Arts Funding Helps In-Person Performances Make a Creative Comeback
BIPOC arts organization receives funding from City Council.
The Coronavirus Shutdown Is Devastating New York City’s Independent Theaters
Almost all of the city’s small theaters are non-profits that operate on annual budgets of a few hundred thousand dollars.
Taxidermy 101: The Art of Wildlife Preservation
Some people spend their Sundays in church, others like to unwind with a good book, but in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a small group of artists are rolling up their sleeves, grabbing scalpels and cutting open a mischief of mice to learn the craft of taxidermy. Leading the course is Katie Innamoroto, 27, a woman whose curiosity and passion for wildlife led her to the study of preservation, natural history and inadvertently, a side job as a teacher. Innamoroto’s perfectionist nature and ethical practices have gained her tens of thousands of followers on social media and are shaping the emergence of a
The Journey of Hope
One artist in Rockaway keeps the art of stained glass alive with an apprenticeship program.
All the World’s a Stage in Bryant Park
It was William Shakespeare’s birthday, his 451st to be precise, and the occasion was celebrated with music, open mic performances of his greatest monologues, and the hanging of banners, on which passersby could scribble down their favorite quote or phrase written by the Bard.