PLATTSBURGH — The North Country Cultural Center for the Arts is accepting applications for Decentralization Grants through Sept. 11.

These grants are available to non-profit organizations planning a cultural or art-related activity in 2009.

The maximum grant authorized by New York State Council on the Arts is $5,000 per applicant.

Re-grant applicants may submit up to three requests for arts projects, with a maximum award of $5,000.

Information seminars about the Decentralization Grants will be held throughout Clinton and northern Franklin counties. All applicants are required to attend one of the seminars before completing an application.

The seminars are:

  Wednesday, July 8, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 30 Brinkerhoff St., Plattsburgh.

  Tuesday, July 14, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St.

  Tuesday, July 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., North Country Cultural Center for the Arts.

  Wednesday, July 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Dodge Memorial Library, 144 Lake St., Rouses Point.

  Monday, Aug. 3, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., North Country Cultural Center for the Arts.

  Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Chateaugay Public Library, 191 Main St.

  Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Franklin County Historical Society House of History, 51 Milwaukee St., Malone.

For additional information and registration, call Colleen Lutinski at 563-1604 or e-mail ncccaedu@primelink1.net.