This is a decentralized movement. We encourage all Arts Workers to sign up here to be an organizer.
Your labor is needed!
A list of Arts Workers and allies organizing and collaborating in different capacities to make this rally possible:
Aimee Todoroff, Arts Worker, The League of Independent Theaters
Ariel Lembeck, Arts Worker, Dance Artist
Amy Schwartzman, Arts Worker
April Biggs, Arts Worker
Ayling Dominguez, Arts Worker
David King, Arts Worker, Arts Educator
Chris LaCass, Arts Worker Ally, Save Our Storefronts
Eleanor Smith, Arts Worker, Choreographer
Erez Ziv, Arts Worker
Heidi Russell, Arts Worker/ Arts Activist/ Founder of International Women Artists' Salon
Jeremy Goren, Arts Worker, Arts Educator
Justin Teodoro, Arts Worker, Artist/ Illustrator/ Designer
Konstance Patton, Arts Worker
Lucy Sexton, Arts Worker
Melody Capote, Arts Worker
Nina Gale Olson, Arts Worker, Visual Artist
Orietta Crispino, Arts Worker
Yanira Castro, Arts Worker, Interdisciplinary Artist
Ximena Garnica, Arts Worker, Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Artist
*BIPOC Arts Workers listed above recognize that although our intention is to center Black, Indigenous, POC, and Disabled/Deaf Arts workers, this growing organizer group is making use of the labor and resources that the white folks are able to offer to our community at large.
A growing list of individuals volunteering to make the NYC Arts Workers Rally possible:
Alvin Eng, Arts Worker, Rise and Resist
Andrew Chapman, Arts Worker
Ann Chiaverini, Arts Worker, Dance Artists' National Collective
Ashley Adelman, Arts Worker
Ashley Brooke Adelman, Arts Worker, Infinite Variety Productions
Aya Esther Hayashi, Arts Worker
Bei Schmidt, Arts Worker
Blair Sordetto, Arts Worker
Brandon Perdomo, Arts Worker, LEIMAY
Bree Cabanero, Arts Worker
Bree O'Connor, Arts Worker, Playful Substance
Chaitanya Tamayo, Arts Worker
Claudia Norman, Arts Worker
Clifton Smith, Arts Worker
Dhira Rauch, Arts Worker
Diane Davis Steiker, Arts Worker
Hanna Stubblefield-Tave, Arts Worker, HI-ARTS
J. Bouey, Arts Worker, The Dance Union
Jay Julio, Arts Worker, Sound Off: Music for Bail
Joe Raik, Arts Worker, Occupy Verona
Kori Rushton, Arts Worker, IRT Theater
Laura Colby, Arts Worker
Leila Mire, Arts Worker
Meredith B., Arts Worker, Independent Producer
Mos, Arts Worker
Nicole Touzien, Arts Worker
Osaliki Sepulveda, Arts Worker, The Dominican Dance Squad
Paul Slee Rodriguez, Arts Worker, INTAR
Polly Garcia, Arts Worker
Pori Ranka Manis Nur, Arts Worker, Kinding Sindaw Heritage Foundation
Sarah Bukowski, Arts Worker, Dance Artists' National Collective
Susan MarLandau, Arts Worker
Vishal Singh, Arts Worker
zool Zulkowitz, Arts Worker
A growing list of groups and organizations endorsing the NYC Arts Workers Rally:
Asian American Arts Alliance (A4)
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)
Creating New Futures
The Cultural Solidarity Fund
Dance NYC
Dance Rising NYC
The Dance Union
Estrogenius Festival
FRIGID New York
Hook Arts Media
Indie Space
The Indie Theater Fund
International Women Artists' Salon
IRT Theater
The League of Independent Theaters
Kairos Italian Theater
LEIMAY
MORE Opera
Morningside Heights Resistance
MusiCares
National Writers Union NY Chapter
Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY
New Yorkers for Culture & Arts (NY4CA)
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
The Neo-Political Cowgirls
Rise and Resist
Save Our Storefronts
Theaterlab
A growing list of individuals endorsing the NYC Arts Workers Rally:
(To add your name to this list, please fill this form.)
