Alliance for the Arts 
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Address: 330 West 42nd Street #1701, New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212.947.6340 Fax: 212.947.6416
Web site: www.allianceforarts.org Email: info@allianceforarts.org

Description:
Now in its 23rd year, the Alliance has a broad mandate to promote New York City's cultural life through research and publications which increase the public's awareness of the arts. The Alliance is one of a dozen or so arts service organizations in New York City which serve the general public and the arts community. The Alliance's special role is as a leader in: publishing cultural guides; researching the economic impact of the arts; and promoting arts education in the schools through guides and research. The Alliance is an advocate for all the arts, organizing common efforts to increase funding and involve cultural institutions in the cityÕs economic and educational policy making. Its publications actively promote support for the arts in general and for arts education in particular.

Type of Organization/Individual:
Not-for-Profit

Programs:
The Alliance is a leader in developing electronic applications of its publishing and research activities. It has established three sites on the InternetÑfor the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, the New York City Culture Guide & Calendar and for NYC Kids Arts. The Alliance has taken the lead in working with the Department of Cultural Affairs in developing the NYC Citywide Cultural Database, a computerized Internet-based intranet linking the city arts agency with nonprofit organizations which collect and use information about the arts and will promote the cityÕs cultural life to the general public, teachers, parents and kids. This will be the most comprehensive resource of its kind, both a centralized location to access information about culture in New York and a gateway to other cultural resources. ::The Alliance is a nonprofit research center, responding to issues in the cultural community which need study and analysis or in organizing advocacy efforts for government funding for the arts or promotion of the arts to the tourist industry. Its economic impact studies have resulted in increased government funding and have coordinated the centralization of a database reflecting the arts industry in New York City and State. ::::The Alliance is based in New York but has an impact as a national organization, primarily through the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS and its widely replicated studies of the economic impact of the arts. The Estate Project is leading national efforts to preserve the work of artists with AIDS in partnerships with a variety of institutions including the Guggenheim Museum, the New York Public Library and the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. :: ::

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Published Materials:
The Alliance is a publisher of a number of books and reports and electronic publications:::The Economic Impact of the Arts in New York City and New York (1997); New York City Culture Catalog, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1994); Kids Culture Catalog, 2nd edition, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1998); Future Safe, Estate Planning for Artists in a Time of AIDS (1992); Kids Culture Calendar; New York Culture Calendar; The Events Clearinghouse Calendar. Published six times yearly and available in print only by subscription, this city-supported listing of benefits and other events in the entire nonprofit community helps prevent scheduling conflicts. We offer a free call-in service and will register all events free of charge.

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::Bronx::Brooklyn::Manhattan::Queens::

Area Served:
::NY City::

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Paid Full Time

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Subject Areas:
::Advocacy::Information Systems::Cultural Heritage::Education/Outreach::

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