Eight faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and five Universitywide organizations are among more than 2,400 nonprofit arts and culture organizations and individuals receiving New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding for 2026. NYSCA announced the awards recently.

The following organizations received Support for Organizations awards totaling $110,000 to assist with general operations:

• Community Folk Art Center, $10,000
• Light Work, $25,000
• Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact, $10,000
• Syracuse Stage, $40,000
• Syracuse University Art Museum, $25,000

Support for Artist awards of $10,000 each were also announced for these faculty members:

• Boryana Dragoeva Rossa, professor, Department of Film and Media Arts, for the project, “Aphrodite’s Conception”
• Tamika Galanis, assistant professor, Department of Film and Media Arts, supporting the Light Work project, “By the Skin of Her Teeth”
• Kelly Gallagher, associate professor, Department of Film and Media Arts, for “By All Your Memories”
• Kara Herold, associate professor, Department of Film and Media Arts, for “Mid-Film Crisis,” presented with New York Women in Film & Television
• Normandie Luscher, assistant professor, School of Art, for “Demigoddess Comic Series”
• Wendy Moy, associate professor, Setnor School of Music (in VPA) and School of Education, for “We Hold These Truths: Commemorating the 250th Birthday of The United States of America”
• Erica Murphy, assistant professor, Department of Drama, for the project, “Wolf Women”
• Jeremy Tarr, instructor in the School of Art, for the work, “Night Field,” presented at Stone Quarry Hill Art Park.