[Sign-On for] Cultural Funding Equity Letter to Mayor Adams FY2024

May 31, 2023

From: A coalition of NYC-based arts organizations, culture workers, and artists concerned for funding equity in the DCLA budget

To: Hon. Eric Adams, Mayor of the City of New York

Cc: Hon. Sheena Wright, First Deputy Mayor; Hon. Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for Economic and Workforce Development; Hon. Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

Cc: Hon. Brad Lander, Comptroller; Hon. Jumaane Williams, Public Advocate; Hon. Adrienne Adams, Speaker, NYC Council

Dear Mayor Adams:

We are writing to you on behalf of a community of arts organizations and workers that together represent a workforce of over 300,000 individuals and over 4,000 entities, and whose economic activity generates over $100 billion annually—making New York City the cultural capital of the world. 

With thanks for the city's record FY2023 investment in DCLA, and in solidarity with peer arts and culture organizations and advocates, we request a $50 million increase to the DCLA budget for FY2024, baselining at least $40 million of that increase; and propose a more collaborative path towards achieving model equity in cultural funding during your current term as Mayor.

Arts and Culture are crucial to New York City’s reemergence from the pandemic, as evidenced by our role in increasing tourism,[1] one of the City’s major drivers of economic recovery,[2] as well as our injection of activity to neighboring industries, including construction and transportation, to name but two.[3] Every community and neighborhood in all five Boroughs needs robust cultural organizations, whose presence has been proven to result in significant benefits to public safety, health, well-being, and education.[4] Frank acknowledgment that our existing budget process fails to allocate funding to the arts community in an equitable fashion is no longer controversial. Many worthy cultural organizations face challenges to our survival, especially those organizations led by or serving Black, Indigenous, People of Color, (BIPOC), immigrant, LGBTQIA+, low-income, disabled, and older New Yorkers. A recently published NEA report detailed the continuing lag of employment in our sector as compared to pre-pandemic levels.[5] While our work continues to be necessary for vibrant and productive communities, our organizations are facing insurmountable increases to our expenses due to inflation, and our workers cannot afford to pay rent or have their basic needs met. 

ACTIONS FOR EQUITY MOVING FORWARD

It is important to start with awareness of the funding inequities that have existed, which were further deepened in the FY2023 adopted budget. As you explicitly detail in your still urgently relevant 2016 op ed on City arts funding strategy, [6] the DCLA budget is distributed among thousands of programs that serve New Yorkers and the agency’s operating costs. In FY2023, the DCLA budget included approximately $140M (or 58.79%) distributed to the 34 Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) members, the majority of which are located in Manhattan, $52M (or 21.8%) distributed to 1,070 Cultural Development Fund (CDF) grantees, $30M (or 12.5%) in NYC City Council Initiatives, and another $16M (or 6.7%) in miscellaneous programming, operational, and fiscal costs. This budget distribution alone reveals the disproportionate allocation of resources across programs, and thereby across the City.

In FY2023, DCLA also implemented important reforms to the CDF, which moved the agency towards more equitable funding in that program. These reforms increased the lowest awards from $5,000 to $10,000; added 125 new organizations to the grantee pool; and distributed increases to many organizations serving BIPOC, disabled, low-income, and immigrant communities. Despite these important changes, the overall impacts of the agency’s grantmaking decisions for FY2023 resulted in many small and mid-sized organizations, including many led by and serving communities of color, being cut to make room for the increases to other small and mid-sized organizations. At the same time, the CIG program saw multi-million dollar increases across several of its largest members, in comparison with FY2022. This combined methodology of removing and/or decreasing funds from small to mid-sized entities, while increasing the funds to larger well-funded entities, deepened borough inequities across arts funding.[7]

A MORE COLLABORATIVE AND EQUITABLE EFFORT

The undersigned have not, for the most part, either as individuals or organizational representatives, been part of the internal process whereby options are weighed and decisions are made regarding the cultural budget and related funding allocations. Our opinions have gone on record for many years, but the purportedly shared goal of equity remains elusive.

In light of this ongoing experience, we assert that equity means giving more absolute funding increases to those organizations and neighborhoods that currently receive less, in order to correct for the historic underinvestment they’ve received and ensure equitable distribution of funding and opportunities in the future. This approach accounts for disparities that exist today as a result of intentional, consistent, and long-term underinvestment in our communities, and is also responsive to the realities we face in the midst of record-level inflation.

FIVE PRACTICAL STEPS

Developed in collaboration with peers across the sector, we propose five practical steps towards achieving model equity in NYC cultural funding over the next 3 years:

  1. Create an Equitable Baseline Increase both to reverse harms made in FY2023 to many CDF organizations and to ensure that the funds allocated to DCLA in FY2024, and all future allocations, are equitably distributed, prioritizing baseline increases for smaller budget entities and historically underfunded organizations.

  2. Work with DCLA to develop a new, replicable, transparent granting procedure across its entire budget that ensures the equitable distribution of City cultural funds, and which also acts on the recently passed ballot measure centering racial equity in the City’s operations and investments. 

  3. Properly fund DCLA to implement this new process with sufficient staff earning living wages, to ensure DCLA has the administrative capacity to serve New Yorkers across every borough.

  4. Properly fund the 2022 ballot measure to establish an office of Racial Equity, and ensure DCLA reports annually on total funding distributions by borough, neighborhood, organization size and category, and by demographics of communities served. Smarter accountability is needed because we recognize that borough metrics as they stand can be shallow in portraying the full story of impact to the historically underinvested.

