Press Releases
2021:
February – The Art Effect Offers In-Person Summer Programming for Ages 5-19
The Art Effect to Receive $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
March- The Art Effect Hosts Reel Exposure International Teen Film and Photography Festival This April!
May- The Art Effect Offers In-Person Summer Art Institute This Summer
The Art Effect Receives $100,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
The Art Effect To Participate in Hudson Valley Gives Day on May 19, 2021
Up Close and Personal International Juried Exhibition Opens in Poughkeepsie This Week
July- The Art Effect Presents Art After Dark on Friday, October 22nd
November – The Art Effect Releases 2020 Annual Report and End of Year Campaign: Building Stronger Communities
2020:
March – Virtual Screenwriting + Sculpture Bootcamp Paid Work Opportunities For Dutchess County Youth
April – The Art Effect is Amplifying the Creative Voices of Young People
The Art Effect’s The Reel Exposure International Teen Film & Photo Festival Goes Virtual!
May – The Art Effect’s Graduating Seniors Are College-Bound with Scholarships
The Art Effect Offers Summer Programming for Ages 4-19
June – Dutchess Arts Camps Nurture Creativity and Friendship
July – The Art Effect Releases 2019 Annual Report Celebrating Two Years Since Merger
The Art Effect Congratulates Our 2020 Congressional Art Award Winners
August – Providing Youth with Social and Creative Outlets at The Art Effect This Fall
September – The Art Effect Takes Over As New Conductor of The Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn Gallery
October – Black Lives Matter Planter Sculptures Unveiled on Rose Street, Poughkeepsie
The Art Effect Presents Annual Regional Portfolio Week, November 2 – 5
November – The Art Effect Announces An Interactive Extravaganza Virtual Gala, Art Show, and Auction
2019:
January – The Art Effect Presents Art After Hours: Teen Visions at Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn
February – The Art Effect Teen Artists Receive Over 70 Regional Scholastic Awards
March – The Art Effect Receives Poughkeepsie Awesome Foundation Grant for Youth Photography Competition
March – The Art Effect Presents the Reel Expressions International Film Festival – Free for Under 21
April – The Art Effect Celebrates Inaugural Year with 2018 Annual Report
2018:
December – The Art Effect Receives New York State Pollution Prevention Institute Community Grant
November – The Art Effect Presents the 18th Annual Regional Portfolio Day
September – Michael J. Quinn, Niki Pagones Quinn, Breanna Lee Nussbickel, and Amina Kearney Honored at Art After Dark
August – The Art Effect Presents: The First Annual Art After Dark on Tuesday, September 25th
June – Local Library Receives NEA Big Read Grant, Supporting Media Programming
June – Dutchess Arts Camp Appoints New Millbrook Director
May – The Art Effect Presents Reel Expressions International Teen Film Festival – Free for Under 21
