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Making NYC Affordable for Artists (Huffington Post)

David Byrne of Talking Heads offers a much-debated provocation in Creative Time Reports: "the cultural part of the city -- the mind -- has been usurped by the top 1 percent." He goes on to argue that "there is no room for fresh creative types," the human capital that keeps the city vibrant. What he advocates for, and rightly, is making the city affordable for artists. I take issue with several of…

 

Testimony on Making New York City Affordable for Artists

 Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations By Lane Harwell, Executive Director of Dance/NYC I submit this testimony on behalf of the service entity Dance/NYC, all of……

 

Foundations for Arts and Performance (Huffington Post)

Monday night's New York Dance and Performance Awards (the Bessies) celebrated the gift of dance and performance to the people of our City. But as the presenters left the spotlight at the end of the evening, I was struck by the stage that was left behind, still glowing in half-light--the foundation under the feet of a dancer, the canvas for a choreographer. While experiencing a performance, New…

 

Advocacy Alert: DCA FY2014 Budget News

Dear New Yorker: I am writing with enthusiasm to report on the Department of Cultural Affairs' (DCA) FY 2014 expense budget. The DCA begins the fiscal year with an expense budget of $156.1 million. For FY14, $32.2 million is allocated to Programs groups,……

 

Advocacy Alert: Dancing for DCA

Dear New Yorker: This week, the New York City Council heard testimony on the City's budget for the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) for FY 2014. I am writing to ask you to join Dance/NYC in requesting a restoration of DCA funds to adopted FY 2013……

 

Testimony on the FY 2014 Budget Allocation to the Department of Cultural Affairs

Written Testimony to the New York City Council on the FY 2014 Budget By Lane Harwell, Executive Director of Dance/NYC _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I submit this……

 

Advocacy Alert: Executive Budget for DCA

Dear New Yorker: New York City has released its Executive Budget for FY 2014, and it is time for all of us who care about dance and culture to make the case for public funding. The FY14 Executive Budget allocates $88.1 million to the Department of Cultural……

 

Advocacy Alert: State Arts Budget Released

Dear New Yorker: I write to report that the State's budget for the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for FY 2014 keeps grant levels in line with FY 2013 levels. Thank you for joining Dance/NYC in drawing attention to the importance of government……

 
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