  5. Create a plan to increase DCLA’s funding to 0.5% of the City budget by the end of your first term as Mayor, starting with increases to the organizations and neighborhoods that currently receive the least funding, in order to achieve geographic equity in per capita funding, with a longer-term goal of achieving a 1% allocation to DCLA in the City’s budget by 2030. This plan should include pathways for established organizations that serve underfunded communities and geographies to receive benefits similar to CIGs, including baselined operating support, energy support, and rent support, even if they are not on city-owned land. The plan should also create a separate line of funding from the CDF for service organizations and arts councils, to ensure that they are able to reach many more individual artists and organizations not supported through the CDF.

This work is hard and evolving. The undersigned are eager to learn more about the challenges the City faces in meeting its equity objectives, and more importantly, to find a way to put solutions into practice.[8]

We look forward to scheduling a meeting with your team and working closely with your administration in FY2024, and over the next 3 years, to continue to build a city that harnesses the true impact and benefits of culture across the board.

Thank you for your consideration and all you are doing to care for the future of our great city. 

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Notes for Cultural Funding Equity Letter to Mayor Adams FY2024

Research on the impact of the arts and culture sector on tourism, the economy, and community well-being (endnotes 1-5):

  1. https://createnyc.cityofnewyork.us/the-cultural-plan/issue-areas/se/#:~:text=The%20cultural%20sector%20is%20also%20a%20powerful%20driver,international%20tourists%20spent%20%241%2C786%20per%20trip%20on%20culture. 

  2. https://www.osc.state.ny.us/reports/osdc/tourism-industry-new-york-city 

  3. https://www.artsactionfund.org/sites/artsactionfund.org/files/2022-03/New%20York%202022.pdf 

  4. See the report on Culture and Social Wellbeing in NYC conducted by the Social Impact of the Arts Project at the University of Pennsylvania. https://repository.upenn.edu/siap/ 

  5. https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/National-Brief-final-3-16-23.pdf 

  6. As Brooklyn Borough President, you wrote an op ed describing the deep inequities in DCLA funding [https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2016/08/arts-funding-strategy-should-keep-pace-with-brooklyns-growth/182616/], showing that the 33 (at the time) members of the CIG received the vast majority of the funding for the entire city; that Manhattan received 54% of the total funding going to all five boroughs; and that per capita cultural funding in Manhattan was 10 times that in Queens and 5 times that in Brooklyn. You called on the de Blasio administration to correct these inequities. We call on you now, as Mayor, to correct these entrenched inequities that remain in place to this day.

DCLA Funding Chart from Eric Adams’ 2016 op ed showing funding inequities by borough and organization size:

Inequities increased in adopted FY2023 budget for DCLA (June 13, 2022) - see note 7 below:

7. An analysis of the published FY23 adopted budget documents shows the following: the largest 7 CIGs, in terms of city allocations, received a total increase of $10.5 million in DCLA operating and energy support from FY22 to FY23. The middle 13 CIGs in terms of city allocations received a total increase of $1.9 million; while the bottom 14 CIGs in terms of city allocations received a total cut of $263,379, before adjustments were made post-adoption through supplemental support. In terms of boroughs: Manhattan, the borough already receiving the most, saw a total increase of $8.4 million; Brooklyn and the Bronx saw total increases of $3 million and $1.1 million, respectively; yet Queens and Staten Island saw cuts of $320,503 and $146,223 respectively. While all these figures don’t include the CDF, they do reflect the majority of DCLA’s funding, and paint a clear picture of a city where the organizations and neighborhoods that already receive more funding got much more than those starting with less.

A.R.T./NY and Dance/NYC separately conducted an FY2023 CDF Impact survey, reaching 139 (11%) out 1,250 applicants. Some findings from that survey, among responding organizations, are as follows:

  • About half received funding decreases; 7% did not receive any award; 32% recipients; 8% applied but have never received DCLA funding; 1.5% (2) received awards consistent with previous year.
  • A disproportionate amount of non-producing (arts service, arts education, presenting) organizations received funding decreases. While 50% of the entire pool was awarded decreased funding, 63% of arts service organizations received funding decreases; 63% of arts education organizations received funding decreases; 67% of presenting organizations received funding decreases; 43% of producing organizations received funding decreases. While 60% of all past recipients received decreases, 73% of non-producing past recipients did. For context, 53% of past recipient producing organizations received decreases. Only one arts service dance organization (CPR) was awarded increased funding. Within this data set, all other increases in the dance discipline went to producing dance organizations.

  • The data reveal some notable though inconsistent findings between budget categories,  with nearly all organizations in some budget ranges receiving reduced funding: 88% of organizations with budgets between $500K and $999K received reduced funding; 90% of organizations with budgets over $10M received reduced funding; 70% of organizations with budgets between $2.5M and $5M received increased funding. In addition, more small-budget organizations received funding increases. While 32% of the entire pool received increases, 41% of organizations with budgets between $50K and $99K received increases; 46% of organizations with budgets between $100K and $249K received increases.

8. You will note that our demands do not explicitly call for a decrease in funding for the largest CIGs. We do not believe that austerity budgeting that removes resources from cultural partners across the city is equitable, nor will it address overall underinvestment of the artistic community. Instead, the CIG funding model provides concrete evidence for the thrivability that is made possible when institutions receive consistent, reliable, long-term funding. What is important to highlight about CIG funding, however, is that it is disproportionately centered in Manhattan and in a handful of cultural institutions, while the lion’s share of the sector serving the majority of New Yorkers is composed of small, local entities spread across all five boroughs. For example, in FY2023, the City provided the Metropolitan Museum with $25,273,849 in funding, an amount greater than all the funding allocated to all cultural institutions in the boroughs of Queens and Staten Island combined. The cultural funding going to the Upper East and Upper West Sides of Manhattan has enormous community benefits in terms of health, safety, education, and overall well-being, as articulated in the Social Impact for the Arts (SIAP) report—a benefit that should be equitably extended to all neighborhoods across NYC.

