The Putnam Arts Council (PAC) is a not-for-profit arts service organization chartered in 1963 by the State of New York. PAC is the voice for the arts in Putnam County, and maintains a leadership role in promoting, fostering, and perpetuating the visual, performing and literary arts in the county and environs. Our programs include exhibitions, Art in Public Places, workshops in the visual and performing arts, a summer arts camp, concerts, theatre performances, advocacy, technical assistance workshops, studio tours and special events.

PAC is housed in the Belle Levine Art Center on Kennicut Hill Road in Mahopac. This turn-of-the-century barn was once the studio of cartoonist Bud Fisher who created "Mutt and Jeff", the first syndicated cartoon for the Chicago Tribune. The Center houses the Levine Art Gallery and Levine Annex Gallery, a darkroom, a pottery studio, workshop space, a print press, offices and a gift shop.

The Putnam Arts Council is supported with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and with public funds from Putnam County. Additional support is generated through membership, fund-raising efforts, and with donations from local businesses and individuals.