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Artists and Activists Propose a "People’s Cultural Plan" for New York City
As the Department of Cultural Affairs works on the official NYC cultural plan, a group of activists has advanced its own ambitious vision.
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Cultural Organizations Improve Quality of Life in NYC’s Low-Income Neighborhoods, Report Finds
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.
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A New Cultural Plan for NYC Runs into Objections from Artists
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.
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Staff at NYC Arts Organizations Is 62% White, City Report Shows
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).
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Lessons from 30 Years of NYC's Percent for Art Program
2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Jorge Luis Rodriguez’s “Growth” and the public art program that initiated its creation.
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New York Will Develop a Citywide Culture Plan by 2017
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.
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NYC Will Build 1,500 New Affordable Artists' Studios by 2025
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.
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City Initiative Will Measure Staff and Leadership Diversity at New York Museums
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.
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Guerilla Sculpture Critiques Big-Budget Public Art Commission
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.
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Making Aging Livable: New York's Senior Center Artists-in-Residence Program
"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.
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New NYC ID Cards Could Come with Free Museum Admission
New York may lean on its cultural institutions to encourage adoption of a planned municipal identity card for undocumented New Yorkers, the New York Times reported.
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New York City Council Members Call for "Cultural Roadmap"
In a statement released earlier this week, New York City Council members Stephen Levin and Jimmy Van Bramer announced their proposal for a referendum to improve cultural spending, a "bill requiring the city to have a cultural plan." By carrying out extensive assessments throughout the five boroughs,