Signed,

  1. Sami Abu Shumays, Flushing Town Hall

  2. Melody Capote, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)

  3. Marlène Ramírez-Cancio, BAX/ Brooklyn Arts Exchange, EmergeNYC, LxNY

  4. Charles Rice-González, BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance

  5. Arthur Avilés, BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

  6. Libertad Guerra, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, Inc.

  7. Rafael Sánchez, Repertorio Español

  8. Mino Lora, People’s Theatre Project

  9. Arnaldo J. López, Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

  10. Rosalba Rolón,  Artistic Director, Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

  11. Risa Shoup, A.R.T./New York

  12. Candice Anderson, Cool Culture

  13. Candace Thompson-Zachery, Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE

  14. Talia Corren,  Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York)

  15. Lisa Gold, Asian American Arts Alliance (A4)

  16. Fernando Salazar, LxNY: Latinx Arts Consortium of New York

  17. Randi Berry, IndieSpace

  18. Raymond Codrington, Weeksville Heritage Center

  19. Jennifer Tenuto, Staten Island Historical Society

  20. Jessica B. Phillips, Historic Richmond Town

  21. Daphne Rubin-Vega, Artist

  22. Danielle Wu, Asian American Arts Alliance (A4)

  23. Alejandro Epifanio, Loisaida Arts & Culture Center

  24. Arlene Dávila, Professor at NYU, Cultural Worker, Equity Scholar

  25. Frances Lucerna, El Puente

  26. Carol Ochs, The 52nd Street Project

  27. Bianka Cypriano, Salsa Stories

  28. Marta Moreno Vega, Creative Justice Initiative, Inc. 

  29. Caron Atlas, NOCD-NY and Arts & Democracy

  30. Ali Rosa-Salas, Abrons Arts Center

  31. Janio E Marrero, Latinx Playwrights Circle

  32. Jane Gabriels, Pepatián: Bronx Arts Collaborative

  33. Kirya Traber, Artist & Cultural Worker

  34. David Leventhal, Mark Morris Dance Group

  35. Gloria Zelaya, The Fantastic Experimental Latino Theater Inc (FELT Inc.)

  36. Miguel Trelles, Teatro LATEA

  37. Kyoung H. Park, Kyoung's Pacific Beat

  38. Heather Robles, The Bessie Awards

  39. Sarah Calderon, Creatives Rebuild New York

  40. Kevin Gotkin, Co-Founder of Disability/Arts/NYC (2016-2019)

  41. Zoe Kim, New Work Development Manager, The Public

  42. Mitali Sonar, BRIC Arts Media & New York Kathak Festival

  43. Magaly Colimon-Christopher, Conch Shell Productions

  44. Karina Pietrowski, Cultural Producer

  45. Jafreen Uddin,  Asian American Writers' Workshop

  46. Yin Kong, Think!Chinatown

  47. Jesus Hernandez, Latin Reel

  48. Heng-Gil Han, Korea Art Forum

  49. Moses Ros, Korea Art Forum

  50. Dian Dong Chen, Chen Dance Center

  51. Jing Dong, Artist

  52. Yeon Jin Kim, Korea Art Forum

  53. Karesia Batan, Queensboro Dance Festival

  54. Michelle Preston, José Limón Dance Foundation

  55. Nancy Paredes, Artist

  56. Juan C. Aguirre, Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders

  57. Williams Christopher, Christopher Williams Dances

  58. Melani De Guzman, Artist

  59. Kyla Barkin, Barkin/Selissen Project

  60. Jodi Bender, Danspace Project, Inc.

  61. Robert Duke, Duke

  62. Andrea E Palesh, Artist & Cultural Worker

  63. Catherine Galasso, Artist

  64. Rebecca Fitton, Artist & Cultural Worker

  65. Andrea Nellis, Dorrance Dance

  66. Ariel Quinones, Diversity in Arts and Nations for Cultural Education, Inc.

  67. May Kesler, Artist

  68. Leora Graber, Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.

  69. Troy Ogilvie, Artist

  70. Luke Boyd, Historic Richmond Town

  71. Carli DeFillo, Historic Richmond Town

  72. Amanda Schroeder, Historic Richmond Town

  73. Colyn Hunt, Historic Richmond Town

  74. Ian Hagens, Historic Richmond Town

  75. Andrew Andron, Historic Richmond Town

  76. Corbet Walser, Historic Richmond Town

  77. Linda Murray, Jerome Robbins Dance Division

  78. Sangeeta Yesley, Creative Performances

  79. Diane R. Rosenblatt, CABD, INC. aka Camille A. Brown & Dancers

  80. Allyson Lynch, STooPS / Independent Performing Artist

  81. Christopher Pelham, Center for Remembering & Sharing (CRS)

  82. Rosa Bledsoe, Cultural Worker

  83. Robert Lee, Asian American Arts Centre

  84. Laci Chisholm, Fit4Dance

  85. Rebecca Margolick, Artist

  86. Paloma McGregor, Angela's Pulse

  87. Jamie Carabetta, Pony Box Dance Theatre

  88. iele paloumpis, Artist

  89. Hannah Seiden,  Artist & Cultural Worker

  90. Alison Clancy, Artist

  91. Vangeline Gand, The Vangeline Theater

  92. Rosaly Ruiz, Danspace Project

  93. Amber Sloan, Arts On Site & The Bang Group

  94. Tim Lord, DreamYard Project, Inc.

  95. Alexandra Cook, Artist & Cultural Worker

  96. Jon Lehrer, Jon Lehrer Dance Company

  97. Elka Samuels Smith, Divine Rhythm Productions

