For over 50 years ArtsWestchester has been the community’s connection to the arts, ensuring that the arts are for everyone. Founded in 1965, it is the largest private not-for-profit arts council in New York State. Chances are, if you or your children have gone to a local exhibition or performance, or participated in an arts class or workshop, your lives have been touched by ArtsWestchester. That is because ArtsWestchester is the single most important funder in Westchester County for cultural institutions, as well as for emerging arts organizations, community-based arts groups, and artists. ArtsWestchester is the County’s designated cultural agency, responsible for the distribution of more than $1.2 million in grants annually to artists and arts groups. Today, the arts are thriving in Westchester in part because ArtsWestchester has put the arts on the public agenda. ArtsWestchester has invested more than $40 million over many years in arts and culture in Westchester. ArtsWestchester’s vision is for a Westchester where every man, woman, and child can explore his or her creativity; where the arts are accessible to every sector of society and are an educational priority in our schools; where opportunities for artists are plentiful; where public art is fundamental to the landscape and cityscape; and where a new generation can use the arts as a window to the world. In 1998, ArtsWestchester purchased the nine-story neo-classical bank building at 31 Mamaroneck Avenue which has since been transformed into a multi-use resource for artists, cultural organizations and the community. A two-story gallery is located on the first floor of ArtsWestchester’s historic building on Mamaroneck Avenue. www.artswestchester.org