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The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905–1996), with backing from Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and began its work in 1961. It awards more than ...
The American Fine Arts Society Building at 215 West 57th Street. The Art Students League of New York is an art school in the American Fine Arts Society in Manhattan, New York City. The Arts Students League is known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists. Although artists may study full-time, there have never been any ...
A 2006 survey, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, of the 2000 - 2004 Preserve NYS grant recipients found that funds supplied by the Preservation League “lead directly to the rehabilitation of historic places, leverage significant additional resources (cash and in-kind), and protect properties at the local, state and national ...
The National Arts Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and members club on Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City.It was founded in 1898 by Charles DeKay, an art and literary critic of the New York Times, to "stimulate, foster, and promote public interest in the arts and to educate the American people in the fine arts".
Georgette Seabrooke (aka Georgette Seabrooke Powell; August 2, 1916 – December 27, 2011), was an American muralist, artist, illustrator, art therapist, non-profit chief executive and educator. She is best known for her 1936 mural, Recreation in Harlem at Harlem Hospital in New York City, which was restored and put on public display in 2012 ...
The City of New York is home to many arts organizations. They include: American Dance Festival. Bronx Council on the Arts. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Brooklyn Historic Railway Association. City Parks Foundation. Creative Time. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Ad Hoc Committee of Women Artists. Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. Afrikan Poetry Theatre. Alliance for the Arts. Alliance of Figurative Artists. Alwan for the Arts. America-Israel Cultural Foundation. American Abstract Artists. American Art-Union.
The New York State Summer School of the Arts was established in 1971, under Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, opening with the Orchestral Studies program. [9] In 1976 the School was expanded with the addition of Ballet, Choral, Theater, Media Arts, and Visual Arts programs. NYSSSA was expanded further in 1988 with the Dance and Jazz programs.