition, the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra rents space in the
facility and uses it for its many meetings.)
- Classes and Workshops
- Information center
- Cultural information kiosk at Aviation Mall, Queensbury
- Bimonthly newsletter
- Free online newsletter
- Cultural resource library
- Technical Assistance Services
- State and Local Advocacy
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