Opinion
The artists and activists who created "The People's Cultural Plan," a community-first alternative to New York City's official Cultural Plan, offer solutions to the latter's many problems and blindspots.
Opinion
These two plans should not be read as antagonistic. Considering both as parallel proposals is the best way to fight for the citizens of our city and turn aspirations into realities.
News
As the Department of Cultural Affairs works on the official NYC cultural plan, a group of activists has advanced its own ambitious vision.
News
Among the report's surprising findings is that the city's cultural sector is phenomenally informal and extensive, with more than 4,700 nonprofit cultural providers and more than 17,000 for-profit cultural entities.
Art
The Department of Cultural Affairs is devising a plan for June 2017 that would manage and organize New York City's resources for arts and culture.
News
This week, New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs released a report showing that the city's arts sector is not as diverse as the general demographics the city — the fourth most diverse municipality in the US (although still incredibly segregated).
Art
2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Jorge Luis Rodriguez’s “Growth” and the public art program that initiated its creation.
News
On Tuesday New York's City Council approved by a vote of 49 to 0 an amendment to the municipal charter to create a comprehensive, citywide cultural plan.
News
In his State of the City speech today, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to build 1,500 new affordable live/work units for artists over the next decade.
In Brief
Diversity, nebulous though it is, has long been something museums have tried to maximize among their visitors, but a new initiative being launched by New York's Department of Cultural Affairs aims to measure the diversity of staff and board members at the city's cultural institutions.
News
An anonymous work of protest art appeared on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City on Wednesday morning, but unlike much of the protest art that has been seen on the streets of US cities lately, this one targeted a very local and specific issue: Another work of public art.
Art
"There is a huge boom in the elderly population, not just in New York City but everywhere — we're all living longer," Kristin Sakoda said by way of introducing the importance of programs that address the "cultural, social, and economic life" of the aged.