Business Profile: Roxbury Arts Group
The Basics
Business Name:Roxbury Arts Group
Business Address: 53484 St. Highway 30, Roxbury, Ny 12474
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 93, Roxbury, NY 12474
Phone: 607-326-7908
Fax: 607-326-7367
Website: roxburyartsgroup.org
email: officemgr@roxburyartsgroup.org
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9-4; galleries Mon.-Fri. 10-4; Sat. 1-4; Sun 10-2 and for performances, workshops, etc.
Brief Description of Company:
Year-round multi arts center. Also available at low-cost for
weddings, banquets and other events.
Year Founded: 1976
Skills: Presenting workshops, concerts, theater, lectures. Two galleries.
low-cost color and b+w copies
Roxbury Arts Group HiSTory :
Founded in 1979, The Roxbury Arts Group was as an outgrowth of our country's
bicentennial celebration. Since then, in order to meet the expanding cultural
needs of the community, the group has grown into one of the most comprehensive
cultural organizations in the area.
In 1988 The Arts Group acquired a 1911 Classic Revival YMCA building, giving us a permanent home. After extensive, historically sensitive renovation, the 6000 sq./ft. building contains the Walter F. Meade gallery, The Hilt Kelly performance hall, and an upstairs dance studio and workshop space.
In 2000 The Arts Group acquired the historic Roxbury Bank building
on Main St., right around the corner from the performance hall. The following
year we were able to relocate our offices to this new space and give RAG
an important village presence on Main St.
Since 1986, The Roxbury Arts Group has administered the Arts Decentralization program for the New York State Council on the Arts, which regrants funds to a broad range of smaller initiatives and non-profit organizations throughout Delaware County.
Work you have done that you are most happy with:
- Purchasing and rehabbing two historic Roxbury buildings that enhance the cultural life of the village and the area.
- Fiddlers! an annual Fiddle festival, now in its 14th year.
Anything else you would like to share?: The Walt Meade Gallery in the Vega Mountain Rd. building and The Old Bank Gallery on Main St. are the only not-for-profit galleries in the area, and they present year-round exhibits of the area's finest artists.
