More than 50 city arts organizations will receive a total of $2.4 million in federal stimulus money, U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler announced last week.
Many of the groups have Lower Manhattan roots or have done programs Downtown, including Dance New Amsterdam, Creative Time and the Joyce Theater, which will all get $50,000. The money, granted through the National Endowment for the Arts, is intended to preserve jobs at nonprofit arts groups, which are struggling with the recession and may otherwise be forced to do layoffs.
“It’s always essential to support the arts in our communities,” Nadler said in a statement, “but these stimulus funds are particularly significant right now for the retention of thousands of local jobs.”
