WHO PAYS FOR THE ARTS?
The Future of Cultural Funding in New York City
Friday, February 15, 2002
6–8:30 PM
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Surviving the impact of the recession and September 11th and planning the future of funding for New York City's vast number of cultural organizations will be the topics of a daylong symposium to be held on Friday, February 15th, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway at 116th Street, Manhattan.

The symposium is presented by the Alliance for the Arts and the National Arts Journalism Program. In attendance will be arts leaders, funders, academics, journalists and policy-makers to discuss the ever-changing partnership between public and private funding sources.

Topics include:
· An overview of a brand new study (called "Who Pays for the Arts?") analyzing cultural funding trends in the late 1990s
· Updated information on arts funding sources and trends for the year 2001
· Release of the results of the post-September 11th survey of the field conducted by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts
· How committed are the state and federal governments to the arts?
· Is New York City giving enough to the arts?
· What is the future of philanthropic support for the cultural community?
· What role will the arts play in the economic rebuilding of New York?

Among the speakers will be New York Historical Society president Kenneth T. Jackson, A Cultural Blueprint for New York City director Kinshasha Holman Conwill, and Harvey Lichtenstein, chairman of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Local Development Corporation.

Those interested in attending can visit www.allianceforarts.org, call (212) 947-6340 or email bgerard@allianceforarts.org

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2950 Broadway at 116th Street, Manhattan

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