  98. Pepper, Contemporary Ballet Theatre

  99. Andrew Chiang, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc.

  100. Michael Mao, dba Michael Mao Dance

  101. Anchi Lin, Chinese Music Ensemble of New York

  102. Michelle Lans, Aspiring Performing Arts Dancer

  103. Maureen Flemng, Maureen Fleming Dance Foundation Inc.

  104. Christopher Odo, Maureen Fleming Dance Foundation Inc.

  105. Makenna Finch, NYLA (New York Live Arts)

  106. Yanira Castro, Artist

  107. Lipica Shah, 1497, AAPAC

  108. Julienne Kim, AAPAC

  109. Karen Bernard, New Dance Alliance

  110. Anna Ticknor, Artist & Arts Administrator

  111. Jill Sigman, jill sigman/thinkdance

  112. Parijat Desai, Parijat

  113. Nzingha Tyehemba, Artist & Cultural Worker

  114. Cindy Cheung, AAPAC

  115. Jeffrey Rebudal, Pace University

  116. André M. Zachery, Renegade Performance Group

  117. Emad Salem, Battery Dance

  118. Christine Toy Johnson, Artist

  119. Johnny Mathews, Cultural Worker

  120. Annie Ferdous, Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts

  121. Meghan Finn, The Tank

  122. Joanna Futral, Artist

  123. Chanel, Cultural Worker

  124. Melissa Riker, Kinesis Project Dance Theatre

  125. Dance Rising Collective, Dance Rising Collective NYC

  126. Lena Lauer, The Lovelies

  127. Andrew Colwell, Center for Traditional Music and Dance

  128. Sydnie Liggett-Dennis

  129. Davalois Fearon, Davalois Fearon Dance

  130. Christina Kollisch, Dance Rising

  131. Ann Chiaverini, Artist

  132. Jessica Chen, J CHEN PROJECT

  133. Vichet Chum, Artist

  134. John Jahnke, Hotel Savant

  135. Nandita Shenoy, AAPAC

  136. Taylor Adams, Artist

  137. Lindsey Jennings, Artist

  138. Cathy Linh Che, Kundiman, Inc.

  139. Saifa K, Kundiman, Inc.

  140. Shan Rao, Kundiman, Inc.

  141. Nereida Trujillo, Kundiman, Inc.

  142. Misha Ponnuraju, Kundiman, Inc.

  143. Ralph Lewis, Peculiar Works Project

  144. Maddie Hopfield, Artist

  145. Kamala Cesar, Lotus Music & Dance

  146. Shauna, Open Source Gallery

  147. Amy Kennard, Amy Kennard

  148. Ariel Estrada, Leviathan Lab, Actor, Arts Administrator

  149. Peggy Cheng, Cultural Worker

  150. Alex Rodabaugh, Artist & Cultural Worker

  151. Kenneth Lee, AAPAC

  152. Kay Gayner, National Dance Institute

  153. Robert Anthony Gibbons, Artist

  154. Azure Osborne-Lee, Theatre Maker

  155. Salomé Egas, Artist

  156. Sriya Sarkar, Artist

  157. Vanessa Adato, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

  158. Monxo López, Curator

  159. Nicolás Dumit Estévez, The Interior Beauty Salon & EmergeNYC

  160. Samuel Stein, Shape of Cities to Come Institute

  161. Zachary Scholl, Artist

  162. Fontaine Capel, Artist

  163. Sara Silva, Big Dance Theater

  164. Masoom Moitra, The Shape of Cities to Come Institute

  165. Elizabeth Wilson, Historic Richmond Town

  166. Justine Lee, Asian American Arts Alliance

  167. Lucia Scheckner, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

  168. Akiko Ichikawa, Artist

  169. Jennifer Suhr, Writer & Director

  170. Mija Jung, Artist

  171. Melissa Riker, EstroGenius Festival/Manhattan Theatre Source, Executive Director

  172. Sophia Valera Heinecke, Artist

  173. Susan M. Asai, Northeastern University

  174. Monica Ellis, Artist

  175. Rodrigo Arenas-Carter, Artist

  176. Anthony Rosado, Artist

  177. Ani Liu, Artist

  178. Sirintip Phasuk, Artist

  179. Paul Jochico,  Artist

  180. Charlene M Kaye, KAYE

  181. Kat Lam, Artist

  182. Frankie Fierro, Artist

  183. Maria Pitt, Artist

  184. Kyle Lui, Artist

  185. Frankie Yu, Artist

  186. Jo D, Artist

  187. Lora Yip, Artist

  188. Hailey Savage - Keepsake House

  189. Rishabh Aggarwal - Artist

  190. Jieun Ko - Artist

  191. Gregory Ko - Artist

  192. Jaz - Artist, college instructor, cultural worker

  193. Shannon Yu - Artist

  194. Sarah Zucchero - Artist

  195. Paul John - Artist

  196. Brynne O’Rourke - Theatre Artist & Teaching Artist

  197. Nick Hartanto - Filmmaker

  198. Zavé Martohardjono - Artist

  199. Nikki Williams - Spirit in Sunset Productions

  200. Alejandro Chellet - Independent artist

  201. Jennifer Iwata - Artist

  202. Elvie Mae Parian - Unknown

  203. Isabelle Zhao - Artist

  204. Cristina Bartley - Artist

  205. Jorge B Merced - Theater Artist

  206. Janet Rodriguez - SoHarlem, Inc.

  207. Nairuti Desai - Citizen

  208. Anthony Laura - Face to Face Films

  209. Lucy Jackson, Producing Director, The Bushwick Starr & Independent Producer

  210. Julia Greer, The Hearth

  211. Carlos Armesto, PITCHBLACK Immersive Experiences & theatreC

  212. Abigail Grubb, Musical Theatre Factory

  213. Megan Carter, Theatre Producer

  214. David Skeist, Caborca

  215. Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte, Pioneers Go East Collective

