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Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionSet aside additional $1.5 million in Mayoral funding for arts education programs. This includes $375K to fund another round of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Emergency Relief Grant program, doubling the investment DCLA made in this fund last year as a way to support the hard-hit arts educator community. The remaining funding was used to increase grant support for 91 cultural groups providing arts education services in SIAP and TRIE neighborhoods.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $1.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: Arts EducationCDFEquityFunding
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionSet aside 20% of $350 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Academic Recovery funding for schools to increase arts education for students' academic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. This $70 million supported arts education residencies, teacher professional development, supplies/materials/equipment, and student arts programs in every NYCDOE school.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $70M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationCOVID-19DOEFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy B: Expand access to arts education for Multilingual Learners and students with disabilities, including professional development for educators and teaching artists
ActionArts Partnership Grants provided direct arts education services to students focused on multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and family engagement. Grants were limited to schools whose grants were cut short due to school closures in March 2020 for Covid-19. Grants were awarded to 180 schools to work with 53 arts and cultural organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $3.163145M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDisability InclusionDOEEquityProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
Action Continued a pilot serving children birth to 2 years old and their families at selected NYCEEC, NYCHA, and Head Start sites, leveraging creative arts experiences for parents, family members, and their youngest children.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $40K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
Action Funded a sixth year of PreK Create, offering 200 educators and site directors a virtual professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K and 3K students.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $674K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 3: Strengthen connections between the cultural sector and governmentStrategy C: Leverage Cultural Affairs' support to open new pathways to other public funding and resources
ActionMaterials for the Arts offered additional free field trips to Title I schools in the 5 boroughs to promote Creative Reuse and environmental sustainability to NYC DOE schools.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOESustainabilityYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy D: Coordinate cross-agency efforts to expand free and affordable after-school arts and cultural programs citywide
ActionAdministered $14.9 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 158 organizations to provide free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $14.9M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: Arts EducationCouncil InitiativesFundingYouth
Objective : In partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and 65+ cultural arts partners, launched more than 200 murals and performance-based projects at Summer Rising school sites across the City, as part of the larger City Artist Corps program.Strategy : In partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and 65+ cultural arts partners, launched more than 200 murals and performance-based projects at Summer Rising school sites across the City, as part of the larger City Artist Corps program.
ActionIn partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and 65+ cultural arts partners, launched more than 200 murals and performance-based projects at Summer Rising school sites across the City, as part of the larger City Artist Corps program.
Budget: $5.675M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEIndividual artistsPublic ArtYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionProvided over 269 passes through the Culture Pass program, for school administrators to experience diverse offerings from 18 arts and cultural orgnaizations across the City at significantly discounted rates, and bring them back to their school communities for teachers, students, and families.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy B: Expand access to arts education for Multilingual Learners and students with disabilities, including professional development for educators and teaching artists
ActionProvided Arts Partnership Grants to 180 schools directly to work with 53 cultural organizations for arts education services to students focused on multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and family engagement. Grants were limited to schools whose grants were cut short due to school closures in March 2020 for COVID-19.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $1.08M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDisability InclusionDOELanguage InclusionYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionCompleted a pilot to support 12 common branch elementary school arts teachers in District 31 (Staten Island) to take supplementary coursework through CUNY to earn a supplemental certification in the arts.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $26K
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionDeveloped “Considerations for Blended and Remote Learning in the Arts” that provided guidance to school leaders and teachers to safely delivering arts instruction and strategies for effective instructionin remote and blended learning.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionContinued a pilot serving children birth to 2 years old and their families at selected NYCEEC, NYCHA, and Head Start sites, leveraging creative arts experiences for parents, family members, and their youngest children.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $10K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionFunded a reduced fifth year of PreK Create, offering 200 educators and site directors a virtual professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K and 3K students.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $240K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionProvided $750,000 to support programming at 25 arts education organizations and to support the Arts Educator Emergency Relief Fund from New York City Arts in Education Roundtable, which awarded 340 unrestricted grants of $1,000 each. DCLA’s COVID-19 impact survey found that greatest loss of artistic employment comes from arts education organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $750K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: Arts EducationCOVID-19Funding
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy D: Coordinate cross-agency efforts to expand free and affordable after-school arts and cultural programs citywide
ActionAdministered $12.6 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 150 organizations to provide free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $12.6M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessArts EducationCouncil InitiativesYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy B: Expand access to arts education for Multilingual Learners and students with disabilities, including professional development for educators and teaching artists
