Contact: Ted Berger, Project Director, (212) 222-9236 Bill Aguado, (718) 931-9500 Edwin Ramoran, (718) 518-6728

$100,000 in new Grants For NEW York City Artists of African, Asian, & Latino Descent

CAll for artists in all Disciplines

New York, New York, May 24, 2006 –– The Urban Artist Initiative New York City (UAI/NYC) – comprised of the Asian American Arts Alliance, Association of Hispanic Arts, Harlem Arts Alliance, and Queens Council on the Arts, in partnership with the Bronx Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts – launches a new grants program for individual artists of color in New York City in all disciplines.

Grants, ranging from $250 to $2,500, will be awarded to support new works in all areas of visual, literary, and performing arts in the creation, development, and/or completion stages. In this pilot program, UAI/NYC will consider applications from individual artists of color of African, Asian, and Latino descent who reside in the five boroughs of New York City.

UAI/NYC’s goals are to: 1) provide direct grants to artists of color throughout New York City for new work; 2) increase the capacity of its partner community-based arts organizations who will award these grants; and 3) develop strategies for improved access to information for New York artists citywide including dissemination and new technology.

UAI/NYC is a major project of the Creative Communities program of Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) – a ten-year national campaign to improve conditions for artists in all disciplines, so that artists can more readily do their creative work and contribute to community life. UAI/NYC has received major funding from LINC, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Booth Ferris Foundation.

For Guidelines and Applications, please contact the individual partnering organizations, or send your request via email to uainyc@yahoo.com.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Must be postmarked by July 20, 2006.
Awards will be announced in September 2006.

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How-To-Apply Workshops

Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the citywide meetings listed below:

Harlem Arts Alliance
Monday, June 5, 2006, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Theatre of Riverside Church
91 Claremont Avenue (between West 120th and 122nd Streets)
1 block west of Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Public transportation: 1 train to 125th Street; nearby buses: M4, M104, Bx15, M60
RSVP: (212) 410-0030, extension 212 or UAI@harlemaa.org

Council on the Arts & Humanities
for Staten Island
Monday, June 19, 2006, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Staten Island Museum, 75 Stuyvesant Place, (at the corner of Wall Street and Richmond Terrace, just two blocks from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal)
Staten Island, NY 10301
Public Transportation:
From the Staten Island Ferry Terminal: Follow the signs To Streets. Make a right on Richmond Terrace and walk two blocks to the Ballpark and up Wall Street.
The Staten Island Terminal is served by the Staten Island Railway and the S40, S42, S44, S46, S48, S51, S52, S61, S62, S66, S67, S74, S76, S78, S90, S91, S92, S94, S96 and S98 bus routes.
RSVP: (718) 447-3329 or bjacobs@statenislandarts.org

Brooklyn Arts Council
Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Callahan Center at St. Francis College
180 Remsen Street (Between Clinton and Court)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Public transportation: 2, 3, 4, 5 trains to Borough Hall, A, C, F train to Jay Street/Borough Hall, R train to Court Street; nearby buses: B25, B26, B37, B38, B41, B45 B51, B52, B54, B57, B61, B67, B75, B103; S53, S79
RSVP: 718.625.0080 or seminars@brooklynarts.org

Asian American Arts Alliance and
New York Foundation for the Arts
Wednesday, June 21, 2006, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
NYFA, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th floor, near Spring Street
New York, NY 10013
Public transportation: C train to Spring Street, 1 train to Houston Street;
nearby buses: M6, M20, M21
RSVP: (212) 941-9208, extension 3

Bronx Council on the Arts
Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
450 Grand Concourse, C-190, at 149th Street
Bronx, NY 10451
Public transportation: 2, 4, 5 trains to 194th Street/Grand Concourse; nearby buses: Bx1 and Bx19
RSVP: (718) 518-6728

Association for Hispanic Arts
Thursday, June 29, 2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
161 East 106th Street (between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)
New York, NY 10029
Public transportation: 6 train to 103rd Street; nearby buses: M98, M101, M102, M103, M104
RSVP: (888) 876-1240

Queens Council on the Arts
Thursday, July 6, 2006, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Queens Borough Hall
120-55 Queens Boulevard (near Union Turnpike, 126th Street and 82nd Avenue)
Room 213
Kew Gardens, NY 11424
Public transportation: E or F trains to Union Turnpike; nearby buses: Q10, Q10A, Q37, Q46, Q60, Q74
RSVP: (718) 647-3377, extension 15

Association for Hispanic Arts
Saturday, July 8, 2006, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
161 East 106th Street (between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)
New York, NY 10029
Public transportation: 6 train to 103rd Street; nearby buses: M98, M101, M102, M103, M104
RSVP: (888) 876-1240

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How-To-Apply Workshops

Harlem Arts Alliance
Monday, July 10, 2006, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
Theatre of Riverside Church
91 Claremont Avenue (between West 120th and 122nd Streets) 1 block west of Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Public transportation: 1 train to 125th Street; nearby buses: M4, M104, Bx15, M60
RSVP: (212) 410-0030, extension 212 or UAI@harlemaa.org

For more information, please contact one of the participating organizations:

Asian American Arts Alliance
Contact: Kelly Kuwabara
(212) 941-9208, extension 3
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
www.aaartsalliance.org

Association of Hispanic Arts
Contact: Julia Gutiérrez-Rivera
(888) 876-1240
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
www.latinoarts.org

Harlem Arts Alliance
Contact: Linda Walton
(212) 410-0030, extension 212 or UAI@harlemaa.org
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
www.harlemaa.org

Queens Council on the Arts
Contact: Lynn Lobell
(718) 647-3377, extension 15
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
www.queenscouncilarts.org

For more information on the sponsoring organizations:

Bronx Council on the Arts
Contact: Edwin Ramoran
(718) 518-6728
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
www.bronxarts.org

New York Foundation on the Arts
Contact: Penny Dannenberg
(212) 366-6900, extension 214
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
www.nyfa.org