Region Served: New York City
- Academy of American Poets All Counties
- 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.
- 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 - Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
- 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.
- Allied Productions Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
- 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.
- American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
- 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.
- American Music Center All Counties
- 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.
- American Symphony Orchestra League All Counties
- 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.
- AMERINDA (American Indian Artists) All Counties
- American Indian Artists (AMERINDA) works to empower Native Americans, break down barriers, and foster intercultural understanding and appreciation of Native culture. Through a variety of arts programs, productions, and services to artists, AMERINDA supports Native artists who embody the traditional practices and values that define Native culture. AMERINDA also promotes the indigenous perspective in the arts to a wide audience through the creation of new works in contemporary art forms-visual, literary, performing, and media arts.
- Architectural League of New York Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
- The mission of the Architectural League is to promote understanding of the values of the art of architecture and its critical contributions to public life. The league develops and presents annual programs of lectures, exhibitions and design studies that illustrate the state of the art and the possibilities of its application to current issues. The League does so to raise the standard of architectural discourse, enrich the work of designers and give content to public discussions of major issues concerning our designed environment.
- Art Commission of the City of New York Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island) Counties
- The Art Commission is the New York City agency that is responsible for the review and approval of works of art, architecture and landscape architecture on City-owned property. The commission reviews a wide variety of projects for their aesthetic appropriateness, including distinctive sidewalks, construction and restoration of buildings, parks and playgrounds, installation of street lighting and streetscape design, and the design, installation, and conservation of artwork. The agency consists of eleven members and three full-time staff.
