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The Alliance for the Arts serves the entire cultural community through research and advocacy and serves the public through cultural guides and calendars.

Description:
The Alliance for the Arts serves the entire cultural community through research and advocacy and serves the public through cultural guides and calendars. We publish information on the arts and cultural events in New York City as well as studies highlighting the importance of the arts to the economy and to education.

The Alliance is a resource for:

• Children, parents and teachers using our arts education guides
• The general public and visitors to New York
• New York’s cultural community
• Government and civic leaders who read our studies
• Artists, curators and historians served by the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS.



History:
Since 1986, the Alliance has been an advocate for all the arts, organizing common efforts to increase funding and involve cultural institutions in the city’s economic and educational policy making. Its publications actively promote support for the arts in general and for arts education in particular.

The Alliance is a publisher of a number of books and reports and electronic publications. Two books are sold commercially, but they and all other Alliance publications are donated to public libraries, schools and arts organizations for free public access. A total of seven publications have been produced in the last year and are currently available:

The Arts and Business Survey: This report—based on a survey of Business Improvement Districts, Local Development Corporations and their relationships with the New York City Cultural Community—seeks to build a broad composite picture of the business-culture relationships under investigation, and to point out the benefits of these interactions and provide a few illustrative case studies.
Culture Builds New York: This study takes a look at the economic impact of capital construction at New York City cultural institutions.
Who Pays for the Arts? This report looks at income trends at New York City's cultural organizations. This pioneering study reveals the importance of public funding to arts groups, particularly those in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island and those with smaller budgets citywide. It looks at the patters of funding from the public and private sectors, as well as the emergence of earned income as a significant source of revenue; $12.95 paper, 16.95 from the Alliance (includes shipping and handling)
The Economic Impact of the Arts in New York City and New York (1997): This study was commissioned by the New York State Council on the Art and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. It is the first of its kind and provides new information that the arts continue to have a major impact on the economic health of New York City and State;
New York City Culture Catalog: published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1994). The most complete cultural guide available; $12.95 paper, 16.95 from the Alliance (includes shipping and handling).
Kids Culture Catalog, 2nd edition, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1998). A guide for teachers and parents to arts programs in New York City for children, families and school groups; $12.95 paper, 16.95 from the Alliance (includes shipping and handling).
Future Safe, Estate Planning for Artists in a Time of AIDS (1992). Practical advice about the preservation of artistic work. Distributed free by the Alliance.
NYCkidsARTS. Twice yearly pamphlet featuring arts education programs at cultural institutions or in schools for children, written for teachers and parents and distributed free by the Alliance with the Board of Education and the United Federation of Teachers. Teachers should contact their district arts coordinator to obtain a copy. Copies may be purchased from the Alliance, $3.95 per copy (includes shipping and handling).
NYC ARTS Culture Guide and Calendar. Published each summer since the summer of 1996, these calendars have been highly visible and successful as well as providing an important source of earned income. They are distributed free all around the city at visitors centers and cultural institutions. Copies may be purchased from the Alliance, $3.95 per copy (includes shipping and handling).



Contact people:


Robert Bangiola, Supervisor, (212) 947-6340 Erin Butler, Office Manager, (212) 947-6340


Office fax number: (212) 947-6416

Address:


330 West 42nd Street, Suite 1701 New York, NY 10036 (See a map)


Web Site: http://www.allianceforarts.org

Directions:

West 42nd Street, between 8th and 9th, south side of the street.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, N, R, W, S

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