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ABACA/Arts Benefit All Coalition Alternative
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ABACA (Arts Benefit All Coalition Alternative) was
created in 1992 to enhance student academic achievement, broaden student
cultural horizons and build self esteem through experiences of success in
visual and performing arts learning and training.
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Academy of American Poets
All Counties
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The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to
support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the
appreciation of contemporary American poetry.
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Adirondack Architectural Heritage
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Warren Counties
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The mission of Adirondack Architectural Heritage is
to further greater public understanding, appreciation and stewardship of the architecture, historic sites and communities of New York State's Adirondack Park through education, technical assistance, advocacy and partnerships.
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Adirondack Center for Writing
Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, St. Lawrence, Warren Counties
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The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) is a
resource and educational organization providing support to writers and
enhancing literary activity and communication in the Adirondacks. ACW
benefits both emerging and established writers as well as develops literary
audiences by encouraging partnerships among exisiting regional organizations
to promote diverse programs.
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Alliance for the Arts
All Counties
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Founded in 1976, the Alliance has a broad mandate to
promote New York’s cultural life through research and publications to increase the public's awareness of the arts. Our special role: advocating for a public/private partnership in support of the cultural community; publishing cultural guides; researching the economic impact of the arts; promoting arts education in the schools through guides and research; and serving individual artists.
The Alliance has five main constituencies:
- New York’s cultural community
- the general public in New York and tourists served by our cultural guides
- government and civic leaders who use and are influenced by our economic and other research
- children, parents and teachers using our arts education guides
- artists, curators and historians served by the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS
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Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
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A.R.T./New York is the service organization for the
nation's largest, most culturally diverse and most artistically influential
theatre community: Off Broadway. We were founded in 1972 by 49 Off Off
Broadway companies to serve and promote this important new industry and we
have upheld this mission by identifying and responding to the immediate and
long-term issues affecting our membership. Services include cash grants,
low-interest loans, low-cost office and rehearsal space, and technical
assistance to theatres in all five boroughs. In recent years we have given
particular emphasis to improving the cultural life and economic conditions of
the City’s low-and moderate-income neighborhoods. A.R.T./New York’s
membership is growing rapidly -- we now have a total membership of 425
not-for-profit theatres.
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Allied Productions
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
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Allied Productions was founded in 1981 as a 501(c)3
not-for-profit arts organization to support and foster individuals, groups
and organizations active in all areas of the arts. It is a multipurpose
entity run by artists for artists that presents, produces and sponsors.
Since its incorporation it has provided services and support to individuals,
groups and organizations actively involved in the production of visual,
performing and media arts. Allied has a proven track record for effective
management. Allied's contacts and resource lists are a vital reference for
locating funding sources, materials and production space. In New York City,
as a pivotal site, our projects intersect with three programs: Improvement of
quality of life in disadvantaged neighborhoods, enhancing of public space and
community life, and the fostering of an environment conducive to the artistic
and creative process.
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American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba
Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan),
Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
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The American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of
Cuba builds cultural bridges between the United States and Cuba and provides
opportunities to promote and foster the exchange of ideas and information
through art. Aimed to enrich and expand creative expressions, the group
creates and sponsors exchange programs by offering residencies, internships,
educational exchanges and cultural festivals in contemporary fine art,
photography, film, video and the performing arts.
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American Music Center
All Counties
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The purpose of the American Music Center is to build
a national community for new American music. The center accomplishes this by
providing field-wide advocacy, promotion, and support for new music and the
artists who create it. Among its many core programs and services, AMC offers
an information service that responds to more than 35,000 inquiries annually,
an online library and listening room for new music
(www.newmusicjukebox.org), access to a 65,000-piece
library of original scores and recordings, a Web magazine for new American
music (www.newmusicbox.com), professional development
workshops, a monthly listing of new music opportunities, networking groups
for new music professionals, grants to artists and organizations, and other
projects initiated in response to specific needs of the field. Currently,
34% of AMC's membership resides in New York State, while thousands of
non-member New Yorkers benefit from the Center's services and attend
performances facilitated by AMC programs.
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American Symphony Orchestra League
All Counties
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The mission of the American Symphony Orchestra
League is to provide leadership and service to American orchestras while
communicating to the American public the value and importance of orchestras
and the music they perform. Founded in 1942, the league serves more than 900
member symphony, chamber, youth, and university orchestras of all sizes, and
supports a network of thousands of musicians, conductors, managers, board
members, volunteers, staff members and business partners. Within New York
State, the league currently provides service to 64 orchestras, 63 business
members, 15 libraries, 11 non-profit organizations, 3 placement centers and
314 individual members.