Cityarts Workshop

Not to be confused with CITYarts, Inc. or Manhattan Media.
Cityarts Workshop
Company typeNon-Profit
Founded1971
HeadquartersNew York, NY, US
Key people
Susan Shapiro Kiok, Susan Caruso-Green, James Jannuzzi

Cityarts Workshop was a nonprofit community mural arts organization incorporated in 1971. Cityarts Workshop often employed lead artists to work within various communities to create murals. In the 1970, Cityarts Workshop created several murals by and for communities of color, three of which were in Chinatown with lead artists Tomie Aria and Alan Okada.[1]

History

In 1968 the New York City Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Administration, now known as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, began a program called the New York City Community Arts Project. As its director they hired Susan Shapiro Kiok.[2] In 1971, Susan incorporated CITYarts Workshop as a non-profit arts organization. Susan was inspired by the community mural work being done by Robert J. Fox (pastor)'s Summer in the City (city program) in 1967 in the New York neighborhoods of East Village, East Harlem, and South Bronx.[2] Cityarts Workshop closed down in 1988 and was re-established as CITYarts, Inc. in 1989[3]

People

Lead mural artists

References

  1. ^ a b c Wong, Ryan (2017-02-07). "A Brief History of the Art Collectives of NYC's Chinatown". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  2. ^ a b Braun-Reinitz, Janet (2009). One the wall: four decades of community murals in New York City (1st ed.). Oxford: The University Press of Mississippi. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-60473-111-8.
  3. ^ "This Might Be Your Last Chance To See This Mural". The Forward. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  4. ^ a b c d Maffi, Mario (1994). Gateway to the promised land : ethnic cultures on New York's Lower East Side. Amsterdam: Rodopi. p. 35. ISBN 9051836775. OCLC 32375137.
  5. ^ "Arise from Oppression, 1971, by James Jannuzzi and Susan Shapiro Kiok". cultureNOW. Retrieved 2018-07-21.