THE AC
the arts center

About the AC

The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts is a multi-disciplinary arts center, serving over 2,000 square miles of the Adirondack Park. The Arts Center serves as a presenter, producer and educator in the artistic disciplines of visual arts, theater, music, dance, and film throughout the Adirondack region.

ACTIVITIES:
The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts produces professional theater in the summer (2 musicals, Shakespeare in the Park, plus 1 site-specific production) and in the off-season produces community performances featuring local talent. In collaboration with other organizations, the Arts Center presents concerts (classical, instrumental, world music, folk, bluegrass, punk, rock) and dance performances (modern, ballet, hip hop, ballroom, African, tap). Our Arts Education Initiative offers 4 comprehensive learning programs (Theater Experience, Film-making 101, Arts from the Start: Early Childhood Learning, Studio Arts Series) for students from preschool to retired professionals, plus a multi-arts program for the developmentally disabled (The Living Able Series). Artists exhibit (sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, fiber arts, jewelry, glass, photography) in our 5 on-site galleries and in satellite galleries.

In addition to its public programs, the Arts Center also administers the New York State Decentralization Regrant Program for Hamilton County. This program provides grants to local nonprofit organizations to sponsor art and cultural events, including concerts, workshops, and lectures in their own communities.

The area served by the Arts Center includes Hamilton County, and parts of Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Herkimer counties. Our intent, with this diversity, is to enrich and unite the entire Adirondacks via the arts.

THE AC STAFF

Executive Director: Stephen Svoboda
Asst. Director/ Production Manager: Laura Marsh
Marketing Director: Anton Briones
Gallery Director: Cornelia Tobey
Office Assistant: Beth Lomnitzer
D.E.C. Coordinator: Jamie Strader
Financial Secretary: Sharon Fish
Maintenance Supervisor: Dan Lancaster
Arts from the Start Teacher: Brenda Voorhees
Arts from the Start Teacher: Jennifer Zahray

FOUNDATIONS

A.C.T. - Evergreen Fund
HKH Foundation
Knox Family Foundation
Price Chopper Golub Foundation
Stewart’s Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Charles R. Wood Foundation
New York State Council on the Arts

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

President: Roland Stearns
Vice-President: Donna Pohl
Secretary: Jan-Marie Spanard
Treasurer: Polly Fagan
Trustee: Nancy Strader
Trustee: Sherry Nemmers
Trustee: Pat Benton
Trustee: Deborah Jones
Trustee: Peter Miller
Trustee: Phyllis Ryan
Trustee: Andy Studdiford
Trustee: Tony Zazula
Trustee: Trustee Emerita:
Trustee: Evelyn Thompson