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Earlville Opera
House
The Earlville Opera House Multi-Arts Center
houses a beautiful historic theater, two art
galleries, an arts cafe, and an artisan gift
shop. Musicians and audiences alike
enjoy the perfect acoustics of the Historic
Landmark theater. A marvelous example of
turn-of-the-century architecture, the
charming stenciling, ornate pressed tin
ceiling, and beautiful proscenium stage make
the 1892 theater a living testament to the
history of this area of New York State.
This summer, Katherine Byrns, '10,
will have the opportunity to study arts management while
serving the local arts community. She will
assist the EOH with a summer
performance series of music and theater and
with the East and West galleries, which
present year-round exhibits of regional and
national artists. She will also assist with
the theater's circus camp program.
Other students who have worked with
the Earlville Opera House include:
Sarah Miller, ’07, learned how a
not-for-profit organization supports,
educates, and enhances a local arts
community in Central New York. Under the
direction of EOH Executive Director Patti
Lockwood-Blais, Sarah worked on the summer
performance series of music and theater, the
EOH Circus Camp, Shakespeare's Clowns
workshops, choral camps, and community
gallery exhibits. She also worked with
Lockwood-Blais on the Opera House’s
committee structure and budget, and
participated in brainstorming sessions
focused on developing new audiences. At the
end of her internship, she created a
presentation on the organization’s mission
for the EOH board of directors.
Alicia Gleason, '08,
worked for EOH in the summer of 2005 Gleason
said,
"The Earlville
Opera House has been, and remains to be, one
of the
 main sources of cultural education in
the upstate area. The EOH’s philanthropic
mission, is to reach people in rural New
York, and to envelop them in a dense and
exciting cultural (music, theatre, the
visual arts) scene. My role, as an Upstate
Institute Fellow, is to think about the way
this cultural education factors into, or
even changes, rural citizens’ quality of
life—and to brainstorm some workable
solutions and ideas for bringing the arts to
upstate New York. At the Opera House, I'm
working on several different projects to
promote volunteerism and to cultivate a
genuine interest in the arts in Earlville
and surrounding areas: along side my work in
the arts education and programming aspects
of the organization, my biggest challenge,
is to develop, design, and re-design certain
aspects of the EOH website so that it
captures the attention of citizens, spreads
the word about volunteer opportunities,
upcoming events, and children's programs,
and gives the public a chance to
constructively criticize the EOH and our
programs. I am also working with my mentor
and the board of directors to come up with
alternative sources of money: new grants,
new fundraisers, new programs, a longer
season…etc. I hope to continue my work
throughout the next couple of semesters, as
I am constantly thinking of new arts
education programs, fundraisers, and
researching grants to spread the word about,
and increase the influence of the EOH. "
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