NYC's Cultural Institutions Group Welcomes Five New Members After Five-Year Expansion Pause
New York City's Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) has expanded for the first time in over five years, welcoming five new cultural nonprofits. The addition brings the total number of CIG institutions to 39, with each new member representing one of the city's five boroughs.
Mayor Eric Adams initially promised this expansion in his State of the City address in January. The new members are the Bronx Children's Museum, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, the Noble Maritime Collection, Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (PRTT), and BRIC. This is the first time BRIC has been admitted to CIG since Laurie Cumbo, the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, admitted Weeksville Heritage Center in 2019.
The five new institutions will now receive an annual operating subsidy, in addition to the annual support and energy subsidy they previously received from the Cultural Development Fund. Mayor Adams believes this expansion will provide affordable programming, good-paying jobs, and safe spaces for young people across the city.
With this expansion, CIG aims to foster greater equity in city support for the arts in all five boroughs, as stated by Commissioner Cumbo. The new institutions join CIG at a time when cultural organizations are increasingly vital to the city's social and economic fabric.
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