Chautauqua Institution

Thank you to everyone who participated in our photo contest. Congratulations to our three winners!

First Place: Sara Ponkow

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Week 6, One week stay for two, room and board at Athenaeum Hotel
Special studies enrollment for two - 3 day History of Comedy Master Class with Kliph Nesteroff
2 tickets and shuttle services to a Lucille Ball Comedy Festival event

Second Place: Beth Epstein

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Special studies enrollment for two (and all day CHQ passes) - 3 day History of Comedy Master Class with Kliph Nesteroff
2 tickets and shuttle services to a Lucille Ball Comedy Festival event

Third Place: Wendi Skolnik

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3rd prize $50 Chautauqua Institution Gift Card

Each season Chautauqua Institution offers opportunities for a few families with limited incomes, who have never been to Chautauqua in the past, to enjoy a first-time one-week Chautauqua experience. Funded through Chautauqua Foundation endowments, scholarships cover costs such as Institution gate passes, tuition for Special Studies classes, children’s activities (Children’s School or Boys’ and Girls’ Club) and housing rental. Awards require residency on the Chautauqua grounds for one full week.

Applications for the 2018 season will be accepted through April 1, 2018. There is no application fee. Family Scholarship Program awards will be determined by April 18, 2018, based on reviews of the programmatic and financial information outlined in the application. Approximately one month before the opening of the Chautauqua season, each family will submit a final plan of activities selected from the current season’s program.

Any family interested in obtaining a Family Scholarship Program application should contact Rindy Barmore at 716-357-6222 or rbarmore@chq.org.

Family Scholarship recipients Woodfield family reflect on first Chautauqua visit | The Chautauquan Daily, Aug. 11, 2017
Family Scholarship gives first-timers free week at Chautauqua | The Chautauquan Daily, Aug. 22, 2014

Monthly Calendar

Week Themes

Arts
& Entertainment

Lectures

Faith
& Religion

Literary Arts

Recreation

Youth Programs

Take A Class

Accommodations

Dinning

Plan Your Visit

Chautauqua Institution is proud to partner with Florida Studio Theatre to present an interactive, three-part playwriting project for area third and fourth grade students from Chautauqua Lake, Panama, Fletcher (Jamestown), Ripley and Westfield Elementary Schools. In the first stage of the project, teaching artists from Florida Studio Theatre visit every third and fourth grade classroom at each school to guide students through the process of writing a play. During the second stage, students and teachers take a winter field trip to Chautauqua Institution where community and staff volunteers read each student’s play aloud. Awards are given during a closing reception to celebrate each student’s efforts and creativity and recognize winning plays. The third phase of the program sees the winning plays published online by Chautauqua Institution as well as performed by our Chautauqua Theater Company at the end of June. The success of this performance has led to the Young Playwrights Project winning plays being the first offering on the Institution’s Family Entertainment Series. All participating schools and their families are invited onto the grounds to attend the performance!

More Information

Final performance for the schools: June 18, 2018 in Lenna Hall

Public performance: June 26, 2018 at 5 & 7 p.m. in Smith Wilkes Hall