  216. Terry Greiss, Irondale Productions, Inc. aka Irondale Ensemble Project

  217. Andy Sowers, Technical and Creative Director

  218. Edward Einhorn, Untitled Theater Company No. 61

  219. Kristin Marting, HERE

  220. Thomas Grube, Actor

  221. Theresa Buchheister, The Brick Theater

  222. Emilia Smart-Denson, Irish Repertory Theatre

  223. Graeme Gillis, Ensemble Studio Theatre

  224. Adam Mummery, A.R.T./New York

  225. Wayne Maugans, Voyage Theater Company, Inc

  226. Leigh Walter, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company

  227. Kate Mueth, The Neo-Political Cowgirls

  228. Claire Beckman, Brave New World Repertory Theatre

  229. Veraalba Santa, Actor & Teaching Artist

  230. Katy Higgins, Cultural Worker & Artist

  231. Carrie O'Dell, Arts Consultant/Grant Writer

  232. K8 August, Technical director / PM / Designer

  233. Jordan Rutter-Covatto, Artist

  234. Lila Becker, Theatre Director

  235. Tom Block, International Human Rights Art Festival Inc

  236. Andrea Prestinario, Artist

  237. Justin Jones, Clementine Players

  238. Gwynn MacDonald, Theater Director and Theater Journal Editor

  239. India Stachyra, Artist

  240. Janelle Garcia Domig, Sea Dog Theater

  241. Ellen Petillo, Sundog Theatre, Inc.

  242. Tim Errickson, Boomerang Theatre Company

  243. Clare Latham, Actor

  244. Derek Weagle, Artist

  245. Lois Wilcken, La Troupe Makandal, Inc.

  246. Ako Dachs, Amaterasu Za

  247. Mitch Mattson, Director of Career Training & Operations

  248. Penn Genthner, Cultural Worker

  249. Lauren Miller, The Bushwick Starr

  250. Erin McCready, Brooklyn Youth Company

  251. Kara Gilmour, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

  252. Katie Palmer, Theater in Asylum

  253. Laura Caparrotti, Kairos Italy Theater

  254. Justin Nestor, Theater Mitu

  255. Skye E. Kowaleski - JACK Arts

  256. Carrie Heitman, Hook & Eye Theater

  257. Rob Reese, Amnesia Wars Productions

  258. Alvan Colón-Lespier, Artist

  259. James Clements, What Will the Neighbors Say?

  260. Rob Neill, New York Neo-Futurists

  261. Kyra Sims, New York Neo-Futurists

  262. Brooke Bell, Caborca, Artist and Educator

  263. Letitia Bouie, Theater of the Oppressed NYC

  264. Daniel George, Audience Services Associate

  265. Christina Perry, Chain Theatre

  266. Theresa Vu, Artist

  267. Soldanela Rivera, Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

  268. Alyssa Chandler, Artist

  269. Tracy Cochran, Urban Bush Women

  270. Craig Hancock, Valatie Community Theatre

  271. Pele Sanchez Tormes, Caborca/ performer

  272. Jordana De La Cruz, JACK Arts

  273. Winston Estevez , IATI Theater

  274. Ashley J. Hicks,  Artist/Arts Service Organization Employee

  275. Samantha Blain, Hit the lights theater co

  276. Anne Hamburger, Executive Artistic Director, EnGarde Arts

  277. Katie Kohler, The Back Pack, co-producer

  278. Barbara "Emma" Goldman-Sherman, Artist

  279. Stephen Burdman, New York Classical Theatre

  280. Yaraní del Valle, Artist

  281. Erin Koster, Caborca Theatre, Stage Manager

  282. Courtney Ellis, Artist

  283. Angela Abereu, Dominican Writers Association

  284. Kevin Perez, Artist

  285. Laura Butler Rivera, Caborca

  286. Stephanie Alvarado, Artist

  287. Alex Birnie, The Actors Center

  288. Paul Brewster McGinley, Cultural Worker

  289. Shela Xoregos, Xoregos Performing Company

  290. Julianne Lavallee, Stage Jewels NYC

  291. Mark Lonergan, Parallel Exit

  292. Hallie Chametzky, Dancer, Choreographer, Archivist, Arts Writer

  293. Elaine Li, Librarian

  294. Orietta Crispino, TheaterLab Inc, Artistic Director

  295. Samantha Galarza, CAT

  296. Jess Kaufman, Flying Leap Productions

  297. Alexandra Castro, Lone Star Theatre Company

  298. Michaella Barron, Forza Dance

  299. Katy Cashin, Choreographer

  300. Nami Yamamoto, Artist/Teacher

  301. Martin Robert, Act Now Foundation

  302. Myles Hunt, Artist

  303. Helen Claire Andrus, Senior Grants Officer at a Community-Based Organization

  304. Emily S. Vartanian, General Mischief Dance Theatre

  305. Alicia McDonald, Artist

  306. Elizabeth Hollingsworth, University Settlement Society of New York

  307. Karen Greenspan, Dance Writer

  308. Brianna Weintraub, The 52nd Street Project

  309. Laurie Berg, Artist

  310. Kristen Birkelbach, The Disability Ally NYC

  311. John Sheehy, The 52nd Street Project, Inc.

  312. Aya Esther Hayashi, PhD, People's Theatre Project

  313. Michael Bishop, Artist, Dance In Frame Production

  314. Dalienne Majors, Dancer, Choreographer, Movement Teacher

  315. Sheila Fontanive, University Settlement

  316. Deborah Adelman, Arts Supporter

