QUESTION
What is the Department of Cultural Affairs doing to support cultural institutions and workforce development in the arts?
3:26:36
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153 sec
The commissioner explains that the Department of Cultural Affairs is developing the Culture at Risk program to connect cultural organizations with resources from city, state and federal agencies, as well as corporations and foundations.
- The Culture at Risk program expands the network of resources available to cultural institutions
- It helps organizations access resources from various government agencies and private entities
- Many cultural institutions participate in workforce development programs
- The commissioner wants to better connect young people to workforce development in arts and culture careers
Carlina Rivera
3:26:36
So can you just really quickly mention about the culture risk program?
3:26:40
I know it's serving the community because I think that's a great program to mention.
3:26:45
And, you know, because that one time funding you're mentioning is is also because of the council.
3:26:51
But I want I wanted to talk about something you know, in terms of culture at risk, but also how the department is assisting with workforce development and job pipelines just to close this out.
3:27:00
Mhmm.
Laurie Cumbo
3:27:01
So, Andel Castillo, on our team, senior adviser, is developing the culture at risk program.
3:27:07
She's taking her experiences from home and bringing them here to the apartment of cultural affairs.
3:27:12
And really what the culture at risk program and arm of DCLA is doing is really expanding the network resources of the city agencies here as well as with state and federal partners.
3:27:26
To provide connectivity to cultural institutions on the federal state, city, even corporation, and foundation level.
3:27:34
To connect organizations and artists in some ways in our local arts councils to resources that agencies have, but also that are seen all throughout the state as well as the federal government.
3:27:45
Because a lot of the challenges that there are resources available for so many organizations but they are not connected to those resources.
3:27:53
So it's leading them, walking them through the process of how to act assess many of the resources throughout our city's agencies, but also on the state level.
3:28:03
This is also in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts.
3:28:06
As well as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum And Library Services.
3:28:11
This is really bringing organizations further and greater connectivity and resources all throughout.
3:28:19
And as it pertains to workforce development, many of our cultural institutions are participating on a large level in terms of being workforce development providers such as roundabout theater, such as the Brooklyn Botanic garden.
3:28:32
These are incredible organizations that are doing workforce development.
3:28:35
One of the things that I would like to do as commissioner is to continue to understand and to and to have a full resource of opportunity so that we can connect particularly our young people to all of these workforce development programs and making sure that there's better connectivity, but they are also a greater part of the city's workforce development programs.
3:28:58
And agencies and are seen as a true champion of workforce development in the careers of art and culture.
Carlina Rivera
3:29:07
Thank you for that.
