SVAN ORGANIZATION

Since the inception of SACANDAGA VALLEY ARTS NETWORK LTD (SVAN) in February 1997, SVAN has grown to an organization of 264 members, a working board of 11 active members organizing and sponsoring nearly 65 events or programs annually.  Officers and Directors are elected each year during the annual meeting by vote of the SVAN membership.

SVAN, while founded and centered in Northville, serves communities within the Sacandaga watershed in south-central Adirondacks, an area covering almost 1000 square miles and parts of Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga and Warren counties that include the communities of Arietta, Benson, Bleeker, Broadalbin, Day, Edinburg, Hadley, Hope, Lake Luzerne, Lake Pleasant, Mayfield, North Hampton, Northville, Piseco, Providence, Speculator, Wells and Vail Mills.  SVAN also recognizes our large membership just outside the watershed region in Gloversville and Johnstown.
Funding

The SVAN Board of Directors reviews and approves annual budgets and program schedules submitted by the many program and event committees.  

• Support to present Northville Concerts in the Park and Coffeehouse Series comes in part from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), administered by the Tri-County Arts Council. 
• Financial support to present the Hope concerts and Shakespeare Play is also provided in part by NYSCA, and administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts. 
• The Classical Concerts in Edinburg were funded in part by the William Gundry Broughton Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The remainder of the support to present these concerts and all the other SVAN events and programs comes from a multitude of revenues such as:  the ticket sales for the quilt raffle, membership dues, private and corporate donations, workshops, concert ticket sales, and commission from gallery art sales.   These grants and revenues along with an amazing group of volunteers enable SVAN to provide a wonderful varied selection of arts to our community.

Listed below are the events and programs scheduled for 2010.   For more detailed information regarding the program scheduling, click on Calendar button.

SVAN Music:

• SVAN Sunday Concerts in the Park (9 concerts)
• Winter Coffee House Series (4 concerts)
• Hope Pavilion Concerts at the Pavilion (3 concerts)
• Classical Concert Series (2 concerts)
• Drummer’s Circle (approx. 10 gatherings)

SVAN Theater

• SMT A Hot Night in Vegas (4 performances)
• SMT Mystery Theatre (approx. 4 performances)

SVAN Quilt

• Hand Appliquéd and Quilted (SVAN’s oldest and biggest fundraiser)

SVAN Visual Arts

• Vail Mills Artist Gallery  (Rotating artists and artwork)
• SVAN/(BID) Downtown Gloversville Art Fair and Sale Northville Library Art Exhibits (12 exhibits and receptions)

SVAN Workshops

• Wide Variety of Workshops by Skilled Artists and Craftspeople (approx. 30 per year)

SVAN Sponsored Presentation (2010)

• Adirondack Nature Photographer – Carl Heilman – Fulton County Community College
• SMT/Schenectady Children’s Theater – The Mermaid of Edam
• Shakespeare in the Adirondack Park – Adirondack Lakes (Center for the Arts) Summer Theater Festival

SVAN Executive Board

John Spaeth, President
Barbara Reffitt, Immediate Past President
Mary Ann Evans, Treasurer
Hank Lang, Secretary/Legal Advisor

SVAN Board of Directors

Membership: Open
Music Committee: Barbara Spaeth
Sacandaga Musical Theater: Shirl Doherty
Visual Arts, Vail Mills Gallery: Linda Hinkle
ARTrails Open Studio Tour:  Pavlos Mayakis

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