ActionAwarded arts partnership grants to 357 schools to work with 96 unique arts and cultural organizations to offer arts education services to students focused on multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and family engagement.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $4.07351M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessAccessibilityArts EducationDisability InclusionDOEEducationEquityFundingLanguage InclusionYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy E: Build in-depth, multi-year partnerships between arts and cultural organizations and the Department of Education to provide training for teachers and administrators and to educate students using experiential and new learning models
ActionPartnered with arts and cultural organizations, through DOE's Office of Arts and Special Projects, to offer culturally relevant professional development to 2,849 certified art teachers, in addition to assigned teachers of the arts that connects dance, moving image, music, theater, and visual arts teachers, Arts Education Liaisons, and students with resources and programs throughout the City.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationEquityProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionProvided 1,349 school administrators an opportunity to experience diverse offerings from 22 arts and cultural organizations across the City at significantly discounted rates, and bring them back to their school communities for teachers, students, and families through the Culture Pass Program for School Leaders.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessArts EducationDOEEducationYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy B: Expand access to arts education for Multilingual Learners and students with disabilities, including professional development for educators and teaching artists
ActionExpanded Multilingual Learners and the Arts, a pilot to support 8 schools in District 10 in the Bronx by deepening visual arts and music learning in conjunction with language acquisition.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: Arts EducationDisability InclusionDOEProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionLaunched Accelerated Arts Teacher Certification, a pilot to support 15 common branch elementary school arts teachers in District 31 (Staten Island) to take coursework through CUNY to earn a supplemental certification in the arts.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $60K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationEquityProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionLaunched a pilot serving 12 children (0-2 years old) and their families at selected NYCEEC, NYCHA, and Head Start sites that provided creative arts experiences for parents, family members, and their youngest children.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $10K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionFunded a fourth year of PreK Create, offering 200 educators and site directors a professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K and 3K students.tr
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $613.118K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 3: Strengthen connections between the cultural sector and governmentStrategy D: Use existing communication channels to promote nonprofit and for profit cultural offerings
ActionCreated a 3D virtual tour of Materials for the Arts allowing users to take a self-guided tour of the MFTA warehouse, classrooms, gallery, and artist studio. 
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessArts EducationCommunicationsCOVID-19Youth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionLaunched the Materials for the Arts Online Education Center to provide teachers and students access to art-infused projects, lesson plans, and online field trips, while learning remotely. The resources were designed for students ranging from Pre-K through 12th grade with content from multiple subject areas.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessArts EducationCOVID-19DOEYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy D: Coordinate cross-agency efforts to expand free and affordable after-school arts and cultural programs citywide
ActionAdministered $14.7 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 737 free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $14.74M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessArts EducationCouncil InitiativesYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionFunded a second year of PreK Create, offering 1,244 educators and site directors a professional development program and toolkits to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K students.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $956.554K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEprofessional-development. fundingYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy D: Coordinate cross-agency efforts to expand free and affordable after-school arts and cultural programs citywide
ActionAdministered $15.3 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 765 free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $15.3M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessArts EducationCouncil InitiativesYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy D: Coordinate cross-agency efforts to expand free and affordable after-school arts and cultural programs citywide
ActionAdministered $13.26 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 663 free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $13.26M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Keywords: AccessArts EducationCouncil InitiativesYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy C: Connect DOE schools to local cultural organizations to bring culturally resonant and culturally responsive STEAM curricula to students
ActionHosted 500 middle and high school students for an overnight experience at the American Museum of Natural History to tour exhibits and learn about ancient Egyptian culture, organized by the Department of Youth and Community Development.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $60K
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: Arts EducationCIGDYCDYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionBegan developing a comprehensive arts education strategic plan that will address equitable and sequential, quality arts instruction in New York City public school students from 3K to 12th grade.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEquityYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionFunded a third year of PreK Create, offering 2,088 additional educators and site directors a professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K students.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $996.217K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth

Glossary

Cultural Institutions Group (CIG)

A 34-member group of cultural organizations located on City-owned property and receiving significant capital and operating support from the City.

Cultural Development Fund (CDF)

The Department of Cultural Affairs’ annual grant-making process for New York City's nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.

Fiscal Year (FY)

The New York City budget cycle starts on July 1 of a given year and ends on June 30 of the following year.

One-time

An action that occurred in the stated fiscal year.

Multi-year

An action that was initiated in the stated fiscal year and repeats for a finite number of years.

Ongoing

An action that was initiated in the stated fiscal year and occurs annually without a defined end date.

 
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