Transformations
The heartbeat of the Fountain Arts Center is about transformation - change through creativity. Our building project is a vivid illustration of how a structure, a community, and a person can be transformed by care and creative expression.
Here are the chronicles of the changes taking place at the arts center. Some are critical structural issues; some are rehabilitative, some are painstakingly slow - all are challenging.
These pictures and testimonials detail the impact of The Fountain Arts Center.
Roof Repair and Replacement
At the end of 2000, a mighty wind blew a 20' x 70' section of the tin roof off the Fountain Arts Center building - exposing the faulty original roof. In the summer of 2001, the corrugated tin and wood roof was removed and the original roof replaced.
The Communtity Room
In January of 2001, the directors of the Fountain Arts Center began the task of creating a gallery and class space for its events.
The Community Room, as it is called today, was originally the first bank in Belmount. The white door behind the ladder is actually the vault of that bank.
Even the lowliest of rooms, the bathroom, was changed - a testimony to the transforming power of patience mixed with design, color, flair and creativity!
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The Net
After the Belmount Video game room closed its operation in 2005, the Fountain Arts Center decided to address its need for more class space and performance area by creating The Net. The Net opened for service in March 2006; the cost of renovations was covered in part by New York Main Street Grant funds, a legislative initiative by the late New York State Senator Patricia McGee, private investment and donations. Our directors are grateful to all who brought this storefront to life.