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Update State budget for NYSCA & Arts Day
Arts Day on Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Albany attracted around 160 advocates from all over the state to let the legislators know what Gov. Cuomo recommended for NYSCA in his budget last week, and to ask for restoration of his proposed decrease. Sixty…
Urge Congress to Support the NEA
February 10, Washington, DC - We need your help. This week, the House Appropriations Committee released their FY11 funding recommendations. In it, they call for a minimum of a $12 million cut to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The House is…
Arts Action Alert - February 10, 2011
Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives will bring to the House floor, a Continuing Resolution (CR) appropriations package that proposes to cut dozens of federal agencies and programs for the balance of the current 2011 fiscal year (March 5 through…
Rocco Landesman Weighs in, Again, on Arts Organizations
NYTimes Arts Beat - Feb. 1, 2011 By ROBIN POGREBIN Last week, Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, prompted an outcry when he publicly suggested that perhaps the supply of arts organizations exceeded the demand for…
New York Live Arts Community Welcome Session
Dance/NYC Town Hall Meeting New York Live Arts Community Welcome Session Sat, Feb 19th at 3pm Dance Theater Workshop Bessie Schonberg Theater 219 West 19th Street, between 7th and 8th Aves A Welcome Panel and public discussion addressing the recent…
Performing Arts Alliance - Federal Support for the Arts
February 1, Washington, DC - As Congress and the Administration roll out their plans for the country's policy and funding future, the arts community must raise its voice and stress the public value of federal support for the arts. In 2011, Congress and…
NYSCA - 10% Cut
From NYC Arts Coaliltion: The budget Gov. Cuomo released today has a 10% cut to NYSCA. That is a reduction of $3.5 million in grants funding and another $500,000 decrease in operational costs. The Egg, which is also in this section of the budget,…
