New York City Launches $25 Million Recovery Program to Support Artists and Performers The City Artist Corps will pay artists, musicians, and performers to create public works across the city. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox
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New York City is launching a $25 million program to provide funding for artists for public works and to support artists who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The City Artist Corps will pay artists, musicians, and performers to create public works across the city. That includes performances, pop-up shows, stand up comedy shows, graffiti murals, and other community art projects. According to
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New York City is launching a $25 million program to provide funding for artists for public works and to support artists who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The City Artist Corps will pay artists, musicians, and performers to create public works across the city. That includes performances, pop-up shows, stand up comedy shows, graffiti murals, and other community art projects. According to
Hyper Allergic, the program is slated to create jobs for more than 1,500 artists in the city, a fraction of the more than 50,000 that reside in the five boroughs.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the program drew inspiration from President Franklin Roosevelt’s Federal Art Project, which was part of his New Deal to bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
Kazuko Koike wearing a mask designed by Tadanori Yokoo
Tokyo-born creative director Kazuko Koike has been a member of the Advisory Board for Muji (Mujirushi Ryohin) since its founding in 1980. In 1983, Kazuko founded the Sagacho Exhibit Space, where she was president, offering a platform to numerous Japanese and international modern artists to showcase their work. In 2020, she organised an exhibition about the iconic space - which closed in 2000 - at The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma.
Kazuko has also authored numerous books on art and design, including the recent Art/Meson Kazuko at the Frontline of Creation (2020, Heibonsha). In 2020, she was awarded the Agency of Cultural Affairs Commissioner’s Commendation, and she is currently an honorary professor at the Musashino Art University.