The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art was awarded a $47,500 New York State Council on the Arts grant to help fund the 2015 festival called Peekskill Project VI. Peekskill Project, launched in 2004, has gotten support each year from businesses, restaurants, city employees, and artists.

In each of the five iterations of Peekskill Project, more than 100 international artists have participated and created original artworks and more than 30,000 visitors have come to the city from the national and international community, according to HVCCA officials.