The initiative, which kicked off in March, allows cultural organizations to apply for permits to host performances on certain city streets—an effort to help the performance arts sector, hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions, rebound.
ARTS and CULTURE
Opinion: Supporting NYC’s Immigrant Arts Ecosystem Through Crisis and Beyond
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‘Yet while immigrants now account for nearly one-third of all artists in the city and play an essential role anchoring New York’s position as a global leader in contemporary culture, the pandemic is threatening their livelihoods.’
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PHOTOS: NYC’s Trump Years
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A look back on some of the pivotal moments in New York during the last four years, from protests to the immigration ban to Trump’s impact on local elections.
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The Check In: COVID-19 and Latino Artists
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This week, City Limits’ Spanish-language reporter and editor Daniel Parra talks about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Latino arts organizations in the city and nationwide.
Art at the Limits
City’s Latino Artists Disproportionately Impacted By the Pandemic
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Latino artists report lower rates of health insurance, greater economic losses and higher unemployment. A higher number of them have seen their health or their family’s health directly impacted by COVID-19.
ARTS and CULTURE
Artistas latinos impactados desproporcionadamente por la pandemia
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Artistas latinos reportan: mayores pérdidas económicas, mayor desempleo, en mayor medida han visto su salud o la de su familia afectada directamente por el coronavirus y en un mayor porcentaje no tienen seguro médico.
Art at the Limits
Watch: Amid Isolation and Distance, the Sounds and Dance of New York’s Soul Break Through
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An organization that fosters traditional dance from the city’s many ethnic groups is taking its work, and the movements and music of its performers, online.
Art at the Limits
Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19
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In lieu of a centralized memorial, artists and everyday New Yorkers are creating temporary monuments to honor the people—disproportionately immigrant, working class, Black and Latino—who have died in a diffuse crisis with no clear end in sight.
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Subway Art Campaign Tackles Anti-Asian Bias During COVID-19
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From the start of the city’s coronavirus crisis in February 2020, the city’s Commission on Human Rights received more than 566 reports of discrimination, harassment, and bias related to COVID-19, 184 of which were anti-Asian in nature.
Art at the Limits
Could a New ‘New Deal’ Put Artists to Work Shaping the City?
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Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.
Age Justice
NYC’s Older Adults Find Community in Remote Art Programs
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Amid the fear and isolation of the pandemic, art discussions, history lectures and even new virtual ukulele lessons stimulate memory and keep older adults connected.