Urgent Action Needed: Support for Arts and Culture Programming in State Budget

As the April 1st budget deadline approaches, we must let our NY State Senators and Assembly Members know they need fight for Arts and Culture Programming!

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New Yorkers for Culture & Arts

supports strengthening policy, increasing and securing sustainable public funding, advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion to help ensure a vibrant future for culture and arts throughout New York City.

 
 

New Yorkers for Culture Awards Gala 2023

On June 22 at El Barrio's Artspace, we held the second annual New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Awards Gala. Thank you to the awardees, presenters, performers and attendees for spreading the joy and making this a night to remember!

This year's awardees included culture heroes and advocates: Community Activist, Qween Jean, Former Executive Director of The Moth, Joan Firestone, Director of Theater for the NYC Department of Education, Peter Avery, New York State Senator José Serrano and Assembly Member Daniel J. O’Donnell!

Performances by Arturo O'Farrill of Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, Students from Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Youth from Jazz Power Initiative and songbird drag artist Ella Fartzgerald. Award presentations by NYS Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Community Organizer, Gia Love and City Council Chair of Cultural Affairs Chi Ossé.

Photo: (left to right) Mara Manus, Director of the NYS Council on the Arts, Joan Firestone, recipient of NY4CA 2023 Culture Hero Award, Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs. Photo by Andrea Louie


New Yorkers for Culture & Arts Public Policy Platform

Beginning in 2019, New Yorkers for Culture & Arts (NY4CA) held a series of discussions across the boroughs, convening hundreds of cultural organizations and arts workers to determine the policy concerns impacting their ability to work and thrive. This is a working document offering a snapshot of the policies that can lay the foundation for a sustainable, equitable, and thriving arts and culture sector.

updated as of April 19, 2022

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Advocacy

Organizations. Independent Artists. Cultural Workers.


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Become part of our coalition to support culture and arts for all New Yorkers.

 
 

Bottom Photo Credit: Jess Brey