New York Department of Cultural Affairs
Arts fundingnews
Laurie Cumbo, city council member who founded a museum in Brooklyn, tapped to lead New York’s cultural affairs department
New York mayor Eric Adams has allegedly selected Cumbo, founder of Brooklyn’s Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, to lead the largest municipal arts department in the US
Emergency grantsnews
Grants multiply as government agencies and foundations seek to rescue US cultural organisations amid pandemic
Latest allocations include $32.8m from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $47.1m from New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs
Museums & Heritagecomment
Why it is vital to promote cultural inclusion at New York's institutions
The arts sector must engage in constant dialogue with communities, says the city's commissioner of cultural affairs
Monumentsnews
First She Built NYC monument to honour Shirley Chisholm
A statue of the “unbought and unbossed” first black US congresswoman is to be unveiled in Prospect Park in 2020
Michael Bloombergarchive
Bloomberg calls for collaboration, not censorship in New York
Mayor Bloomberg has set up a Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission which, he says, will help non-profit organisations