Cortland Arts Connect manages two galleries in our community: Guthrie Medical Center and the McNeil Building at 19 Main St., Cortland.  

The Guthrie gallery is located in their staff cafeteria.  There are approximately 31 feet of wall space.  Currently, exhibits are rotated on a 6 month basis.  Guthrie personnel participate in reviewing artworks submitted for consideration.  Sale prices are not permitted in the display but the artist’s contact information can be included with the biographical information that is displayed with the artworks.

The McNeil Gallery is located in the first floor entry passageway at 19 Main Street.  (Cortland Arts Connect maintains office space in that building.)  Artworks can be displayed on both sides of the gallery; each side is approximately 40 feet long.  Generally the area can hold 30-40 pieces, depending on size.  Options for this space can be for a single artist, two artists (one on each wall), or a group show.  McNeil Gallery shows are rotated on a 2 month basis.  A poster with information about a current show is displayed in the window facing Main Street.  The Cortland Standard publishes a Community Living article for each opening.   Artists may include sale prices with their works.

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Gallery Application

DEADLINE : The 20th of the month prior

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Cortland Arts Connect hosts First Friday each month. We welcome both virtual and in person events. 

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Artists, musicians, venues, please reach out and tell us what you have in mind. New work to post? An opening to promote? A concert to stream?

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Email firstfriday@cortlandartsconnect.org

Cortland Arts Connect is highlighting the breadth of arts and culture in our area by developing a county-wide Cortland Arts Trail (CAT) that will feature artists, studios (art, dance, music), art installations (murals, statues, etc.), art venues, music venues, galleries and businesses that support the arts.

We are implementing a hybrid model for online and in-person map that will identify these locations and contact information. We’re asking for Cortland County artists of all genres to register their information and give permission for listing on the CAT map

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Where are the Artists application

Painters Painting Painters: A Portrait Exhibit

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Are you interested in being part of a group portrait exhibit and meeting other local artists? The idea of this exhibit is for artists to create a portrait of another local artist. A local artist will then create a portrait of of them. Portraits must be able to hang on a gallery wall. The show will be on display at McNeil Building Gallery in early 2023, with the possibility of moving to another location after!

Currently I am gathering names of interested artists. No limit on the medium, but it must be able to hang on a gallery wall. The gallery space cannot currently accommodate 3D works.

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Contact organizer Emily at artbyemilygibbons@gmail.com if you are interested!

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THE NYSCA/NYFA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

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The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $8,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein.

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https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/artist-fellowships/

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NYS RURAL AND TRADITIONAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP:

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The Fellowship takes a place-based approach with the goal of inspiring and building lasting connections to rural people and places and to acknowledge and support artists living and working within rural communities. This project is meant to celebrate the creativity and innovative nature of the artist and the connection between arts and land. Fellowships will provide a 10-month process to develop a work integrated with and in response to the artist’s rural community. The project must demonstrate a deep commitment and place-based engagement with the artist’s rural community. Fellows must propose an actionable idea that responds to, is inspired by, and/or engages with the land through their artistic practice. Fellows may choose to work with a farm, a park or arboretum, a significant parcel of land, or another rural-based entity that is meaningful to the artist and their community. Eligible artists are those living and/or working in a rural community. For the purposes of this initiative, a rural community is defined as having populations of less than 30,000 and not part of an urban or suburban cluster. Artists working across disciplines are eligible.

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artswyco.org/rural-and-traditional-arts-fellowship

Gallery at Cortland Free Library seeks artists:

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The Cortland Free Library hosts art exhibits on a rotating basis. Please email Theresa at ​

artswyco.org/rural-and-traditional-arts-fellowship