  317. Shannon Lippert, National Queer Theater

  318. Stefanie Batten Bland, Company SBB

  319. Deborah Ross, Artist

  320. Deinya Phenix, PhD, Batalá New York

  321. Fran Garber-Cohen, The Regina Opera Company, Inc

  322. Claudia Marusanici, Artist

  323. T Gray, Artist

  324. Amanda Charnley, Artist

  325. Valerie Green, Dance Entropy, Inc.

  326. Lindsay Holeman, Dance Educator

  327. Aja Belcher-Vélez, Artist

  328. Juliana Cope, Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center 

  329. Mary Amsterdam, Haus of PVMNT dance company

  330. Ishita Mili, IMGE Dance

  331. Kelly Ryan, Arts Publicist 

  332. Jess Ducey, National Queer Theater & independent producer

  333. Wendy Seyb, Artist

  334. Lynn Peterson, SYREN Modern Dance

  335. Ana Gonzalez-Soto, The 52nd Street Project

  336. Lana Fuqua, Joffrey Ballet School/Joffrey Ballet Center

  337. Stephanie Sleeper, sleepdance

  338. Angie Cruz, Artist

  339. Olivia Rick, SYREN Modern Dance

  340. Caryn Heilman, Choreographer, Multidisciplinary Artist, Dance Educator, Therapist

  341. Janet Wong, New York Live Arts

  342. Jennifer Gal, Artist

  343. Rivkins Christopher, SYREN Modern Dance

  344. Victoria Ellis, SYREN Modern Dance

  345. Kadeem Alston-Roman, Wellness Practitioner

  346. Terri Seligman, Artist

  347. Lesly de Groot, Pied Piper Theatre

  348. Agatha Funes, New York Task Force Chaplain

  349. Karen Hartman, Playwright

  350. Osaliki Sepúlveda, Collective for Arts Music & Dance

  351. Rawya El Chab, Artist

  352. Ahmed Attia, The 52nd Street Project

  353. Michael Freeman, Artist

  354. Stephanie Feyne, Cultural Worker

  355. Brinda Guha,  Kalamandir Dance, Wise Fruit, Soles of Duende

  356. Emily Pope, Performing Artist

  357. Stacie Webster, Artist

  358. Soles of Duende, Artists

  359. Elyse Maister, Musician & Healthcare Worker

  360. Bianca Berger, Artist

  361. Dale Novella, Singer/Songwriter & Arts Educator

  362. Lucia Gagliardone, Artist

  363. Kelindah bee Schuster, Artist & Educator, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

  364. Shannon Reynolds, STREB, Inc.

  365. Susan Kingsland, Cultural Worker

  366. Mimi Wong, Editor in Chief, The Offing

  367. Lura Berry, Freelance Dance Worker & Artist

  368. Audrey Berger, Artist, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

  369. Alberto Denis, Artist, Teaching Artist New Victory Theater

  370. Marcus Gualberto, BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

  371. Richard Rivera, PHYSUAL - Choreographer / Movement Artist

  372. Marýa Wethers, Creative Producer & Independent Curator

  373. Mykel Marai Nairne, Freelance Dance Artist

  374. Meghann Trago, Freelance Dance Artist, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange

  375. Linda Quach, Performing Artist, Glow Cultural

  376. Anthony D. Meyers, Leading ChangeMakers

  377. Maria Bauman, Artistic Director, MBDance

  378. Liviya, Eryc Taylor Dance

  379. Giorgia Valenti, Et Alia Theater

  380. Rohan Zhou-Lee, Blasian March, Founder, Writer, Dancer

  381. Martin Urbach, The Circle Keepers 

  382. Taiyo Na, Artist & Educator  

  383. Ana Rokafella Garcia, Full Circle Souljahs

  384. Odylle Beder, Full Circle Souljahs

  385. Netta Yerushalmy, Artist

  386. Felix Rodriguez, Filmmaker

  387. Frank Concepcion Jr, Full Circle Souljahs, Choreographer & Dancer

  388. Tiffany Craddock, Full Circle Souljahs

  389. Raymond Abbiw, Full Circle Souljahs, Artist, Company Member

  390. Jennifer Acosta, Full Circle Souljahs 

  391. ASALIA K C De Nyahuma, Full Circle Souljahs

  392. Ava L. Davis, Full Circle Souljahs

  393. Gary Burnett, Content Creator

  394. Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Dance Artist 

  395. Anto Astudillo, Artist & Curator, Millennium Film Workshop

  396. Aruni Dharmakirthi, Artist

  397. Marella Martin Koch, Classic Stage Company

  398. Rebecca Love Park, Artist & Designer

  399. Gabriel Dionisio, Full Circle Souljahs

  400. Jill McDermid, Director/Founder, Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art

  401. Maira Duarte, Dance to the People Collective

  402. Kelsey VE, Artist

  403. Cristian, Full Circle Souljahs 

  404. C. Meranda Flachs-Surmanek, Artist & Cultural Worker

  405. Sally Bowden, Choreographer

  406. Kathryn MacLellan, Artist & Teacher

  407. Yoseli Castillo Fuertes, Writer, BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

  408. Lilach Orenstein, MOtiVE Brooklyn co-Director

  409. Blanka Amezkua, AAA3A

  410. Chriselle Tidrick, Artist

  411. Alethea Pace, Artist

  412. Adam Soto, Martial Arts Instructor 

  413. Jian Jung, Designer

  414. Liz Baber, Emerald Isle Immigration Center

