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Arts Education and the Arts Are One (Huffington Post)
Envision a New York where arts education and the arts and culture are ever more meaningfully one.…
Arts Testimony for Every City Council District (Huffington Post)
offer testimony for every NYC Council district to support robust allocations in the City's FY 2015 budget to cultural affairs and arts education. As City leadership evaluates multiple priorities for this budget, the first for a new Administration and City Council, I invite it to consider the priorities of New Yorkers weighing in on the creative sector.…
Testimony on the Mayor’s Executive Budget, FY 2015
Dance/NYC offers testimony for every NYC Council district to support robust allocations in the City’s FY 2015 budget to cultural affairs and arts education.…
Press Release: Dance/NYC Spotlights Local Vibrancy in New Campaign Featuring 51 Stories from 51 City Council Districts
Today, Dance/NYC unveils a NEW YORKERS FOR DANCE visibility and advocacy campaign, which leverages the power of digital storytelling.…
Mayor Releases Executive Budget, Fiscal Year 2015
Last week, we approached the final stretch of New York City budget season with the release of the Mayor’s Executive Budget, Fiscal Year 2015.…
Mayor de Blasio Names Cultural Affairs Commissioner
Monday, April 7, Mayor de Blasio names Tom Finkelpearl, the president and executive director of the Queens Museum, as the new Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.…
2014-2015 State Funding for the Arts
Monday, March 31, New York State passed an on-time budget budget for 2014-2015 including $35.6 million in grants funding through the New York State Council in the Arts, in line with the current year and the Governor’s Executive Budget. …
I Testify for Increasing Our City’s Cultural Affairs Budget. Join Me. (Huffington Post)
It is fiscal year 2015 budget season for the City of New York and time for all of us to make the case for arts and culture funding. The season continues with hearings by the New York City Council and the work of advocates, like you, to educate our legislative representatives on the importance of DCLA support and of arts and culture to all New Yorkers before a budget is adopted.…
