“Cultural organizations are really filling a gap for arts instruction in New York City schools,” Olsen said.The mayor’s office, DOE chancellor Richard A. Carranza, and the DOE’s Office of Arts & Special Projects did not respond to inquiries from Artnet News.Kelly Garcia’s art class at Manhattan Bridges High School. Photo by Kelly Garcia.Public school students’ already-limited access to art classes will now likely be reduced further—mirroring what happened in the city in the 1970s, when funding cuts saw arts teachers lose their jobs and studios converted into classrooms.The 2021 budget also slashes $3 million from the $17.3 million Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) program, a partnership with New York City Council and the Department of Cultural Affairs that connects schools with over 90 cultural organizations.
But the question of exactly how much smaller, there doesn’t seem to be an answer yet. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York City lawmakers approved a more than $88 billion budget overnight. These cuts, she added, would “deprive students of an equitable education.”©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. I wanted us to take larger head count reductions. We can’t do anything in this city except add on 1,000 police officers.
Another $116 million will go towards education, $134 million to family and social services. Now, “there’s always a long waiting list for it,” she told Artnet News, noting that art is a powerful communication tool for her students as they work to master the English language.
New York City’s $88.1 billion austerity budget for the 2021 fiscal year passed on Tuesday night. Among the hard hit is New York City’s Department of Education, which will see $15 million cut from the $21.5 million budget for arts education services in middle and high schools—a roughly 70 percent reduction.The austerity measures coincide with a broader debate over the budget, which originally allocated “Now more than ever, the students need the arts as a vehicle to express themselves, to build community, to think critically, and also to process the world around them, from the reality of this pandemic to the reality that systemic racism persists in our school system, one of the most highly segregated school systems in the country,” Kimberly Olsen, the organization’s executive director, told Artnet News.Schools without art teachers, compared to the neighborhood’s household income, as of 2014. But some city lawmakers -- … At the time, the school offered no such classes. We need to go farther. I wanted a true hiring freeze. He proposed borrowing a maximum of $5 billion, spread across two years: $3 billion for fiscal 2021 and an additional $2 billion for fiscal 2022 as the city digs out of its COVID-19 financial crater. “Arts education is a right for all New York City students, especially students who are Black, indigenous, or people of color,” Olsen said. Image courtesy of the NYC Department of Education and the US Census Bureau.In response, De Blasio raised arts education funding to $23 million. I feel that to take art away is to remove that release that they have.”Garcia currently teaches one section of 34 students for a student body of 500, and also runs the after-school music club (there are no music classes). “We’re in New York City the cultural capital of the world,” she said. “Art is really the class where they have the chance to show what they’re thinking and feeling. I wanted us to cancel addition classes. But some schools still don’t meet the city’s standards.At Manhattan Bridges High School, a bilingual school for Spanish-speaking children in Midtown, physics instructor Kelly Garcia was conscripted to teach art two years ago. Photo by Kelly Garcia.As part of its campaign, Arts Art Essential argued that arts education cuts were an equity issue. — NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson (@NYCSpeakerCoJo) “I wanted us to go deeper. The New York City Council has scrapped a $1 million initiative to prevent hate crimes from its upcoming annual budget. New York City Council busies itself with renaming an agency Hamptons Chainsmokers concert could have civil, criminal repercussions NYC rolls out $1.3B in budget cuts …