Artists painting murals with NYC high school students as part of the City Artist Corps program (Courtesy Van Vorst Films) A new program spearheaded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide guaranteed income and jobs for up to 2,700 artists living throughout New York State.
The $125 million initiative, Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY), will issuemonthly, no-strings-attached payments to up to 2,400 artists with financial need over the next three years. The program will also fund the salaries of an additional 300 artists, who will be employed by dozens of partnering community-based organizations across the state, for two years. […]
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