Several local organizations are the recipients of local art grants from the 2010 Long Island Decentralization Grants for the Arts Regrant Program. Theorganization funds a wide variety of programs, including free summer and theater festivals and vocal and instrumental concerts.

Receiving awards this year were the Amityville Public Library for its World Music Concert Series, the Babylon Choral for its 2010 Concert Series, the Babylon Village Arts Council for its Second Thursday Concert Series and the Airmid Theater Company of West Islip for its summer theater festival. Also receiving a grant for its Sexual Abuse Survivors Show was the Federation Employment and Guidance Service in Copiague.

The New York State Council on the Arts issues the grants and decisions are made by a volunteer panel of Suffolk County artists, art professionals and community leaders.