Groundswell Community Mural Project
Edwin Torres, Associate Director at the Rockefeller Foundation, is featured in this video produced by Groundswell Community Mural Project, which received a 2011 Cultural Innovation Fund.
2011 Cultural Innovation Fund Winners Announced
Photo: Bjorn Wallander
The Rockefeller Foundation Gives Nearly $3 Million to Support Local New York City Artists
Remarks by Heather Grady at Design with the Other 90%: Cities
The Heather Grady, Vice President of Foundation Initiatives at the Rockefeller Foundation, spoke at the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Municipal Art Society Unveils Results of 2nd NYC Annual Livability Survey
83% Say Life in New York is Good, but Dissatisfaction with City Services and Amenities are Top Concerns.
The Rockefeller Foundation Honors De Niro, Rosenthal, Sadik-Khan and White with 2011 Jane Jacobs Medal
Tribeca Film Festival pioneers honored for lifetime leadership and urban transportation visionaries lauded for re-shaping the way New York City moves.
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2011 Cultural Innovation Fund Winners Announced
Press Release Recipients
What's Next for U.S. Cities?
Randall's Island Park Exhibit
© Vincent Laforet
FLOW.11 is an environmental art exhibition along the shoreline at Randall’s Island Park to foster appreciation through artistic expression, while calling visitors to interact with and care for the island environment.
Award Winner's New Play
The New York Times reviews The Foundry Theater's "Pins and Needles," a new play about working people’s struggles, running at the Irondale Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The play was funded through a 2010 NYC Cultural Innovation Fund award.
MADE HERE
The NYC Cultural Innovation Fund supported HERE Arts Center in creating MADE HERE, an online documentary series examining the real-life experiences of performing artists living and working in NYC.
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Mute Button on Prospect Park
The Guggenheim Museum, a grantee of the NYC Opportunities Fund, has commissioned a series of public performances and installations throughout New York City to identify, create or transform moments of stillness and quiet in the city. “Mute Button on Prospect Park” is arranged by actors from Improv Everywhere. Watch their recent creative intervention in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