  415. Angelos G Giotis, Cultural Artist + Culture Bearer + Culture Maker

  416. J. Soto, Arts Administrator

  417. Angel Antonio Ruiz, Arts & Culture Unit at Center for Puerto Rican Studies

  418. Rosalie Wetzel, SYREN Modern Dance

  419. Mario Torres, Cultural Worker

  420. Christine Bent, Artist

  421. Eh-den Perlove, SheNYC Arts

  422. Clay Devlin, Artist

  423. Hannah Wendel, Director of Marketing and Design at Triskelion Arts, and an Artist

  424. Christine Licata, BotanicArte 9e

  425. Viviana Bianchi, Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc.

  426. Monique Lee Breindel,  Supporter

  427. Ryan Gilliam, Fourth Arts Block (aka FABnyc)

  428. Judith Insell,  Executive Director, Bronx Arts Ensemble

  429. Alexis M. Montoya, Artist and Cultural Worker

  430. Peter Doroshenko, Director

  431. Tareake Dorill,  Dorill Initiative

  432. Jon Harper, Abrons Arts Center

  433. Jenny Schlenzka, Performance Space New York

  434. Ana Beatriz Sepúlveda, Performance Space New York

  435. Yhasmine Moran, Performer & Teaching Artist

  436. Rodd Denson, stubbornMVMT, Artistic Director

  437. Lizzy Melton, Cultural Worker

  438. Judith Baumel, Poet

  439. Ni-Emah Bugg, Artist

  440. Stephen S. Mills, Writer

  441. Tramaine Renee, Filmmaker

  442. Pop A. Mr. E. Sol'Sax, Cultural Producer

  443. Yurby Aquino, Artist

  444. Christina Taylor, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance

  445. John Maney, Poet / Photographer / Activist

  446. Carolyn Harrison, Director / Executive Producer

  447. Tyrone Birkett, Composer

  448. Alex "Fdez" Fernández, Artist

  449. Lauren Sowa, Artist

  450. Karla Robinson, Artist

  451. Noble Dre Ali, Artist

  452. Alexander Diaz, Artist

  453. Ariel Quinones, DANCE, Inc.

  454. Lynn Fischer, ED/AD MassTransit Theater

  455. Albert Rivera, Jazz Saxophonist & Composer

  456. Amira Mustapha, Art Defined Production’s, Inc

  457. Nelson Santiago, Artist

  458. Benedict Nguyển, Artist & Cultural Worker

  459. Mariah Eskoh, Songstress & CEO of Blush Studios LLC

  460. Roger Mason, Artist

  461. Glenn Potter-Takata, Artist

  462. Subira Williams, Will I Dance LLC

  463. Adeline Lulo, Artist

  464. Sandra S. Ramirez, Teaching Artist

  465. Guillermo Severiche,  IATI Theater

  466. Laurie Lomask, Gafieira New York

  467. Danielle DeMatteo, SheNYC Arts, Artistic Director

  468. Jisell Novas-Hill,  Una Voz Mundial - Poet, Cultural Worker

  469. Ryan Christian,  Artist

  470. Sandie Luna,  ID Studio Theater, Executive Director

  471. Caitlin Nasema Cassidy, LubDub Theatre Co

  472. Geoff Kanick, LubDub Theatre Co

  473. dan keith williams, Artist

  474. Reneé Salandy, Poet, Writer & Cultural Worker

  475. Shaunese Crawford, Boogie Down Cinema, Inc.

  476. Laura Sewell, East Village Community Coalition

  477. Armando Pacheco, Cultural Worker

  478. Jovon Outlaw,  Artist

  479. Fernando Laspina, El Maestro, Inc.

  480. Dianne Lake,  Loisaida Open Streets Community Coalition

  481. Sylvia Vigliani, Artist, Teacher, Cultural worker

  482. Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Art Historian & Curator

  483. Jesús López-Jensen, Cultural Worker

  484. Tim W. Brown,  Art in the Basin Open Mic Series

  485. Marcos de Jesús “de la Guagua”,  Rapper, Musician, Writer, Mover

  486. ndlela nkobi,  Filmmaker

  487. Rosemarie Fiore,  Artist

  488. Ayling Dominguez, Poet, Mixed Media Artist, Cultural Worker

  489. Genesis Perdomo Santos,  Dancer, Dance Teacher, Yoga Teacher

  490. Shara Feit, Artist

  491. Vanezza Cruz, Artist

  492. Mel House,  Actress, Writer/Creator, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist

  493. Lucy Aponte, Artist

  494. Tijay Mohammed,  Artist & Teacher

  495. Luis A. Pagan,  Artist, Marketing for the Arts

  496. Leenda Bonilla,  Artist l Art + Cultural Management l Civic Engagement + Social Practitioner  

  497. Lizvette Figueroa,  Artist

  498. Nolan Hanson, Trans Boxing

  499. Tanya Perez,  Actor, Writer, Clown

  500. Aye Justin Mashia,  Bronx Sole

  501. Andre Baruffi, IATI Theater

  502. Vivian Deangelo,  IATI Theater

  503. Madalyn Rupprecht,  Artist & Cultural Worker

  504. Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Artist

  505. Mateo Lamuño-Mear,  IATI Theater, Actor

  506. Nicco Diaz, Poet / Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Inc.

  507. Caridad De La Luz aka LA BRUJA, Poet & Executive Director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Inc.

  508. Maite Uzal, Actress

  509. Dean Parker, Stuffy Music

  510. Régine Romain, WaWaWa Diaspora Centre

  511. Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, RedMoon Arts Movement, Inc.

