The Cultural Council of Cortland County
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Culture: Does "culture" bring to mind The Beatles,
Jiffy much more!
The Cultural Council of Cortland County (CCCC)
blends music and drama - the performing arts;
paintings, photography and sculpture - the visual arts;
and many other arts including music composition,
creative writing, culinary arts and a wealth of artisan
crafts.
If you believe that culture has a lasting significance in
our lives, which is meant to be shared by everyone,
you should be a member of CCCC.
Many of you may be joining using our mailed form. If
so, many thanks! You may also join by sending us
our Online Membership Form.
We look forward to having you join CCCC! Thank you
so much for enriching the cultural life for all of us by
providing your support.
Sincerely,
David Beale, Executive Director
Barbara Pauldine, Membership Chair
staff@cortlandarts.com
Cultural Council of Cortland County
64 Main St., Suite 207
Cortland, NY 13045
2012 Membership Campaign Continues
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Paintings Reduced Price! You still have a chance to purchase one of the 6x6 paintings from our Studio Snowfall Art Fest! All pieces were donated by local artists, and are now being sold for $12 each. Look through 4 pages of original art, and pick your favorite! Those with a SOLD sign underneath have already been purchased, but we have many unique works still available! Call 607-753-1188 or email staff@cortlandarts.com to reserve a painting. First come, first serve!
see the art work
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Artists applications are now available for this year's Arts and Wine Festival!
click here to go to the Arts and Wine homepage to download a prospectus
This year's festival will be held at Cortland's Courthouse Park on Saturday, August 4th
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2nd Annual Juried Photography Contest
The Cultural Council of Cortland County is sponsoring a Juried Photography Exhibit in the Beard Gallery at 9 Main
Street from June 18th – July 20th.
The Exhibit is open to all photographers, amateur and professional, working in all mediums and styles. They must
be original and photographically derived.
Product awards will be given in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Entry fee is $10 to submit up to 2 entries.
Checks made payable to “CCCC”. Payment due at time of Submission. Checks can be sent to:
Juried Photography Contest
85 Homer Ave
Cortland, NY 13045
Please email submissions to staff@cortlandarts.com. Include your name and a list of the titles and dimensions of
each photograph. All submitted images should be 1200pixels on the longest side. Please label each image with
the title.
Photographs selected in the Cultural Council’s Juried Photography Show last year are not eligible for entry this year.
If you can’t email them, either:
-copy the images onto a cd and mail them to:
Juried Photography Contest
85 Homer Ave
Cortland, NY 13045
-or bring by the hard copies to 85 Homer Ave in Cortland (which is the Picture House Frame Shop) and they will be
scanned into the computer.
Deadline for submissions is May 25th, 2012. If you have any trouble with the email submissions please contact us
at 607-753-7786.
Notice of acceptance will be emailed June 1st. If accepted, all work must be framed and ready to hang.
· This means professional-quality frame that is wired and ready for installation. Canvas prints are ok if they are
framed or stretched over an artist frame ready to install.
· Print size minimum is 8x10, Frame size minimum is 11x14.
· The jury committee reserves the right to refuse an accepted work because of unacceptable presentation or if
the work was not accurately represented in the submitted image.
Accepted photographs must be dropped off at the Beard Gallery (9 Main St) June 14th or 15th. The show will be
hung on June 18th. If you need other arrangements, please call us at 607-753-7786.
There will be a reception on June 22nd. The show will be on display until July 20th.