Aimee Todoroff, Arts Worker, The League of Independent Theaters
Alejandra Duque Cifuentes, Arts Worker, ED Dance NYC
Alex Rodabaugh, Arts Worker, Dance Artists' National Collective
Alvin Eng, Arts Worker, Rise and Resist
Amanda Jones, Arts Worker
Amy Schwartzman, Arts Worker
Ann Chiaverini, Arts Worker, Dance Artists' National Collective
April Biggs, Arts Worker
Ariel Lembeck, Arts Worker, Dance Artist
Ashley Brooke Adelman, Arts Worker, Infinite Variety Productions
Aya Esther Hayashi, Arts Worker
Ayling Dominguez, Arts Worker
Brandon Perdomo, Arts Worker, LEIMAY
Bree Cabanero, Arts Worker
Bree O'Connor, Arts Worker, Playful Substance
Caron Atlas, Arts Worker
Cathy Hung, Arts Worker
Cathy Zimmerman, Arts Worker
Chaitanya Tamayo, Arts Worker
Chris LaCass, Arts Worker Ally, Save Our Storefronts
Christine Wyatt, Arts Worker
Christopher Pelham, Arts Worker, Center for Remembering & Sharing
Claudia Norman, Arts Worker
Clifton Smith, Arts Worker
Corinne Woods
David King, Arts Worker, Arts Educator
David Staller, Arts Worker, Gingold Theatrical Group
David Stern, Arts Worker
Dhira Rauch, Arts Worker
Diana Davis, Arts Worker, Eden Theater Company
Eleanor Smith, Arts Worker, Choreographer
Elisabeth Motley, Arts Worker, Choreographer
Elizabeth Felicella, Arts Worker, Morningside Heights Resistance
Erez Ziv, Arts Worker
Eva Yaa Asentewaa, Arts Worker
Genji Saraisi, Arts Worker, Music Workers Alliance
Gia Lisa Krahne, Arts Worker, Alchemical Studios
Hanna Stubblefield-Tave, Arts Worker, HI-ARTS
Heidi Russell, Arts Worker/ Arts Activist/ Founder of International Women Artists' Salon
J. Bouey, Arts Worker, The Dance Union
Jay Julio, Arts Worker, Sound Off: Music for Bail
Jeremy Goren, Arts Worker, Arts Educator
Joe Raik, Arts Worker, Occupy Verona
Juan José Escalante, Arts Worker/ Founder of Limón Dance Company
Judtih Barnes, Arts Worker
Justin Teodoro, Arts Worker, Artist/ Illustrator/ Designer
Konstance Patton, Arts Worker
Kori Rushton, Arts Worker, IRT Theater
Krystel Copper, Arts Worker, LEIMAY
Lauren Miller, Arts Worker
Leila Mire, Arts Worker
Lucy Sexton, Arts Worker, New Yorkers for Culture & Arts
Martha Bowers, Arts Worker
Maryellen Novak, Arts Worker
Melissa Riker, Choreographer, AD of Kinesis Project dance theatre, Artist Advocate
Melody Capote, Arts Worker
Meredith B., Arts Worker, Independent Producer
nati linares, Arts Worker
Nicole Touzien, Arts Worker
Nina Gale Olson, Arts Worker, Visual Artist
Olympia Kazi, Arts Worker, NYC Artist Coalition
Orietta Crispino, Arts Worker
Osaliki Sepulveda, Arts Worker, The Dominican Dance Squad
Polly Garcia, Arts Worker
Phillip Golub, Arts Worker, Music Workers Alliance
Pori Ranka Manis Nur, Arts Worker, Kinding Sindaw Heritage Foundation
Randi Berry, Arts Worker/ ED The Indie Theater Fund
Raymond Nat Turner, Arts Worker, UpSurge!NYC
Robin Bell-Stevens, Arts Worker, Jazzmobile
Sarah Bukowski, Arts Worker, Dance Artists' National Collective
Sawdayah Brownlee, Arts Worker
Susan Mar Landau, Arts Worker
Tim Sheard, Arts Worker, Writer
Yanira Castro, Arts Worker, Interdisciplinary Artist
Ximena Garnica, Arts Worker, Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Artist
Zigi Lowenberg, Arts Worker, UpSurge!NYC
A list of speakers at the NYC Arts Workers Rally:
NYS Assembly Member Harvey Epstein
Konstance Patton, Arts Worker & Artist
Jerome Harris, Arts Worker
Ted Berger, Arts Worker & one of the original architects of the 1970s CETA Artists Program
Ximena Garnica, Arts Worker, Interdisciplinary & Multi disciplinary Artist
Melody Capote, Arts Worker, Executive Director, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Orietta Crispino, Arts Worker
Chris LaCass, Arts Worker Ally, Save Our Store Fronts
Joey De Jesus, Arts Worker, Spoken Word Artist
A list of individual and group entertainment at the NYC Arts Workers Rally:
Davon Chance/ Miz Jade - Drag Queen, Emcee
LEIMAY - Maso Dance Solo
Adama Diarra - West African Drummer
Andrina Smith - Writer, Comedian
Claudi/ Pinc Louds - Music Solo
Cheryl Warfield - Opera Singer
Angeline Butler - Civil Rights Icon & Singer
Ras Moshe - Saxophonist
Kelsey Pyro - Musician
Wide Awakes Dance Corps, Dance Performance (The group will conduct a joyful "Soul Train Dance Line")
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