  512. A.J. Muhammad, LIS Professional & Cultural Worker

  513. Elle Pérez, Artist

  514. Lorca Peress, MultiStages Artistic Director

  515. Ivan Velez, Artist

  516. Kevin R Free,  Frigid New York

  517. Maira Liriano, Librarian

  518. Descendent, Artist

  519. Cynthia Rivera, BLOQUE

  520. Shanequa Moore, I'RAISE Girls & Boys International Corporation, Cultural Worker

  521. Michael Grabowski, Professor

  522. DJ Brumfield, Nonprofit Arts Management & Fundraising Consultant

  523. Melody Brooks, New Perspectives Theatre Company

  524. Dawn Delikat, The Pen and Brush, Inc.

  525. Roselyn Cabral, Artist

  526. Irene Villaseñor,  Artist, Cultural Worker & Advisor

  527. Jacqueline Johnson, Writer, Poet, Art Quilter

  528. Adelita Hinojosa-Martin,  Independent Artist & Nurse

  529. Colette Robert, Theatre Director & Playwright

  530. Jeanne Brasile,  Independent Artist/Curator/Writer

  531. Veronica Santiago Liu, Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria

  532. Summer McClinton, Artist 

  533. Angela Abreu, Dominican Writers Assoc

  534. McKenzie Jones, Tribeworks

  535. Brenda Greene, Center for Black Literature

  536. Meghan Wasserman, Dancer, Actor, Singer

  537. Bonnie G Wong, Writer

  538. Kim Dacres, Artist

  539. Scott Cargle, Grantwriter, IATI Theater

  540. Ellen Kombiyil, Artist

  541. Maya Ciarrocchi, Artist

  542. Eileen Baptistin Level, Social Arts Practitioner

  543. Claudia "cap" Alvarez-Plaud, Poet, Writer, Arts Educator, Event Coordinator

  544. Donat De La Cruz, Poet, Curator, Founder of One Love, One Mic

  545. Lyn Stevens, Artist

  546. Norman Anthony Small, Stage Manager

  547. Julissa Contreras, Writer, Creative Media Director at NAYAH

  548. Erez Ziv, FRIGID New York

  549. Hilliard Greene, Artist

  550. Alejandra Acevedo, Artist

  551. Michael Aryee, Flex Dance Program 

  552. Lydia Brinkmann, Artist, Frigid New York

  553. Madaha Kinsey-Lamb, Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center

  554. Akia Shenise, Diva's Pearls Productions, Executive Director

  555. Fernando Michael, Founder, The Fox & King

  556. Sam Hood Adrain, What Will the Neighbors Say? Theatre Company

  557. Martha Lorena Preve Ayora, Artistic Director, Frigid

  558. Caitlin Colban-Waldron, Archivist

  559. Jasmine Wahi, Project for Empty Space

  560. Winnie Sidharta, Artist

  561. Sophia Ma, M+AFF

  562. Clarinda Mac Low, Culture Push, Inc.

  563. Margia Shiriti, BAFA Inc. Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts

  564. Dena Muller, Culture Worker

  565. Micaela Martegani, More Art

  566. Jose Parla, Artist, Parla Studios

  567. Adelle Lin, Artist, DIY art spaces HexH0use, NYCResistor

  568. Devin Mathis, UrbanGlass 

  569. Joaquin Jutt, Creative Director 

  570. Amy Andrdieux, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA) 

  571. Jimmy Lovett, Co-Artistic Director & Queerly Festival Curator at FRIGID New York 

  572. Mark Cabaroy, Minimally Invasive Productions 

  573. Hannah Leshaw, The Bronx Filmmakers Collective  

  574. Piper Hill, Artist 

  575. Rebeka Bieber, Studio Red, Wide Awakes 

  576. Maamoun Tobbo, ThEmptyspace

  577. Claire Crowley, Playwright 

  578. Mindy Matijasevic, Writer, Actress, Comic 

  579. Barbara Bryan,  Movement Research 

  580. Brendan Vail, Foster Bike Park and Print Lab, Artist 

  581. Amanda Weil, Artist, Weil Studio, Wide Awakes 

  582. Sonam Wangmo,  Writer  

  583. Pablo A. Medina, Artist 

  584. Kathryn Lloyd, Tenement Museum  

  585. Karen Kang,  Artist, Art Therapist, Art Activist 

  586. Nadine Faraj, Artist

  587. Vilma Lissette Sanchez Henriquez, Singer 

  588. Brandan Skahill, Theater Artist 

  589. Bang Geul Han, Artist 

  590. Niki Reiner, Cultural Worker and Mom 

  591. Giannina Gutierrez, Artist 

  592. Laurie Markiewicz, Early Childhood Educator/teaching artist 

  593. Yazmeen Collazo, Artist 

  594. Ogechi Amadi, Youth Are Us, Inc.  

  595. Valerie Deas, Artist 

  596. Esteban Cabeza De Baca, Artist

  597. Yasmeen Siddiqui, Minerva Projects
  598. Elizabeth Van Dyke, Woodiee King, Jr.'s NEW FEDERAL THEATRE
  599. Manal Abu-Shaheen, Artist
  600. Anna Matos, Gallery Director
  601. Grace Zhao, Artist
  602. Harley Spiller, Franklin Furnace Archive
  603. Marie Zvosec, Dance Artist
  604. Gail Nathan, Bronx River Art Center, Inc. (BRAC)
  605. Ingrid Kapteyn, Welcome to Campfire
  606. Claudia Norman, Mexico Now Festival
  607. Rachel Brown, Cultural Worker
  608. Parker Ramirez, Artist and Student
  609. Michael Palma, West Harlem Arts Alliance
  610. Kyle Lucia Wu, Kundiman, Inc.
  611. Sarah Cecilia Bukowski, Working Artist


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